As a member of the College Football Playoff, Conference USA will be a part of one of the College Football Playoff bowls if it has the highest rated champion from among the American Athletic, C-USA, Mid-American, Mountain West and Sun Belt Conferences. The Good Year Cotton Bowl wil be the host bowl this season for the highest ranked team from those five conferences.



2019 Bowl Lineup

NOTE: Per conference regulations, all teams with seven or more wins shall be placed into conference bowls prior to any other bowl eligible teams without a winning record (i.e. 6-6 record).

All times Central

*secondary agreement



COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF



The Playoff

During the 2014-15 season, college football entered a new era when postseason playoffs began. The format is simple: top four teams, two semifinals played in bowl games, and a national championship game played in a different city each year. Each semifinal will be played during the New Year's holiday with the national championship game in prime time on a Monday night at least a week later.



The Selection Committee

A selection committee will choose the four teams for the playoff based on their performance during the regular season, including, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, championships won, and other factors. The teams will be seeded so that #1 will play #4 in one semifinal and #2 will meet #3 in the other, with the winners advancing to the national championship game.



The Rotation

The semifinals will rotate among six different bowls, extending the experience to more fans. In the years when the bowls are not hosting semifinals, the bowls will feature eight other teams in four compelling matchups.



For the 2019-20 season, the Goodyear Cotton Bowl (Dec. 28), Capital One Orange Bowl (Dec. 30), Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual (Jan. 1) and Allstate Sugar Bowl (Jan. 1) will host its regular bowl games, while the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (Dec. 28) and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Dec. 28) will host semifinals. The College Football Championship will be held on Monday, Jan. 13 in New Orleans, Louisiana.



C-USA BOWL 2019 SYNOPSIS

Conference USA has secured guaranteed commitments for six bowl spots for the 2019 season, as well as maintaining three secondary agreements. The Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla (Tampa Bay), Makers Wanted Bahamas, New Mexico, R+L Carriers New Orleans, SERVPRO First Responder (Dallas) and either the SoFi Hawai’i of Frisco Bowl in Frisco, Texas are this year’s primary agreements. The Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl and Walk-On’s Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., (should the ACC or SEC not be able to provide a bowl-eligible team) serve as secondary bowls. There is no set selection order among C-USA’s bowl partners.