The Clemson football team will face the Oklahoma Sooners in the Russell Athletic Bowl on December 29th.

The College Football Playoff committee offered up a whole lot of disappointment today but at least the Clemson Tigers are going to get an intriguing bowl match-up. The Tigers officially have a date with the Oklahoma Sooners in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

The day began with Clemson apparently destined for the Citrus Bowl, to face an SEC opponent. However, the playoff committee inexplicably moved Mississippi State up three spots this week, dislodging Michigan State from an Orange Bowl bid. The ACC only receives a bid to the Citrus Bowl if a Big 10 team plays in the Orange Bowl, so the committee’s bizarre decision knocked the ACC out of the Citrus Bowl entirely.

One group of people who will surely have a lot to say about this week’s rankings are the SEC-bias conspiracy theorists. Not only did Mississippi State pass Michigan State for apparently no reason (Michigan State remained in the same spot as last week) Mississippi also moved up three spots. Along with Alabama in the College Football Playoff, that makes three SEC West team in the News Year’s Six bowls.

But, in the end, Clemson will be playing a big-name team in a very good bowl game, so the day hasn’t been all bad.