CSU and other Mountain West football teams won't have as many guaranteed slots in bowl games in 2017.

The Football Bowl Association announced the conference tie-ins Tuesday for the 40 bowl games, including the College Football Playoff championship game, and the MW has five — one fewer than last season.

The conference wasn't able to find a replacement for the Poinsettia Bowl, which the San Diego Bowl Game Association is discontinuing after a 12-year run.

So the MW, which sent eight teams to bowl games in 2015 and seven in 2016, is left with five — the Las Vegas, New Mexico, Hawaii, Idaho Potato and Arizona bowls. The conference also has a backup deal with the Cactus Bowl should either the Big 12 or Pacific-12 conferences not have enough eligible teams to fill their slots in that game, as was the case last year when Boise State filled in to play Baylor.

The MW champion will have the chance to play in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 30 in Glendale, Arizona, or Peach Bowl on Jan. 1 in Atlanta, if it's the College Football Playoff's highest-ranked champion from a Group of 5 conference — American Athletic, Conference USA, Mid-American, MW or Sun Belt.

Colorado State University has played in four straight bowl games, the second-longest streak in school history behind a five-year run from 1999 to 2003. CSU beat Washington State 48-45 in the 2013 New Mexico Bowl, lost 45-10 to Utah in the 2014 Las Vegas Bowl, lost 28-23 to fellow MW member Nevada in the 2015 Arizona Bowl and lost 61-50 to Idaho in the 2016 Idaho Potato Bowl.

There's one new bowl in the lineup this year, the Frisco Bowl, to be played Dec. 20 at Toyota Stadium, the 20,500-seat home of Major League Soccer's FC Dallas franchise. It's replacing the Miami Beach Bowl and will match a team from the American Athletic Conference against an at-large opponent.

The College Football Playoff semifinal games will be the Jan. 1 Rose and Sugar bowls, with the winners meeting in the national championship game Jan. 8 in Atlanta.

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Mountain West bowl games

Las Vegas – 1:30 p.m., Dec. 16, Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, vs. Pac-12 opponent (TV: ABC)

New Mexico – 2:30 p.m., Dec. 16, Dreamstyle Stadium, Albuquerque, vs. Conference USA opponent (TV: ESPN or ESPN2)

Idaho Potato – 2 p.m., Dec. 22, Albertsons Stadium, Boise, vs. Mid-American Conference opponent (TV: ESPN or ESPN2)

Hawaii – 6:30 p.m., Dec. 24, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, vs. American Athletic Conference opponent (TV: ESPN or ESPN2)

Arizona – Time TBA, Dec. 30, Arizona Stadium, Tucson, vs. Sun Belt Conference opponent