Week 2: Bowl games from Dec. 22 through Dec. 26
UAB and Ohio are already locked into the Bahamas Bowl, where they will get the honor of dueling on the island in Nassau. It will be the first bowl game for UAB since they were reinstated as a program, following their disbanding by the University of Alabama Board of Regents in November 2014. That year, despite reaching bowl eligibility, the Blazers were one of the eligible teams left in the cold thanks to a lack of sufficient invitations.
An Army team that will enter the postseason with either eight or nine wins (depending on what happens in next week’s Army-Navy Game) will likely get a marquee matchup in the Armed Forces Bowl. The Black Knights are projected to square off against Lane Kiffin and the C-USA champion Florida Atlantic Owls.
The first two pairings of Power Five teams are slated to take place in this stretch of the postseason calendar as well. UCLA is projected to face West Virginia at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Another Big 12/Pac-12 matchup will ensue at the Cactus Bowl in Phoenix, where Khalil Tate and the Arizona Wildcats are projected to face Kansas State.
Bahamas Bowl
Thomas A. Robinson Stadium — Nassau, Bahamas
Friday, Dec.22: UAB vs. Ohio
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Lyle Smith Field at Albertsons Stadium — Boise, Idaho
Friday, Dec. 22: Central Michigan vs. Utah State
Birmingham Bowl
Legion Field — Birmingham, Ala.
Saturday, Dec. 23: Western Kentucky vs. Colorado State
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium — Fort Worth, Texas
Saturday, Dec. 23: Army vs. Florida Atlantic
Dollar General Bowl
Ladd-Peebles Bowl — Mobile, Ala.
Saturday, Dec. 23: Northern Illinois vs. Arkansas State
Hawaii Bowl
Hawaiian Tel Federal Credit Union Field at Aloha Stadium — Honolulu, Hawaii
Sunday, Dec. 24: Temple vs. Fresno State
Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl
Cotton Bowl — Dallas, Texas
Tuesday, Dec. 26: West Virginia vs. UCLA
Quick Lane Bowl
Ford Field — Detroit, Mich.
Tuesday, Dec. 26: Toledo vs. Wake Forest
Cactus Bowl
Chase Field — Phoenix, Ariz.
Tuesday, Dec. 26: Arizona vs. Kansas State