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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Bowl Games Worst to Best

Which bowls feature the best two teams? Obviously the Orange and Cotton. Based on the lowest combined Saragin ranking, here are all the bowls ranked from worst to best. Atlanta gets the worst and best: the Celebration Bowl features the two worst ranked bowl teams, and the Peach Bowl is the 5th best matchup.  
 
Both the Pinstripe and Alamo Bowl scored a 58, so I broke the tie with the most desirable locale: New York City trumps San Antonio for most people. Miami travels further north than most teams travel south.
 
341 Celebration Bowl (155) North Carolina A&T v (186) Alcorn State
223 Hawaii Bowl (108) Louisiana Tech vs (115) Hawaii
200 Cure Bowl (91) Tulane vs (109) Louisiana
 
185 Gasparilla Bowl (89) Marshall vs (96) South Florida
177 Bahamas Bowl (103) Florida International vs (74) Toledo
176 Arizona Bowl (84) Arkansas State vs (92) Nevada
173 Camellia Bowl (86) Georgia Southern vs (87) Eastern Michigan
172 Idaho Potato Bowl (101) Western Michigan vs (71) BYU
158 Dollar General Bowl (77) Buffalo vs 2.53 (81) Troy
151 Boca Raton Bowl (76) UAB vs (75) Northern Illinois
147 Frisco Bowl (85) San Diego State vs (62) Ohio
 
127 New Orleans Bowl #83 Middle Tennessee vs #44 Appalachian State
120 Texas Bowl (69) Baylor vs (51) Vanderbilt
116 Armed Forces Bowl (55) Army vs (61) Houston
115 Independence Bowl (46) Temple vs (69) Duke
114 New Mexico Bowl (80) North Texas v (34) Utah State
108 Birmingham Bowl (48) Memphis vs (60) Wake Forest
102 Military Bowl (39) Cincinnati vs (63) Virginia Tech
101 Cheez-It Bowl (58) California vs (43) TCU
 
87 Quick Lane Bowl (49) Minnesota vs (38) Georgia Tech
82 Belk Bowl (28) South Carolina v (54) Virginia
73 Sun Bowl (23) Stanford vs (50) Pittsburgh
69 1st Responder Bowl (40) Boston College vs (29) Boise State
65 Las Vegas Bowl (24) Fresno State vs (41) Arizona State
61 Redbox Bowl (30) Michigan State vs (31) Oregon
58 Alamo Bowl (42) Iowa State vs (16) Washington State
 
58 Pinstripe Bowl (25) Miami vs (33) Wisconsin   
57 Music City Bowl (36) Purdue vs (21) Auburn  
53 Holiday Bowl (37) Northwestern vs (15) Utah
48 Liberty Bowl (13) Missouri vs (35) Oklahoma State
44 Camping World Bowl (12) West Virginia vs (32) Syracuse
43 Gator Bowl (26) NC State vs (17) Texas A&M
37 Citrus Bowl (27) Kentucky vs (10) Penn State
 
32 Fiesta Bowl (14) LSU vs (18) UCF
25 Sugar Bowl (3) Georgia vs (22) Texas  
24 Peach Bowl (19) Florida vs (5) Michigan
19 Outback Bowl (8) Mississippi State vs (11) Iowa
13 Rose Bowl (4) Ohio State vs (9) Washington
09 Cotton Bowl (2) Clemson v (7) Notre Dame  
07 Orange Bowl (1) Alabama v (6) Oklahoma

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