The SEC and the Big Ten are heading to Vegas, baby. Vegas! Well, the Las Vegas Bowl, at least.
According to intrepid college football reporter Brett McMurphy, there will be a good amount of shuffling of bowl contracts beginning in 2020. Among the changes will be the Big Ten and SEC splitting a six-year contract with the Las Vegas Bowl, with each conference making three appearances against a team from the Pac-12. The SEC is also leaving the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana and adding the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa. The Big Ten will be leaving the Holiday Bowl and will also be adding a contract with the Belk Bowl.
New bowl games will create new matchups as well. In Boston, Fenway Park will host a bowl game between the American and the ACC. The brand new football complex in Los Angeles will pit the Pac-12 against the Mountain West, essentially replacing the Las Vegas Bowl for the Mountain West, and possibly serving as a significant upgrade.
As reported by McMuprhy, your new bowl lineup will look like this for each power conference (check McMurphy’s report for additional details regarding Group of Five conferences):
ACC
- Orange Bowl vs. Big Ten or SEC or Notre Dame
- Camping World Bowl vs. Big 12
- Belk Bowl vs. Big Ten or SEC
- Holiday Bowl vs. Pac-12
- Fenway Park bowl vs. American
- Pinstripe Bowl vs. Big Ten
- Sun Bowl vs. Pac-12
- Gator Bowl vs. SEC
- Military Bowl vs. American
- Independence Bowl vs. Pac-12
- Gasparilla Bowl vs. SEC
Big 12
- Sugar Bowl vs. SEC
- Alamo Bowl vs. Pac-12
- Camping World Bowl vs. ACC
- Texas Bowl vs. SEC
- Liberty Bowl vs. SEC
- Cheez-It Bowl vs. Big Ten
- Armed Forces Bowl vs. Group of 5
- First Responder Bowl vs. Group of 5
Big Ten
- Rose Bowl vs. Pac-12
- Citrus Bowl vs. SEC
- Outback Bowl vs. SEC
- Las Vegas Bowl vs. Pac-12 / Belk Bowl vs. ACC
- Music City Bowl vs. SEC
- Pinstripe Bowl vs. ACC
- Redbox Bowl vs. Pac-12
- Quick Lane Bowl vs. American
- Cheez-It Bowl vs. Big 12
Pac-12
- Rose Bowl vs. Big Ten
- Alamo Bowl vs. Big 12
- Las Vegas Bowl vs. SEC/Big Ten
- Los Angeles bowl vs. Mountain West
- Holiday Bowl vs. ACC
- Redbox Bowl vs. Big Ten
- Sun Bowl vs. ACC
- Independence Bowl vs. ACC
SEC
- Sugar Bowl vs. Big 12
- Citrus Bowl vs. Big Ten
- Las Vegas Bowl vs. Pac-12 / Belk Bowl vs. ACC
- Outback Bowl vs. Big Ten
- Texas Bowl vs. Big 12
- Gator Bowl vs. ACC
- Music City Bowl vs. Big Ten
- Liberty Bowl vs. Big 12
- Birmingham Bowl vs. American
- Gasparilla Bowl vs. American