The 2023–24 NCAA football bowl games were a series of

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s in the United States, primarily played to complete the

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. Team-competitive bowl games in FBS began on December 16 and concluded with the

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on January 8, 2024, which was won by the

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. The all-star portion began on January 13 and concluded on February 24.

Schedule

The schedule for the 2023–24 bowl games, announced in May 2023, is below. All times listed using EST (

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−5).

Division I FBS bowl games

College Football Playoff bowl games

The

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system is used to determine a national championship of Division I FBS college football. A committee of experts ranked the top 25 teams in the nation after each of the last seven weeks of the regular season. The top four teams in the final ranking are then seeded in a single-elimination semifinal round, with the winners advanced to the National Championship game. This playoff was the last to use a four-team bracket, with the College Football Playoff set to expand to 12 teams in

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. The semifinal games for the 2023 season were the Rose Bowl and the

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. Both were played on January 1, 2024, as part of a yearly rotation of three pairs of two bowls, commonly referred to as the

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bowl games. The winners advanced to the

that was contested on January 8, 2024, at

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. On December 3, 2023, the College Football Playoff committee announced that it had selected

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, and

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to participate in the 2023–24 College Football Playoff. The committee's decision to select the

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's (SEC) Alabama (12–1) instead of the

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's (ACC)

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(13–0), who became the first undefeated

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team to not qualify for the playoff, received intense criticism from fans, writers, and commentators. Specifically, several of these viewers accused the committee of corruption, bias, and favoritism towards the SEC. The CFP committee chair and others defended the selection of Alabama, which defeated five ranked teams (compared to Florida State's three) during the season, including No. 1 ranked

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in the last game of the SEC season, saying that Alabama was currently the better team overall. Reliantstadium

Each of the games in the following table was televised by

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. : Semifinal teams were chosen by the selection committee. : Semifinal winners advanced to the championship game. : Viewership figures for simulcast

Non-CFP bowl games

Several bowl name changes were made, as compared to the prior season's bowl games: * Due to construction at its normal stadium, the Bahamas Bowl was temporarily relocated to North Carolina and branded as the Famous Toastery Bowl per its title sponsor. * Due to a change in title sponsor, the LendingTree Bowl was renamed as the

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. * Sponsor

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(renamed Kellanova in October 2023, after the company's North American cereal business was spun off as the

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) renamed the Cheez-It Bowl as the

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. Rankings are per the final CFP rankings that were released on December 3.

Division I FCS bowl game

The

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(FCS) has one bowl game, played between HBCUs, which acts as a ''de facto''

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. The FCS also has a postseason bracket tournament that culminates in the

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Division II bowl games

Division III bowl games

All-star games

Each of these games featured college seniors, or players whose college football eligibility was ending, who were individually invited by game organizers. These games were scheduled to follow the team-competitive bowls, to allow players selected from bowl teams to participate. Such all-star games may include some players from non-FBS programs. The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, which debuted in 2012 and was played 12 times through January 2023, was discontinued. The East–West Shrine Bowl relocated from Nevada (where its prior two editions had been played) to Texas.

Team selections

CFP top 25 standings and bowl games

The

(CFP) selection committee announced its final team rankings for the season on December 3, 2023. It was the 10th season of the CFP era, and the last one with a four-team playoff. This was the first time that an undefeated

champion (

) was left out of the semifinals.

Bowl-eligible teams

Generally, a team must have at least six wins to be considered

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, with at least five of those wins being against FBS opponents. The

semifinal games are determined based on the top four seeds in the playoff committee's final rankings. The remainder of the bowl-eligible teams are selected by each respective bowl based on conference tie-ins, order of selection, matchup considerations, and other factors. * ACC (11):

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, Clemson,

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, Miami (FL),

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* American (6): Memphis,

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, UTSA *

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(9):

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, Northwestern,

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(9):

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, UCF,

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* C–USA (4): Jacksonville State,

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(6):

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, Miami (OH),

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, Utah State,

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(8):

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, Oregon State,

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* SEC (9):

, Auburn,

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(12): Appalachian State,

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, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State,

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(1): Notre Dame Number of bowl berths available: 82
Number of bowl-eligible teams: 79
Number of conditionally bowl-eligible teams: 2: (Jacksonville State and James Madison)
Number of teams qualified by APR: 1 (Minnesota)

Bowl-ineligible teams

* ACC (3):

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, UAB *

(5):

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(5): Baylor, BYU,

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* C–USA (5): FIU,

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(6):

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, Ball State, Buffalo,

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, Kent State,

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* Mountain West (5): Colorado State,

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(4):

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Conference summaries

Boise State, UNLV, and San José State all finished with a 6–2 conference record, creating a three-way tie. Since all three teams did not face each other during the season, and none of the teams were in the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings before the conference championship game, the three-way tie was broken by a composite average of computer rankings from Anderson & Hester,

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, Massey and Wolfe. UNLV finished with the best average rankings at 44.5, while Boise State came in second at 55.75 and San José State third at 58.5. Therefore, the Broncos and Rebels secured their spots in the MW Championship. UNLV and Boise State did not play each other during the regular season. The Rebels' superior average computer ranking earned them the right to host the title game.

Conference champions' bowl games

Ranks are per the final CFP rankings, released on December 3, 2023, with win–loss records at that time. ^CFP College Football Playoff participant

Conference performance in bowl games

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team that played in an FBS bowl game was Notre Dame.

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References

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