American Athletic Conference
Football -- Bowl games
Table:
Year[59]

Name

Location

Opposing Conference

2020–25

Cotton, Peach, Fiesta, or Playoff[note 13]

Dallas, Atlanta, Glendale, or Playoff Site

CFP At-Large

2020-25

Fenway Bowl

Boston, Massachusetts

ACC

2020–25

Military Bowl

Annapolis, Maryland

ACC

2020/22/24

Hawaiʻi Bowl

Honolulu, Hawaii

MWC or BYU

2021/23/25

Armed Forces Bowl

Fort Worth, Texas

Big 12 or Army

2020–25

Cure Bowl

Orlando, Florida

Sun Belt

2020–25

Boca Raton Bowl

Boca Raton, Florida

MAC or C-USA

2020–25

Frisco Bowl

Frisco, Texas

C-USA, MAC, Sun Belt or BYU

2020–25

Birmingham Bowl

Birmingham, Alabama

SEC

2020–25

Gasparilla Bowl

Tampa, Florida

SEC

2020–25

First Responder Bowl

Dallas, Texas

TBD

2020–25

Myrtle Beach Bowl

Conway, South Carolina

C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt

2020–25

New Mexico Bowl

Albuquerque, New Mexico

TBD

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The Cotton Bowl Classic , also simply known as the Cotton Bowl , is an American college football bowl game that has been held annually in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex since January 1 , 1937 . The game was originally played at its namesake stadium in Dallas before moving to AT & T Stadium in nearby Arlington in 2010 . Since 2014 , the game has been sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and officially known as the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic . It has been previously sponsored by Southwestern Bell Corporation/SBC Communications/AT & T ( 1997-2014 ) and Mobil ( 1989-1995 ) . Historically , the game hosted the champion of the Southwest Conference ( SWC ) against a team invited from elsewhere in the country , frequently a major independent or a runner-up from the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . Following the dissolution of the SWC in 1996 , the game hosted a runner-up from the Big 12 Conference , facing an SEC team from 1999 to 2014 . The Cotton Bowl Classic has served as one of six bowls in the College Football Playoff ( CFP ) since the 2014 season ; it hosted a national semifinal following the 2015 and 2018 seasons .
The Peach Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Atlanta since December 1968 . Since 1997 , it has been sponsored by Chick-fil-A and is officially known as the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl . From 2006 to 2013 , it was officially referred to as simply the Chick-fil-A Bowl . The first three Peach Bowls were played at Grant Field on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta . Between 1971 and 1992 , Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium hosted the game . Between 1993 and 2016 , the Georgia Dome played host . The bowl then moved to Mercedes-Benz Stadium starting in 2017 . Since the 2014 season , the Peach Bowl has featured College Football Playoff matchups , with the 2016 , 2019 , 2022 , and 2025 games hosting a national semifinal .
The Fiesta Bowl is an American college football bowl game played annually in the Phoenix metropolitan area . From its beginning in 1971 through 2006 , the game was hosted in Tempe , Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium . Since 2007 , it has been held at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale , Arizona . Since December 2016 , it has been sponsored by PlayStation and officially known as the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl . The January 2016 game was sponsored by BattleFrog , creators of the obstacle racing series featured in the ESPN program BattleFrog College Championship , and Vizio sponsored the December 2014 game . From 1996 through the January 2014 game , Frito-Lay was the bowl 's title sponsor through its Tostitos tortilla chip brand . Other previous sponsors include IBM ( 1993-1995 ) and Sunkist ( 1986-1990 ) . In 1998 , the Fiesta Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) , and before 2006 every four years ( most recently in 2010 ) was the designee for the national championship game . Beginning with the 2014 season , Fiesta Bowl became a member of College Football Playoff , hosting a semifinal game every three years ; all the teams playing in this bowl will be selected by the CFP Selection Committee in those years . The Fiesta Bowl has donated more than $ 12 million to charity .
The College Football Playoff ( CFP ) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , the highest level of college football competition in the United States . Four teams play in two semifinal games , and the winner of each semifinal advances to the College Football Playoff National Championship game . The inaugural tournament was held at the end of the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was won by the Ohio State Buckeyes , who defeated the Oregon Ducks in the championship game . After the first season , the playoff was dominated for several years by two teams , the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Clemson Tigers ; they faced each other in the championship game three times , and in one other year they met in the semifinals . A 13-member committee selects and seeds the four teams to take part in the CFP . This system differs from the use of polls or computer rankings that had previously been used to select the participants for the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) , the title system used in FBS from 1998 to 2013 . The current format is a Plus-One system , an idea which became popular as an alternative to the BCS after the 2003 and 2004 seasons ended in controversy . The two semifinal games rotate among six major bowl games , referred to as the New Year 's Six : the Rose Bowl , Sugar Bowl , Orange Bowl , Cotton Bowl , Fiesta Bowl , and Peach Bowl . In addition to the four teams selected for the playoff , the final CFP rankings are used to help determine the participants for the other four New Year 's Six bowls that are not hosting the semifinals that year . The semifinal games , which take place on the same day , are usually scheduled on Friday , Saturday , or Monday close to or on New Years Day , with flexibility allowed to ensure that they are not in conflict with other bowl games traditionally held on New Year 's Day . The National Championship game is then played on the first Monday that is six or more days after the semifinals . The venue of the championship game is selected based on bids submitted by cities , similar to the Super Bowl or NCAA Final Four .
Dallas ( /ˈdæləs/ ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the largest city and seat of Dallas County , with portions extending into Collin , Denton , Kaufman and Rockwall counties . With an estimated 2018 population of 1,345,076 , it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio . Located in North Texas , the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea . [ a ] It is the most populous city in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex , the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country at 7.5 million people . Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed due to the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton , cattle and later oil in North and East Texas . The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas 's prominence as a transportation hub , with four major interstate highways converging in the city and a fifth interstate loop around it . Dallas then developed as a strong industrial and financial center and a major inland port , due to the convergence of major railroad lines , interstate highways and the construction of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport , one of the largest and busiest airports in the world . In addition , Dallas has DART ( Dallas Area Rapid Transit ) with different colored train lines that transport throughout the metroplex . Dominant sectors of its diverse economy include defense , financial services , information technology , telecommunications , and transportation . Dallas is home to 9 Fortune 500 companies within the city limits . The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex hosts additional Fortune 500 companies , including American Airlines ( Fort Worth ) and ExxonMobil ( Irving ) . Over 41 colleges and universities are located within its metropolitan area , which is the most of any metropolitan area in Texas .
Atlanta ( /ætˈlæntə/ ) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia . With an estimated 2018 population of 498,044 , it is also the 37th most-populous city in the United States . The city serves as the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area , home to 5.9 million people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the nation . Atlanta is the seat of Fulton County , the most populous county in Georgia . Portions of the city extend eastward into neighboring DeKalb County . Atlanta was originally founded as the terminus of a major state-sponsored railroad . With rapid expansion , however , it soon became the convergence point among multiple railroads , spurring its rapid growth . The city 's name derives from that of the Western and Atlantic Railroad 's local depot , signifying the town 's growing reputation as a transportation hub . During the American Civil War , the city was almost entirely burned to the ground in General William T. Sherman 's famous March to the Sea . However , the city rose from its ashes and quickly became a national center of commerce and the unofficial capital of the New South . During the 1950s and 1960s , Atlanta became a major organizing center of the civil rights movement , with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , Ralph David Abernathy , and many other locals playing major roles in the movement 's leadership . During the modern era , Atlanta has attained international prominence as a major air transportation hub , with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world 's busiest airport by passenger traffic since 1998 .
Glendale /ˈɡlɛndeɪl/ is a city in Maricopa County , Arizona , United States , located about nine miles ( 14 km ) northwest from Downtown Phoenix . According to the 2018 U.S. Census estimates , the population of the city is 250,702 .
The Fenway Bowl is a planned NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game schedule to be played at Fenway Park in Boston , Massachusetts , starting in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The college conferences that have tie-ins with the bowl are the American Athletic Conference ( The American ) and the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . It is scheduled to become the third active bowl game staged in a baseball stadium , along with the Pinstripe Bowl ( Yankee Stadium ) and Cheez-It Bowl ( Chase Field ) .
Boston ( UK : /ˈbɒstən/ , US : /ˈbɔːstən/ ) is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States , and the 21st most populous city in the United States . The city proper covers 49 square miles ( 127 km2 ) with an estimated population of 694,583 in 2018 , also making it the most populous city in New England . Boston is the seat of Suffolk County as well , although the county government was disbanded on July 1 , 1999 . The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston , a metropolitan statistical area ( MSA ) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest such area in the country . As a combined statistical area ( CSA ) , this wider commuting region is home to some 8.2 million people , making it the sixth most populous in the United States . Boston is one of the oldest municipalities in the United States , founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from the English town of the same name . It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution , such as the Boston Massacre , the Boston Tea Party , the Battle of Bunker Hill , and the Siege of Boston . Upon gaining U.S. independence from Great Britain , it continued to be an important port and manufacturing hub as well as a center for education and culture . The city has expanded beyond the original peninsula through land reclamation and municipal annexation . Its rich history attracts many tourists , with Faneuil Hall alone drawing more than 20 million visitors per year . Boston 's many firsts include the United States ' first public park ( Boston Common , 1634 ) , first public or state school ( Boston Latin School , 1635 ) and first subway system ( Tremont Street Subway , 1897 ) . Today , Boston is a thriving center of scientific research as well as port of entry for commerce and international immigration .
The Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States . Headquartered in Greensboro , North Carolina , the conference consists of fifteen member universities , each of whom compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) 's Division I , with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , the highest levels for athletic competition in US-based collegiate sports . The ACC sponsors competition in twenty-five sports with many of its member institutions ' athletic programs held in high regard nationally . Current members of the conference are Boston College , Clemson University , Duke University , Georgia Institute of Technology , Florida State University , North Carolina State University , Syracuse University , the University of Louisville , the University of Miami , the University of North Carolina , the University of Notre Dame , the University of Pittsburgh , the University of Virginia , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , and Wake Forest University . ACC teams and athletes have claimed dozens of national championships in multiple sports throughout the conference 's history . Generally , the ACC 's top athletes and teams in any particular sport in a given year are considered to be among the top collegiate competitors in the nation . Also , the conference enjoys extensive media coverage . The ACC was one of the five collegiate power conferences , which had automatic qualifying for their football champion into the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) . With the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014 , the ACC is one of five conferences with a contractual tie-in to a New Year 's Six bowl game , the successors to the BCS . The ACC was founded on May 8 , 1953 , by seven universities located in the South Atlantic States , with the University of Virginia joining in early December 1953 to bring the membership to eight . The loss of South Carolina in 1971 dropped membership to seven , while the addition of Georgia Tech in 1979 for non-football sports and 1983 for football brought it back to eight , and Florida State 's arrival in 1991 for non-football sports and 1992 for football increased the membership to nine . Since 2000 , with the widespread reorganization of the NCAA , seven additional schools have joined , and one original member ( Maryland ) has left to bring it to the current membership of 15 schools .
The Military Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that has been played annually each December in the Washington metropolitan area since 2008 . The game was originally held at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington , D.C. before moving to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis , Maryland in 2013 . The 2014 through 2019 games are featuring teams from the American Athletic Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference . During initial planning stages , the game was known as the Congressional Bowl , but was first played in 2008 as the EagleBank Bowl sponsored by Washington-area financial institution EagleBank . After Northrop Grumman , one of the world 's leading defense contractors , became its sponsor in 2010 , it was officially renamed the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman .
Annapolis ( /əˈnæpəlɪs/ ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland , as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County . Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River , 25 miles ( 40 km ) south of Baltimore and about 30 miles ( 50 km ) east of Washington , D.C. , Annapolis is part of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area . Its population was measured at 38,394 by the 2010 census . This city served as the seat of the Confederation Congress ( former Second Continental Congress ) and temporary national capital of the United States in 1783-1784 . At that time , General George Washington came before the body convened in the new Maryland State House and resigned his commission as commander of the Continental Army . A month later , the Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris of 1783 , ending the American Revolutionary War , with Great Britain recognizing the independence of the United States . The city and state capitol was also the site of the 1786 Annapolis Convention , which issued a call to the states to send delegates for the Constitutional Convention to be held the following year in Philadelphia . Over 220 years later , the Annapolis Peace Conference was held in 2007 . Annapolis is the home of St. John 's College , founded 1696 ; the United States Naval Academy , established 1845 , is adjacent to the city limits .
The Hawaiʻi Bowl is a college football bowl game that has been played annually at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu , Hawaii , since 2002 . The bowl is one of the post-season contests run by ESPN Events . Since 2018 , the game has been sponsored by the personal finance company SoFi and officially known as the SoFi Hawai ' i Bowl . Previous sponsors include ConAgra Foods ( 2002 ) and Sheraton Hotels and Resorts Hawaii ( 2003-2013 ) . Typically played on or near Christmas Eve , the bowl normally features a team from the Mountain West Conference , playing a team from either the American Athletic Conference or Conference USA . For practical and logistical reasons , the Mountain West bid is automatically awarded to the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors if the team is bowl-eligible , and was not selected to play in a New Year 's Six ( or previously BCS ) bowl game . This means that the Rainbow Warriors do not have to travel to the mainland for a bowl game unless it is of significant importance . As a result of this practice , they have also made the most appearances in the game , at nine .
Honolulu ( /ˌhɒnəˈluːluː/ ; Hawaiian : [ honoˈlulu ] ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii . It is an unincorporated part of and the county seat of the City and County of Honolulu along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu . [ a ] The city is the main gateway to Hawaiʻi and a major portal into the United States . The city is also a major hub for international business and military defense , as well as being host to a diverse variety of east-west and Pacific cultures , cuisine , and traditions . Honolulu is the remotest city of its size in the world , and is the westernmost and southernmost major U.S. city . For statistical purposes , the United States Census Bureau recognizes the approximate area commonly referred to as City of Honolulu ( not to be confused with the City and County ) as a census county division ( CCD ) . Honolulu is a major financial center of the islands and of the Pacific Ocean . The population of the Honolulu census designated place ( CDP ) was 359,870 as of the 2017 population estimate , while the Honolulu CCD was 390,738 and the population of the consolidated city and county was 953,207 . Honolulu means sheltered harbor or calm port in Hawaiian . The old name is Kou , a district roughly encompassing the area from Nuʻuanu Avenue to Alakea Street and from Hotel Street to Queen Street which is the heart of the present downtown district . The city has been the capital of the Hawaiian Islands since 1845 and gained historical recognition following the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan near the city on December 7 , 1941 . As of 2015 [ update ] , Honolulu was ranked high on world livability rankings , and was also ranked as the 2nd safest city in the U.S .
The Mountain West Conference ( MW ) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) ( formerly I-A ) . The MW officially began operations in July 1999 . Geographically , the MW covers a broad expanse of the Western United States , with member schools located in California , Colorado , Hawaii , Idaho , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah , and Wyoming . Craig Thompson has served as Commissioner of the MW since its founding in 1999 . The charter members of the MW included the United States Air Force Academy , Brigham Young University , Colorado State University , San Diego State University , the University of New Mexico , the University of Nevada , Las Vegas , the University of Utah , and the University of Wyoming . Before forming the Mountain West Conference , seven of its eight charter members had been longtime members of the Western Athletic Conference , and half of these had been charter members of that conference from 1962 . Overall , each school that has ever been either a full or football-only member of the MW spent at least three years in the WAC before joining the Mountain West .
The BYU Cougars team is the college football program representing Brigham Young University ( BYU ) , a private university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . The Cougars began collegiate football competition in 1922 , and have won 23 conference championships and one national championship in 1984 . The team has competed in several different athletic conferences during its history , but since July 1 , 2011 , they have competed as an Independent . The team plays home games at the 63,470-seat LaVell Edwards Stadium , which is named after legendary head coach LaVell Edwards . LaVell Edwards won 19 conference championships , seven bowl games , and one national championship ( 1984 ) while coaching at BYU , and is regarded as the most successful coach in BYU program history .
The Armed Forces Bowl , formerly the Fort Worth Bowl from 2003 to 2005 , is an annual postseason college football bowl game . First played in 2003 , the game is normally held at the 45,000-seat Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth , Texas . The 2010 and 2011 editions were instead played at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park , Texas , when Amon G. Carter Stadium underwent a reconstruction project . The game features teams from a variety of collegiate football conferences ; in addition , the independent United States Military Academy ( Army ) is also eligible to participate . Since 2014 , the game has been sponsored by Lockheed Martin and officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl . Previous sponsors include Bell Helicopter ( 2006-2013 ) and PlainsCapital Bank ( 2003-2004 ) . The contest is one of 14 bowls produced by ESPN Events ( previously ESPN Regional Television ) and has been televised annually on ESPN since its inception . Armed Forces Insurance is the official Insurance Partner of the Armed Forces Bowl and has sponsored the Great American Patriot Award , presented at halftime at the bowl , since 2006 .
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States . It is the county seat of Tarrant County , covering nearly 350 square miles ( 910 km2 ) into three other counties : Denton , Parker , and Wise . According to the 2018 census estimates , Fort Worth 's population was 898,919 . Fort Worth is the second-largest city in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area , which is the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the United States . The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River . Fort Worth has historically been a center of the longhorn cattle trade . It still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design . USS Fort Worth ( LCS-3 ) is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city . Fort Worth is home to the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and several world-class museums designed by internationally known contemporary architects . The Kimbell Art Museum , considered to have one of the best art collections in Texas , is housed in what is widely regarded as one of the outstanding architectural achievements of the modern era . The museum was designed by the American architect Louis Kahn , with an addition designed by world-renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano opening November 2013 . Also of note is the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth , designed by Tadao Ando .
The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving , Texas . The conference consists of ten full-member universities . It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) for all sports . Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ; formerly Division I-A ) , the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition . Its ten members , in the states of Iowa , Kansas , Oklahoma , Texas , and West Virginia , include eight public and two private , Christian schools . Additionally , the Big 12 has 11 affiliate members - eight for the sport of wrestling , one of which is also a member in women 's equestrianism ; one for women 's gymnastics ; and two for women 's rowing . The Big 12 Conference is a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) nonprofit organization incorporated in Delaware . The Big 12 Conference was founded on February 25 , 1994 . The eight members of the former Big Eight Conference joined with Southwest Conference schools Texas , Texas A & M , Baylor , and Texas Tech to form the new Big 12 Conference , which commenced competition on August 31 , 1996 . The conference 's current 10-campus makeup resulted from the 2010-13 Big 12 Conference realignment , in which Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference , Colorado joined the Pac-12 , and Missouri and Texas A & M joined the Southeastern Conference . TCU and West Virginia joined from the Mountain West and Big East Conferences respectively to offset two of the departing schools , bringing the conference to its current strength . The Big 12 Conference , like others involved in the realignment , has kept its name primarily for marketing purposes ; the conference has high name recognition and remains one of the Power Five conferences which are considered the primary contenders to produce a College Football Playoff champion team in any given year .
The Army Black Knights football team , previously known as the Army Cadets , represents the United States Military Academy in college football . Army is currently a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) member of the NCAA . The Black Knights currently play home games in Michie Stadium with a capacity of 38,000 at West Point , New York . The Black Knights are coached by Jeff Monken who is in his sixth season as head coach . Army is a five-time national champion , winning the title in 1914 , 1916 , and from 1944-1946 . With the exception of seven seasons ( 1998-2004 ) where the team was a member of Conference USA , Army has competed as an independent , meaning that they have no affiliation with any conference . Currently , Army is one of six FBS schools whose football teams do not belong to any conference ; the others being BYU , Liberty , New Mexico State , Notre Dame , and UMass . However , for all other sports Army is primarily a member of the Patriot League . Three players from Army have won the Heisman Trophy : Doc Blanchard ( 1945 ) , Glenn Davis ( 1946 ) , and Pete Dawkins ( 1958 ) . The three major service academies - Air Force , Army , and Navy - compete for the Commander-in-Chief 's Trophy , which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year ( or retained by the previous winner in the event of a three-way tie ) . Army has won eight CIC Trophies , most recently in 2018 .
The Cure Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in December of each year in Orlando , Florida , currently at Exploria Stadium . The Cure Bowl is so named to promote awareness and research of breast cancer , with proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation . From its inaugural game in 2015 through the 2018 game , the game was played at Camping World Stadium and was sponsored by AutoNation , being officially known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl . In December 2019 , FBC Mortgage became the new title sponsor , making the game officially the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl . The Cure Bowl usually features teams from the American Athletic Conference and the Sun Belt Conference .
Orlando ( /ɔːrˈlændoʊ/ ) is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Orange County . Located in Central Florida , it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area , which had a population of 2,509,831 , according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in July 2017 . These figures make it the 23rd-largest metropolitan area in the United States , the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States , and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida . As of 2018 , Orlando had an estimated city-proper population of 285,713 , making it the 71st-largest city in the United States , the fourth-largest city in Florida , and the state 's largest inland city . The City of Orlando is nicknamed the City Beautiful , and its symbol is the Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain , commonly referred to as simply the Lake Eola fountain at Lake Eola Park . The Orlando International Airport ( MCO ) is the thirteenth-busiest airport in the United States and the 29th-busiest in the world . Orlando is one of the most visited cities in the world primarily driven by tourism , major events , and convention traffic , in 2018 the city drew more than 75 million visitors . The two largest and most internationally renowned tourist attractions in the Orlando area include the Walt Disney World Resort , opened by the Walt Disney Company in 1971 , and located approximately 21 miles ( 34 km ) southwest of Downtown Orlando in Bay Lake ; and the Universal Orlando Resort , opened in 1990 as a major expansion of Universal Studios Florida . With the exception of Walt Disney World , most major attractions are located along International Drive with one of these attractions being the Wheel at ICON Park Orlando . The city is also one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions ; the Orange County Convention Center is the second-largest convention facility in the United States . Like other major cities in the Sun Belt , Orlando grew rapidly from the 1980s up into the first decade of the 21st century . Orlando is home to the University of Central Florida , which is the largest university campus in the United States in terms of enrollment as of 2015 [ update ] .
The Sun Belt Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I since 1976 . Originally a non-football conference , the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001 . Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) . The 12 member institutions of the Sun Belt are distributed primarily across the southern United States .
The Boca Raton Bowl is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) college football bowl game played in Boca Raton , Florida , since December 2014 at FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University . Since 2017 , the game has been sponsored by the New York-based beverage company Cheribundi and for sponsorship reasons was the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl that year ; it has been the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl since 2018 . The bowl 's previous sponsor was the sporting goods company Marmot ( 2015 ) .
Boca Raton ( /rəˈtoʊn/ rə-TOHN ) , often referred to as simply Boca , is the southernmost city in Palm Beach County , Florida , United States . It was first incorporated on August 2 , 1924 as Bocaratone , and then incorporated as Boca Raton in 1925 . It is one of the wealthiest communities in South Florida . The 2018 population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau was 99,244 . However , approximately 200,000 people with a Boca Raton postal address live outside its municipal boundaries , in newer developments such as West Boca Raton . As a business center , the city experiences significant daytime population increases . Boca Raton is 43 miles ( 69 km ) north of Miami and is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area , which had a population of 6,012,331 people as of 2015 . Boca Raton is home to the main campus of Florida Atlantic University and the corporate headquarters of Office Depot , ADT , Cancer Treatment Centers of America , and Bluegreen Corporation . It is also home to the Evert Tennis Academy , owned by former professional tennis player Chris Evert . Boca Town Center , an upscale shopping center in central Boca Raton , is the largest indoor mall in Palm Beach County . The downtown is centered around Mizner Park . Many buildings in the area have a Mediterranean Revival or Spanish Colonial Revival architectural theme , initially inspired by Addison Mizner , a resort architect who heavily influenced the city 's early development .
The Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois . Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan , with single members located in Illinois , Indiana , and New York . For football , the MAC participates in the NCAA 's Football Bowl Subdivision . The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland , Ohio , and has two members in the nearby Akron area . The MAC has been referred to as the Conference of Quarterbacks because of the accomplishments of numerous former players in the National Football League . The conference also ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates .
Conference USA ( C-USA or CUSA ) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States . The conference participates in the NCAA 's Division I in all sports . C-USA 's offices are located in Dallas , Texas .
The Frisco Bowl is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) college football bowl game played in Frisco , Texas , since December 2017 . The bowl has a tie-in with the American Athletic Conference , and chooses another team at-large . Originally known as the DXL Frisco Bowl , the bowl has been sponsored by Tropical Smoothie Cafe since 2019 and is officially the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl .
Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton counties in Texas . It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex , and is approximately 25 miles ( 40 km ) from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport . The city population was 116,989 at the 2010 census . The 2018 Census estimate placed the city population at 188,170 . Frisco was the fastest-growing city in the United States in 2017 , and also the fastest-growing city in the nation from 2000 to 2009 . In the late 1990s , the northern Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex suburban development tide hit the northern border of Plano and spilled into Frisco , sparking rapid growth into the 2000s . Like many of the cities in the northern suburbs of Dallas , Frisco serves as a bedroom community for professionals who work in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex . Since 2003 , Frisco has received the designation Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation .
The Birmingham Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game played annually since 2006 at the 71,594-seat Legion Field in Birmingham , Alabama . The game is owned and operated by ESPN Events . The University of Alabama at Birmingham ( UAB ) also provides marketing , management and game-day operations support . The game was previously known as the PapaJohns.com Bowl ( 2006-2010 ) and the BBVA Compass Bowl ( 2011-2014 ) . TicketSmarter signed on as the title sponsor of the 2019 game , making it the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl .
Birmingham ( /ˈbɜːrmɪŋhæm/ BUR-ming-ham ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama . With an estimated 2018 population of 209,880 , it is the most populous city in Alabama . Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County , Alabama 's most populous and fifth largest county . As of 2018 , the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 1,151,801 , making it the most populous in Alabama and 49th-most populous in the United States . Birmingham serves as an important regional hub and is associated with the Deep South , Piedmont , and Appalachian regions of the nation . Birmingham was founded in 1871 , during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era , through the merger of three farm towns , most notably Elyton . The new city was named for Birmingham , England , the United Kingdom 's second largest city and then a major industrial city . The Alabama city annexed its smaller neighbors as it developed into a major industrial center based on mining , the iron and steel industry , and rail transport . Most of the original settlers were of English ancestry . The city was developed as a place where low paid , non-unionized immigrants ( mainly Irish and Italian ) , along with African-Americans from rural Alabama , who worked in the city 's steel mills and blast furnaces and gave it a competitive advantage over unionized industrial cities of the Midwest and Northeast . :14
The Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States . Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ten states , three additional public land grant universities , and one private research university . The conference is headquartered in Birmingham , Alabama . The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I in sports competitions ; for football , it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , formerly known as Division I-A . The SEC is regarded as one of the most accomplished sports conferences in terms of its winning reputation , with 43 national football championships , 21 basketball championships , 41 indoor track championships , 42 outdoor track championships , 24 swimming championships , 20 gymnastics championships , and 13 College World Series . The conference is also highly successful financially , as it consistently leads most others in revenue distribution to its members , including an SEC record $ 455.8 million for the 2014-15 fiscal year , which was a sizable increase over the $ 292.8 million for the 2013-14 fiscal year , largely due to the revenue from the introduction of the SEC Network . The SEC was also the first NCAA Division I conference to hold a championship game ( and award a subsequent title ) for college football and was one of the founding members of the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) . The current SEC commissioner is Greg Sankey . The conference sponsors team championships in nine men 's sports and twelve women 's sports .
The Gasparilla Bowl is an annual NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game played in the Tampa Bay Area . It was first played in 2008 as the St. Petersburg Bowl at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg , Florida . The game was renamed the Gasparilla Bowl in 2017 as a nod to the legend of José Gaspar , a mythical pirate who supposedly operated in the Tampa Bay area and who is the inspiration for Tampa 's Gasparilla Pirate Festival . In May 2018 , the owners announced the bowl would be relocated to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa . Since 2017 , the game has been sponsored by Bad Boy Mowers and officially known as Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl . Previous sponsors include Bitcoin ( 2014 ) , Beef O'Brady 's ( 2009-2013 ) , and magicJack ( 2008 ) . From 2010 to 2013 when Beef O'Brady 's was the title sponsor , the game was officially known as simply the Beef O'Brady 's Bowl . The bowl game features teams from the American Athletic Conference against the Southeastern Conference . Previously , the 2016 edition of the game featured an SEC team , Mississippi State .
Tampa is a major city in , and the county seat of , Hillsborough County , Florida , United States . It is on the west coast of Florida on Tampa Bay , near the Gulf of Mexico . Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay Area . With a population of 392,890 in 2018 , Tampa is the third-largest city in Florida , after Miami and Jacksonville . The bay 's port is the largest in the state , near downtown 's Channel District . Bayshore Boulevard runs along the bay , and is east of the historic Hyde Park neighborhood . Today , Tampa is part of the metropolitan area most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area . For U.S. Census purposes , Tampa is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater , Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The four-county area is composed of roughly 3.1 million residents , making it the second largest metropolitan statistical area ( MSA ) in the state , and the fourth largest in the Southeastern United States , behind Washington , D.C. ; Miami ; and Atlanta . The Greater Tampa Bay area , has over 4 million residents and generally includes the Tampa and Sarasota metro areas . The city had a population of 335,709 at the 2010 census , and an estimated population of 392,890 in 2018 . As of 2018 , Tampa 's annual growth rate is 1.63% .
The First Responder Bowl is an NCAA post-season college football bowl game played annually in the Dallas , Texas , area . The bowl was first held on January 1 , 2011 , and since 2014 has been contested in late December . All editions of the bowl have been held at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park in Dallas with one exception ; since the Cotton Bowl was being used for the 2020 NHL Winter Classic and was not available , the 2019 edition of the bowl was played at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the campus of Southern Methodist University in nearby University Park , Texas . Originally commissioned as the Dallas Football Classic , it has undergone name changes due to changes in sponsorship . From 2011 to 2012 , it was named the TicketCity Bowl after sponsor TicketCity . It was then known as the Heart of Dallas Bowl when PlainsCapital Bank ( 2013 ) and Zaxby 's ( 2014-2017 ) were its sponsors . Since 2018 , the game has been sponsored by Servpro and officially known as the Servpro First Responder Bowl .
Dallas ( /ˈdæləs/ ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the largest city and seat of Dallas County , with portions extending into Collin , Denton , Kaufman and Rockwall counties . With an estimated 2018 population of 1,345,076 , it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio . Located in North Texas , the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea . [ a ] It is the most populous city in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex , the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country at 7.5 million people . Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed due to the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton , cattle and later oil in North and East Texas . The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas 's prominence as a transportation hub , with four major interstate highways converging in the city and a fifth interstate loop around it . Dallas then developed as a strong industrial and financial center and a major inland port , due to the convergence of major railroad lines , interstate highways and the construction of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport , one of the largest and busiest airports in the world . In addition , Dallas has DART ( Dallas Area Rapid Transit ) with different colored train lines that transport throughout the metroplex . Dominant sectors of its diverse economy include defense , financial services , information technology , telecommunications , and transportation . Dallas is home to 9 Fortune 500 companies within the city limits . The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex hosts additional Fortune 500 companies , including American Airlines ( Fort Worth ) and ExxonMobil ( Irving ) . Over 41 colleges and universities are located within its metropolitan area , which is the most of any metropolitan area in Texas .
The Myrtle Beach Bowl is a planned NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game to be played in Conway , South Carolina , and owned by ESPN Events . The college leagues that have tie-ins with the bowl are Conference USA , Mid-American Conference and Sun Belt Conference . The affiliation contract with ESPN Events has each conference supplying a team four times in a six-year bowl cycle from 2020 to 2025 . Coastal Carolina University will host the game at its Brooks Stadium , which will feature a new capacity of 20,000 seats following an expansion project scheduled to be complete prior to the 2019 season .
Conway is a city in Horry County , South Carolina , United States . The population was 17,103 at the 2010 census , and had an estimated population in 2018 of 24,980 . It is the county seat of Horry County and is part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area . It is the home of Coastal Carolina University . Numerous buildings and structures located in Conway are on the National Register of Historic Places . Among these is the City Hall building , designed by Robert Mills , architect of the Washington Monument . Since the completion of the Main Street USA project in the 1980s , Conway 's downtown has been revitalized with shops and bistros . Highlighting the renovation of the downtown area is the Riverwalk , an area of restaurants which follows a stretch of the Waccamaw River that winds through Conway . [ citation needed ]
The New Mexico Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually since 2006 at Dreamstyle Stadium , on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque , New Mexico . Owned and operated by ESPN Events , it has typically been scheduled as one of the first games of the bowl season . The bowl has tie-ins with Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference .
Albuquerque ( /ˈælbəkɜːrki/ ( listen ) AL-bə-kur-kee ; Navajo : Beeʼeldííl Dahsinil [ pèːʔèltíːl tɑ̀xsɪ̀nɪ̀l ] ; Eastern Keres : Arawageeki ; Jemez : Vakêêke ; Zuni : Alo : ke : k'ya ; Jicarilla Apache : Gołgéeki'yé ) , abbreviated as ABQ , is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico , and the 32nd-most populous city in the United States . The city 's nicknames are The Duke City and Burque , both of which reference its 1706 founding by Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés as La Villa de Alburquerque , named in honor of then Viceroy the 10th Duke of Alburquerque , the Villa was an outpost on El Camino Real for the Tiquex and Hispano towns in the area ( such as Barelas , Corrales , Isleta Pueblo , Los Ranchos , and Sandia Pueblo ) . Since the city 's founding it has continued to be included on travel and trade routes including Santa Fe Railway ( ATSF ) , Route 66 , Interstate 25 , Interstate 40 , and the Albuquerque International Sunport . The population census-estimated population of the city as 560,218 in 2018 , it is the principal city of the Albuquerque metropolitan area , which has 915,927 residents as of July 2018 . The metropolitan population includes Rio Rancho , Bernalillo , Placitas , Zia Pueblo , Los Lunas , Belen , South Valley , Bosque Farms , Jemez Pueblo , Cuba , and part of Laguna Pueblo . This metro is included in the larger Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas combined statistical area , with a population of 1,171,991 as of 2016 . The CSA constitutes the southernmost point of the Southern Rocky Mountain Front megalopolis , including other major Rocky Mountain region cities such as Cheyenne , Wyoming , and Denver , Colorado , with a population of 5,467,633 according to the 2010 United States Census . Albuquerque serves as the county seat of Bernalillo County , and is in north-central New Mexico . The Sandia Mountains run along the eastern side of Albuquerque , and the Rio Grande flows north to south through its center , while the West Mesa and Petroglyph National Monument make up the western part of the city . Albuquerque has one of the highest elevations of any major city in the U.S. , ranging from 4,900 feet ( 1,490 m ) above sea level near the Rio Grande to over 6,700 feet ( 1,950 m ) in the foothill areas of Sandia Heights and Glenwood Hills . The civic apex is found in an undeveloped area within the Albuquerque Open Space ; there , the terrain rises to an elevation of approximately 6880+ feet ( 2,097 m ) . The economy of Albuquerque centers on science , medicine , technology , commerce , education , entertainment , and culture outlets .