The One-Win Rule Applies Only to Notre Dame
The ACC’s bowl selection will no longer be bound by the rigidity of a “one-win rule” but will have a general list of criteria to emphasize rationality and quality match ups on the field. A one-win rule does apply to Notre Dame’s participation in the ACC Bowl structure. Notre Dame is now eligible for ACC Bowl selection beginning with the Capital One Bowl and continuing through the league’s bowl selections. However, Notre Dame must be within one win of the ACC available team which has the best overall record, in order to be chosen. In other words, if an ACC team was 9-3, a 7-5 Notre Dame team could not be chosen
ACC Bowl Quick Selection Order
(The ACC is in the first year of six-year contracts with its current bowl partners. The current College Football Playoff format is a 12-year agreement)
College Football Playoff (four teams)
If the ACC Champion is not in one of the semifinal games it will appear in the Orange Bowl, or, if the Orange Bowl is a semifinal or national championship site, one of the Playoff “host” bowls, either the Fiesta of Chick-fi l-A Peach. There is no limit on how many teams the College Football Playoff may choose from a particular conference.
Orange
Opponent will be a team from the SEC, Big Ten or Notre Dame. If ACC Champion is in the College Football Playoff , a second ACC team will take its place in the Orange Bowl.
Capital One
Only if the ACC opponent in the Orange Bowl, in a non-semifinal year is a team from the Big Ten, a maximum of three times in six years.
Russell Athletic
Tier One Bowls
All have equal selection status
Belk /Hyundai Sun/New Era Pinstripe/Franklin American Mortgage Music City or Taxslayer
Tier Two Bowls
• Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman
• Duck Commander Independence
• Detroit Lions Bowl (official name TBA)
Bitcoin St. Petersburg
After the 2014 and 2016 seasons; all others as conditional selection if not filled by Conference USA or American Athletic.
Birmingham
Conditional all years if not filled by SEC or American Athletic Conference
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