Bowl Matchups

Bowl matchups are out. Certainly, the CFP games top the list, but there are some interesting other bowls games lined up for this holiday season. Here are this year's bowl rankings from the most intriguing matchups to the least intriguing ones:

(Remember: We define "intriguing" as the likelihood that the game will be a close game between two good teams.)

12/31/2021 CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic #1 Cincinnati vs. #3 Alabama

12/31/2021 CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl #2 Georgia vs. #4 Michigan

1/1/2022 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl #7 Oklahoma State vs. #6 Notre Dame

1/1/2022 Rose Bowl Game Pres. By Capital One Venture X #7 Utah vs. #5 Ohio State

12/30/2021 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl #10 Pittsburgh vs. #9 Michigan State

1/1/2022 Allstate Sugar Bowl #11 Baylor vs. #13 Ole Miss

1/1/2022 Outback Bowl #14 Penn State vs. #18 Arkansas

12/31/2021 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl #22 Wake Forest vs. #14 Texas A&M

12/29/2021 Valero Alamo Bowl #25 Oregon vs. #19 Oklahoma

12/21/2021 Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl #30 UTSA vs. #26 San Diego State

12/28/2021 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl #35 Houston vs. #33 Auburn

1/1/2022 Vrbo Citrus Bowl #34 Iowa vs. #21 Kentucky

12/30/2021 TransPerfect Music City Bowl #37 Tennessee vs. #24 Purdue

1/4/2022 TaxAct Texas Bowl #42 LSU vs. #36 Kansas State

12/28/2021 San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl #40 UCLA vs. #28 NC State

12/29/2021 Cheez-It Bowl #12 Clemson vs. #39 Iowa State

12/18/2021 Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel #43 Utah State vs. #50 Oregon State

12/30/2021 SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl #16 Wisconsin vs. #41 Arizona State

12/31/2021 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl #52 Washington State vs. #46 Miami

12/18/2021 RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl #48 Western Kentucky vs. #29 Appalachian State

12/23/2021 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl #57 UCF vs. #51 Florida

12/30/2021 Duke's Mayo Bowl #56 North Carolina vs. #65 South Carolina

12/22/2021 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl #62 Missouri vs. #47 Army

12/18/2021 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl #53 UAB vs. #17 BYU

12/28/2021 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl #23 Air Force vs. #58 Louisville

12/29/2021 New Era Pinstripe Bowl #74 Maryland vs. #70 Virginia Tech

12/18/2021 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl #31 Louisiana-Lafayette vs. #61 Marshall

12/27/2021 Military Bowl Presented by Peraton #73 Boston College vs. #64 ECU

12/28/2021 Guaranteed Rate Bowl #68 West Virginia vs. #44 Minnesota

12/31/2021 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl #60 Central Michigan vs. #20 Boise State

12/29/2021 Wasabi Fenway Bowl #45 SMU vs. #71 Virginia

12/27/2021 Quick Lane Bowl #67 Western Michigan vs. #32 Nevada

12/28/2021 AutoZone Liberty Bowl #27 Mississippi State vs. #66 Texas Tech

12/25/2021 TaxAct Camellia Bowl #72 Georgia State vs. #82 Ball State

12/23/2021 Frisco Football Classic #87 North Texas vs. #79 Miami University

12/17/2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl #78 Northern Illinois vs. #48 Coastal Carolina

12/18/2021 LendingTree Bowl #83 Eastern Michigan vs. #59 Liberty

12/20/2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl Pres. By TaxAct #91 Old Dominion vs. #94 Tulsa

12/17/2021 Bahamas Bowl #88 Middle Tennessee vs. #63 Toledo

12/24/2021 EasyPost Hawaii Bowl #77 Memphis vs. #93 Hawaii

12/21/2021 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl #100 Kent State vs. #86 Wyoming

12/18/2021 PUBG Mobile New Mexico Bowl #92 UTEP vs. #38 Fresno State