Noles vs. Dawgs in Orange as New Year’s Six set
Florida State, the first unbeaten Power 5 conference winner to ever miss out on the College Football Playoff, will go for a matchup with two-time defending champion Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 30.
Coach Mike Norvell stated the No. 5 Seminoles, who completed 13-0 and won the ACC championship, will be all set for the match in Miami Gardens (4 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App) despite being snubbed by the CFP selection committee Sunday.
“It is what it is this year,” Norvell said. “We can have our frustrations. I respect the chance we have. Of all the games that are out there in this bowl season, there’s not one that will be more amazing or most likely more anticipated than having these two teams.”
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The Seminoles’ 19 successive wins is the second-longest active streak in FBS.No.
6 Georgia had actually won 29 straight games prior to Saturday’s loss to Alabama in the SEC title game. As an outcome, the Bulldogs end up being the first No. 1 group in the penultimate CFP rankings to fall out of the leading 4 after losing throughout Champion Week.The Bulldogs have won six successive bowl games.”The good news is we got each other to go play,”Georgia coach Kirby Smart said.” I know they’ll be up for us and we’ll be up for them. You stress a lot more when you have a match that they may not look forward to. I have discovered that.”The other drama played out Sunday was identifying who would be
selected as the highest-ranked Group of 5 team, therefore getting an automated bid into the New Year’s Six.That honor went to the unbeaten Liberty Flames (13-0), the very first Conference
U.S.A. champ to clinch a Brand-new Year’s 6 quote in the College Football Playoff era. The Flames completed at No. 23 in the last CFP rankings– one area ahead of American Athletic Conference champion SMU( 11-2 )– despite playing among the nation’s weakest schedules.Final College Football Playoff Rankings Team Tape 1. Michigan 13-0 2. Washington 13-0 3.
Texas 12-1 4. Alabama 12-1 5. Florida State 13-0 6. Georgia 12-1 7. Ohio State 11-1 8
. Oregon 11-2
9. Missouri
10-2
10. Penn State
10-2
11. Ole Miss 10-2 12. Oklahoma 10-2 13. LSU 9-3 14. Arizona 9-3 15. Louisville 10-3 16. Notre Dame 9-3 17. Iowa 10-3 18.
NC State 9-3 19. Oregon State 8-4
20. Oklahoma State 9-4 21. Tennessee 8-4 22. Clemson 8-4 23. Liberty 12-0
24. SMU 11-2
25. Kansas
State
8-4 Liberty, which will be making only its fifth bowl look ever, will handle No. 8 Oregon in the Vrbo Carnival Bowl in
Glendale, Arizona(Jan. 1, 1 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App).”
Today was surreal to our program
and our players
and
to see our
name
or logo up there in the Feast Bowl
was something that actually captured beyond our
dreams,”stated Liberty coach Jamey
Chadwell, who coached the previous
five seasons
at Coastal Carolina
. “And after that, on top of that
, to play among the premier college
football programs
in the country with Oregon, it was something that usually does not occur to, you know, programs like us. “The Flames became a complete Department I member in 2018.”This team is playing well and it looks like they’re running on all cylinders,”Oregon coach Dan Lanning said of Liberty.” To go unbeaten in college football is exceptionally tough.” The Ducks(11-2 ), led by Heisman Trophy candidate Bo Nix, will be making their seventh straight bowl appearance.Lanning stated Nix, who tossed for 4,145 lawns and leads the country in passing goals(40 )and completion percentage (77.2), is all-in for the Feast Bowl.”It speaks with his character, what he thinks of this group, what he feels like he owes the players on this group around him
.”Lanning said.”He certainly does not owe any person anything and
for him to head out there and to go play, I don’t think it was actually ever a question for him.”The staying 2 New Year’s 6 games will include clashes between Huge Ten and SEC teams.No. 9 Missouri, which is seeking its first bowl win in three looks under coach Eli Drinkwitz, will take on No. 7 Ohio State at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, Texas(Dec. 29, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App ). The Buckeyes( 11-1), who are 2-12 in championship game against SEC opponents all-time, will be making their 11th New Year’s 6
appearance in a row. Ohio State has a 10-1-1 series record against Missouri, with the last conference in 1998. The Tigers (10-2 )won at least 10 games– their very first winning record in five seasons– for the first time because winning the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day 2015. It will be Mizzou’s first
New Year’s 6 bowl in 10 seasons and its very first appearance in the Cotton Bowl because 2014.
“It’s been some tough sledding here for my first 3 seasons and for our senior class to get this chance to win 10 games, to get a Brand-new Year’s Six bowl game, “Drinkwitz informed ESPN’s bowl selection program. “It simply advises them that it deserves it
: the effort, the devotion, the long hours, the hard practices.”The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta(Dec. 30, noon ET, ESPN/ESPN App) features a matchup between No. 11 Ole Miss(10-2 )and No. 10 Penn State( 10-2).
It will be the Rebels ‘second New Year’s 6 bowl look in 3 seasons under coach Lane Kiffin, while the Nittany Lions will be playing in their ninth bowl under coach James Franklin.The two teams have never played each other.” It’s likewise quite cool that Penn State has never played in the Peach Bowl,”Franklin said Sunday.” It’s unusual. In 2023 there are not too many things you can say have not happened.”The other 2 games in the New Year’s 6 were set earlier Sunday when the CFP semifinal matches were announced.No. 1 Michigan will take on No. 4 Alabama in the Rose Bowl Game provided by Prudential in Pasadena, California(Jan. 1, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App
), and No. 2 Washington plays No. 3 Texas in the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans (Jan. 1, 8:45 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App ). The Wolverines will be playing in their 21st Rose Bowl,
more than any school except USC, however Michigan hasn’t been to the archetypal championship game since 2007.”It’s going to take all those days, all those hours, all those minutes, “Harbaugh informed ESPN.”We played Alabama before.
Have not beaten them. We know it’s going to take our best. We’re going to need to play truly good, however before that, we’re going to have to plan. We’re going to have to practice and get in a position to perform against really excellent football teams.”Alabama, led by a superior defense and by quarterback Jalen Milroe, has actually been to the Rose Bowl more times than any school not in the Big Ten or the Pac-12.
“He’s got it,”Harbaugh said of Milroe.”He’s got that’ it’aspect. Surrounded by a lot of really superior professional athletes that are actually well-coached and understand what they’re doing. That’s a crucial, important combination. “The Sugar Bowl includes a rematch of 2022 Alamo Bowl quarterbacks Quinn Ewers of Texas and Heisman Prize candidate Michael Penix Jr. of Washington. Another storyline will be Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian facing his old-fashioned; he coached the Huskies from 2009 to 2013, going 34-29 with three bowl appearances.” Washington still holds a special location to me,”Sarkisian stated. “I got my very first head coaching opportunity there and had five just significant years in trying to rebuild that program.”The Associated Press contributed to this report.
.”Lanning said.”He certainly does not owe any person anything and
for him to head out there and to go play, I don’t think it was actually ever a question for him.”The staying 2 New Year’s 6 games will include clashes between Huge Ten and SEC teams.No. 9 Missouri, which is seeking its first bowl win in three looks under coach Eli Drinkwitz, will take on No. 7 Ohio State at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, Texas(Dec. 29, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App ). The Buckeyes( 11-1), who are 2-12 in championship game against SEC opponents all-time, will be making their 11th New Year’s 6
appearance in a row. Ohio State has a 10-1-1 series record against Missouri, with the last conference in 1998. The Tigers (10-2 )won at least 10 games– their very first winning record in five seasons– for the first time because winning the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day 2015. It will be Mizzou’s first
New Year’s 6 bowl in 10 seasons and its very first appearance in the Cotton Bowl because 2014.
“It’s been some tough sledding here for my first 3 seasons and for our senior class to get this chance to win 10 games, to get a Brand-new Year’s Six bowl game, “Drinkwitz informed ESPN’s bowl selection program. “It simply advises them that it deserves it
: the effort, the devotion, the long hours, the hard practices.”The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta(Dec. 30, noon ET, ESPN/ESPN App) features a matchup between No. 11 Ole Miss(10-2 )and No. 10 Penn State( 10-2).
It will be the Rebels ‘second New Year’s 6 bowl look in 3 seasons under coach Lane Kiffin, while the Nittany Lions will be playing in their ninth bowl under coach James Franklin.The two teams have never played each other.” It’s likewise quite cool that Penn State has never played in the Peach Bowl,”Franklin said Sunday.” It’s unusual. In 2023 there are not too many things you can say have not happened.”The other 2 games in the New Year’s 6 were set earlier Sunday when the CFP semifinal matches were announced.No. 1 Michigan will take on No. 4 Alabama in the Rose Bowl Game provided by Prudential in Pasadena, California(Jan. 1, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App
), and No. 2 Washington plays No. 3 Texas in the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans (Jan. 1, 8:45 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App ). The Wolverines will be playing in their 21st Rose Bowl,
more than any school except USC, however Michigan hasn’t been to the archetypal championship game since 2007.”It’s going to take all those days, all those hours, all those minutes, “Harbaugh informed ESPN.”We played Alabama before.
Have not beaten them. We know it’s going to take our best. We’re going to need to play truly good, however before that, we’re going to have to plan. We’re going to have to practice and get in a position to perform against really excellent football teams.”Alabama, led by a superior defense and by quarterback Jalen Milroe, has actually been to the Rose Bowl more times than any school not in the Big Ten or the Pac-12.
“He’s got it,”Harbaugh said of Milroe.”He’s got that’ it’aspect. Surrounded by a lot of really superior professional athletes that are actually well-coached and understand what they’re doing. That’s a crucial, important combination. “The Sugar Bowl includes a rematch of 2022 Alamo Bowl quarterbacks Quinn Ewers of Texas and Heisman Prize candidate Michael Penix Jr. of Washington. Another storyline will be Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian facing his old-fashioned; he coached the Huskies from 2009 to 2013, going 34-29 with three bowl appearances.” Washington still holds a special location to me,”Sarkisian stated. “I got my very first head coaching opportunity there and had five just significant years in trying to rebuild that program.”The Associated Press contributed to this report.