Conference USA Sends Four Teams Bowling in 2023, Schedule and Ticket Prices Via TicketSmarter

Fiesta Bowl January 1, 2024 // 12:00 p.m. CT // ESPN State Farm Stadium // Glendale, AZ Liberty vs. Oregon

New Orleans Bowl December 16, 2023 // 1:15 p.m. CT // ESPN Caesars Superdome // New Orleans, LA Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana

New Mexico Bowl December 16, 2023 // 4:45 p.m. CT // ESPN University Stadium // Albuquerque, NM New Mexico State vs. Fresno State

Famous Toastery Bowl December 18, 2023 // 1:30 p.m. CT // ESPN Jerry Richardson Stadium // Charlotte, NC WKU vs. Old Dominion

2023 Bowl Overview
Conference USA ’s bowl lineup spans a six-year cycle from 2020-25. The conference is guaranteed seven bowl appearances in each year of the new cycle and will have associations with up to 14 different bowls. As part of the new bowl cycle, CUSA will annually send teams to the Bahamas Bowl against a Mid-American Conference opponent, and to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, against a Sun Belt Conference school. The league will continue its relationship with the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, guaranteed to send a team to the Shreveport, Louisiana-based bowl in 2025, while holding a secondary agreement with the bowl in the other years of the cycle. CUSA will also continue its long-standing relationship with the easypost Hawai’i Bowl. The league is set to participate in the Honolulu-based game again in 2024. The conference’s remaining guaranteed selections in the cycle (five in 2023) will include the 68 Ventures Bowl (Mobile, Alabama) or from among 13 games which are owned and operated by ESPN Events.
 
Guaranteed selections each season:
HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl* (Charlotte, NC)
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (New Orleans, Louisiana)
 
Guaranteed selections selected seasons:
easyPost Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu, Hawai’i) - 2024
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (Shreveport, Louisiana) – 2025

Remaining selections (five selections) from this group:
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas)
TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Alabama)
RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Florida)
Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
Cure Bowl (Orlando, Florida)
Wasabi Fenway Bowl (Boston, Massachusetts)
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dallas, Texas)
Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas)
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Florida)
68 Ventures Bowl (Mobile, Alabama)
Myrtle Beach Bowl (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

There is no set selection order among CUSA’s bowl partners.



The Playoff
During the 2014-15 season, college football entered a new era when postseason playoffs began. The format is simple: top four teams, two semifinals played in bowl games, and a national championship game played in a different city each year. Each semifinal will be played during the New Year's holiday with the national championship game in prime time on a Monday night at least a week later.
 
The Selection Committee
A selection committee will choose the four teams for the playoff based on their performance during the regular season, including, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, championships won, and other factors. The teams will be seeded so that #1 will play #4 in one semifinal and #2 will meet #3 in the other, with the winners advancing to the national championship game.
 
The Rotation
The semifinals will rotate among six different bowls, extending the experience to more fans. In the years when the bowls are not hosting semifinals, the bowls will feature eight other teams in four compelling matchups.
 
For the 2023-24 season, the CFP Semifinal games will be played in the Rose Bowl and the Allstate Sugar Bowl, both on Monday, January 1. The College Football Championship will be held on Monday, Jan. 8, in Houston, Texas at NRG Stadium.

Complete 2023-24 Bowl Season Schedule
 
CUSA and the College Football Playoff
As a member of the College Football Playoff, Conference USA will be a part of one of the College Football Playoff bowls if it has the highest rated champion from among the American Athletic, CUSA, Mid-American, Mountain West and Sun Belt Conferences. 

CFP Overview

CFP Sites and Schedules

#BowlSeason
Bowl Season is one of the greatest and longest running traditions in American sports, taking place in late December and running through New Year’s Day, and has been college football’s post-season for over 100 years. It promotes the grand tradition of the bowl system and its endearing value to student-athletes, highlighting the broader university and college communities, including spirit squads, marching bands, athletic staff and fans. Bowl Season spotlights the distinctiveness of each of the bowl games along with their histories and traditions and their proud communities - embracing and honoring the bowl experience for present and future generations. Click here for more information.