Nov. 29, 2009

• 2009-10 ACC Bowl Matchups

Bowl Championship Series

The winner of the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game will be selected to play in the Bowl Championship Series. Unless the winner of the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game is ranked No.1 or No. 2 in the final BCS Standings and plays in the BCS National Championship Game, then the ACC Champion will serve as the host team of the FedEx Orange Bowl in Miami, Fla. This year’s BCS National Championship Game will also be hosted by the Rose Bowl on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, Calif. The BCS may also select a second ACC team, if one is eligible for selection (Won at least nine regular season games and is ranked among the Top 14 in the final BCS Standings), there is an At-Large berth available and the team is selected by one of the four BCS Bowl Games—FedEx Orange (only if the ACC Champion is in the BCS National Championship Game), Allstate Sugar, Tostitos Fiesta and the Rose Bowl presented by Citi.

After BCS makes selections, then the selection order is:

1. Chick-fi l-A Bowl, Atlanta
2. Konica-Minolta Gator Bowl, Jacksonville
3. Champs Sports Bowl, Orlando
4-6. Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, Nashville
Meineke Car Care Bowl, Charlotte
Emerald Bowl, San Francisco
7. EagleBank Bowl, Washington, D.C.
8. GMAC Bowl, Mobile, Ala.

Conditions:

1. The runner-up of the ACC Championship Game, provided it has 8 wins, is guaranteed not to fall further than the Music City Bowl. If they so desire, the Chick-fi l-A, Gator, and Champs Sports Bowls can pass on the Championship Game Runner-up this year.
2. Otherwise, if the bowl does not select the team available with the best Conference record, then it must choose a team that is within one conference win of the team with the best conference record (ie. 5-3 to 6-2), or the bowl may take a team that has more than a one game difference, if the team is ranked more than five spaces above the team with the best Conference record in the final BCS Standings.
3. After the Champs Sports Bowl makes its selection, the next three bowl partners—Music City, Meineke, Emerald—submit their preferences. If the three bowls and the teams involved agree on their choices, then those selections stand. Otherwise, the selection goes on financial order which is 1. Music City; 2. Meineke; 3. Emerald.

Selection Time Frame

The Bowl Championship Series will announce its selections on the Fox Selection Show on Sunday, December 6. Shortly thereafter, each Atlantic Coast Conference affiliated bowl game will make their selections in the order specified above. The ACC, the Bowls and individual schools will announce the selections after all selections are completed Sunday evening.