With the start of the 2013 regular nearly four months away, the ACC has announced where its membership will (potentially) be spending the 2013 postseason.
In a press release, the conference confirmed it will have eight tie-ins for this year’s bowl season as well as one conditional contract. The eight bowls are the Military, Russell Athletic, Belk, Music City, AdvoCare V100, Sun, Chick-fil-A and Orange.
This will likely be the last year the ACC’s bowl lineup looks like this as all of their contracts are up following the 2013 season. It’s already being reported that the ACC could land contracts with the Pinstripe Bowl and Gator Bowl beginning in 2014.
The 2013 ACC champion, if it is not in the BCS title game played in the Rose Bowl Stadium, will play in the Orange Bowl. The Orange Bowl has the first selection of teams which qualified for the BCS after the five conference champions and/or their replacements, have been placed.
The Chick-fil-A Bowl would then have the next choice of ACC teams, followed by the Russell Athletic, Sun, Belk, Music City, AdvoCare V100 and Military bowls.
Additionally, the ACC has a conditional tie-in with the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. That agreement is contingent on either the Pac-12 or BYU not being able to fulfill its commitment to the bowl game, and the ACC having an available, bowl-eligible team.
Below are the dates and times for each ACC bowl tie-in, including three New Year’s Eve games. With the exception of the Sun Bowl, all of these postseason games will be televised by ESPN.
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman
Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, 2:30 p.m.
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (conditional)
Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, 9:30 p.m.
Russell Athletic Bowl
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, 6:45 p.m.
Belk Bowl
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, 3:20 p.m.
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, 3:15 p.m.
AdvoCare V100 Bowl
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, 12:30 p.m.
Hyundai Sun Bowl
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, 2 p.m.
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, 8 p.m.
Discover Orange Bowl
Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, 8 p.m.