Five teams from North Carolina will play in bowl games this month. From the FCS, the MEAC and SWAC conferences have foregone their automatic bids into the NCAA Division I FCS playoff in lieu of sending their champion to the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia. For FBS teams, six wins are necessary to become bowl eligible. A total of thirty-nine bowl games will be played between FBS teams over the next month. Four of the seven FBS teams from North Carolina were selected to play in a bowl game this season.
North Carolina A&T vs. Grambling
Saturday, December 16
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
12 p.m
ABC
Appalachian State vs. Toledo
Saturday, December 23
Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Mobile, Alabama
7 p.m.
ESPN
Duke vs. Northern Illinois
Tuesday, December 26
Ford Field
Detroit, Michigan
5:15 p.m.
ESPN
Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M
Friday, December 29
Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte, North Carolina
1 p.m.
ESPN
NC State vs. Arizona State
Friday, December 29
Sun Bowl Stadium
El Paso, Texas
3 p.m.
CBS
