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North Carolina teams competed in four different bowls, winning all four. Sun Belt co-champion Appalachian State shut out the MAC's Toledo 34-0 in the Dollar General Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Duke also defeated a MAC opponent, Northern Illinois, in Detroit's Quick Lane Bowl by a score of 36-14. The Belk Bowl was a shootout between Wake Forest and Texas A&M with the Demon Deacons prevailing 5-52. The NC State Wolfpack wrapped up bowl action for NC teams with a 52-31 win over Arizona State in the Hyundai Sun Bowl.
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Each conference has specific bowl tie-ins. Teams from North Carolina compete in four different conferences, the ACC, American, Conference USA, and the Sun Belt. The highest-ranked Group of Five (American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, and Sun Belt) team in the College Football Playoff rankings will automatically be placed in one of the New Year's Six Bowls. Bowl matchups will be released on Selection Sunday in December. Teams gain eligibility if they finish their season with a non-losing record. If not enough teams qualify, the following criteria are used.
1. Teams finishing 6-6 with one win against an FCS team
2. 6-6 teams with two wins over FCS schools
3. Teams that finish 6-7 a loss in their conference championship game
4. 6-7 teams that normally play a 13-team schedule
5. FCS teams who are in the final year of the two-year FBS transition process
6. 5-7 teams that have in order of their Academic Progress Rate (APR) score
2018 College Football Bowl Schedule
| Date | Bowl | Conference Partners |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Dec 15 | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | Mountain West/Conference USA |
| AutoNation Cure Bowl | American/Sun Belt | |
| Las Vegas Bowl | Mountain West/Pac-12 | |
| Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | MAC/Sun Belt | |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Sun Belt/Conference USA | |
| Tue, Dec 18 | Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl | American/Conference USA |
| Wed, Dec 19 | Frisco Bowl | American/At-Large |
| Thu, Dec 20 | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | American/ACC or Conference USA |
| Fri, Dec 21 | Bahamas Bowl | MAC/Conference USA |
| Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Mountain West/MAC | |
| Sat, Dec 22 | Birmingham Bowl | SEC/American |
| Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Big 12/American | |
| Dollar General Bowl | MAC/Sun Belt | |
| Hawai'I Bowl | Mountain West/Conference USA | |
| Wed, Dec 26 | Heart of Dallas Bowl | Big Ten/Conference USA |
| Quick Lane Bowl | ACC or Notre Dame/Big Ten | |
| Cactus Bowl | Big 12/Pac-12 | |
| Thu, Dec 27 | Walk-On's Independence Bowl | ACC or Notre Dame/SEC |
| New Era Pinstripe Bowl | ACC or Notre Dame/Big Ten | |
| Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl | Big 12/SEC | |
| Fri, Dec 28 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | ACC or Big Ten/SEC |
| Camping World Bowl | ACC or Notre Dame/Big 12 | |
| NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl | Mountain West/Sun Belt | |
| Valero Alamo Bowl | Big 12/Pac-12 | |
| Sat, Dec 29 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | At-Large/At-Large [New Year's Six] |
| Belk Bowl | ACC or Notre Dame/SEC | |
| Capital One Orange Bowl | CFP Semifinal [New Year's Six] | |
| Goodyear Cotton Bowl | CFP Semifinal [New Year's Six] | |
| Mon, Dec 31 | Military Bowl Presented by Northwest Grumman | ACC or Notre Dame/American |
| San Francisco Bowl | Pac-12/Big 10 | |
| Hyundai Sun Bowl | ACC or Notre Dame/Pac-12 | |
| AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Big 12/SEC | |
| SDCCU Holiday Bowl | Big Ten/Pac-12 | |
| TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | ACC or Big Ten or Notre Dame/SEC | |
| Tue, Jan 1 | Outback Bowl | Big Ten/SEC |
| Citrus Bowl | Big Ten/SEC | |
| PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | At-Large/At-Large [New Year's Six] | |
| Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwest Mutual | Big Ten/Pac-12 [New Year's Six] | |
| Allstate Sugar Bowl | Big 12/SEC [New Year's Six] | |
| Mon, Jan 7 | CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T | Semifinal Winners |
