THE HATCH RANKINGS
MATHEMATICAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKING SYSTEM
EST. 1999
EST. 1999
2020-21 Bowl Pairings
(All Rankings Pre-Bowl)
| College Football Playoff Championship | ||
| #3 | Alabama (12-0) | 52 |
| #1 | Ohio State (7-0) | 24 |
| Miami Gardens, FL (1/11) | ||
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| Date | Bowl Name | Location | Team | Team | |||||
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| 1/2 | Outback | Tampa | #12 | Indiana (6-1) | 20 | #82 | Mississippi (4-5) | 26 | |
| 1/2 | Gator | Jacksonville | #46 | North Carolina State (8-3) | 21 | #90 | Kentucky (4-6) | 23 | |
| 1/1 | Citrus | Orlando | #25 | Northwestern (6-2) | 35 | #52 | Auburn (6-4) | 19 | |
| 12/31 | Liberty | Memphis | #57 | West Virginia (5-4) | 24 | #40 | Army (9-2) | 21 | |
| 12/31 | Arizona | Tucson | #4 | Ball State (6-1) | 34 | #7 | San Jose State (7-0) | 13 | |
| 12/31 | Armed Forces | Fort Worth | #21 | Tulsa (6-2) | 26 | #101 | Mississippi State (3-7) | 28 | |
| 12/29 | Alamo | San Antonio | #29 | Texas (6-3) | 55 | #10 | Colorado (4-1) | 23 | |
| 12/29 | Cheez-It | Orlando | #24 | Miami (8-2) | 34 | #27 | Oklahoma State (7-3) | 37 | |
| 12/26 | Cure | Orlando | #6 | Coastal Carolina (11-0) | 34 | #48 | Liberty (9-1) | 37 | OT |
| 12/26 | LendingTree | Mobile | #93 | Western Kentucky (5-6) | 21 | #51 | Georgia State (5-4) | 39 | |
| 12/26 | First Responder | Dallas | #58 | Texas-San Antonio (7-4) | 24 | #8 | Louisiana-Lafayette (9-1) | 31 | |
| 12/25 | Camellia | Montgomery | #38 | Marshall (7-2) | 10 | #17 | Buffalo (5-1) | 17 | |
| 12/24 | New Mexico | Frisco, TX | #59 | Houston (3-4) | 14 | #78 | Hawaii (4-4) | 28 | |
| 12/23 | Montgomery | Montgomery | #43 | Memphis (7-3) | 25 | #73 | Florida Atlantic (5-3) | 10 | |
| 12/23 | New Orleans | New Orleans | #55 | Georgia Southern (7-5) | 38 | #66 | Louisiana Tech (5-4) | 3 | |
| 12/22 | Boca Raton | Boca Raton | #33 | Central Florida (6-3) | 23 | #11 | Brigham Young (10-1) | 49 | |
| 12/22 | Idaho Potato | Boise | #54 | Tulane (6-5) | 27 | #49 | Nevada (6-2) | 38 | |
| 12/21 | Myrtle Beach | Conway, SC | #111 | North Texas (4-5) | 28 | #35 | Appalachian State (8-3) | 56 |