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Example, using last year and assuming the BCS rankings were the way schools are chosen. Using your example of Peach/Fiesta (though the first year will be Rose/Sugar as that has already been decided).

Fiesta - #1 ND vs #4 Oregon
Peach - #2 Bama vs #3 Florida

Sugar (SEC/Big12) - #7 Georgia vs #5 K-State
Rose (B1G/PAC)- NR Wisconsin vs #6 Stanford
Orange (ACC/SEC or B1G) - #12 FSU vs #8 LSU
Cotton (at-large vs non-bcs at-large) - #9 Texas A&M vs #15 Northern Illinois

The at-larges are required to include the conference champs of each of the Big 5 plus at least one school from the little conferences provided any are not selected to the semis. Thus when the Rose or Sugar or Orange host semis, their normal selections are thrown into the at-large group.

Edit: my guess is the selection committee would place Oregon 3rd just to avoid SEC conference foes in the semis

So just to be clear, the host of the title game also gets one of the big bowls?

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Posted by tmc94

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Posted on 4/24/13 at 12:12 am to tween the hedges

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So just to be clear, the host of the title game also gets one of the big bowls?

The access bowls will likely be frontrunners but I've seen nothing that suggests they are the only ones that will be considered*. I'm pretty sure year by year they will rotate it and it will go to the highest bidder. The goal is to be like the Super Bowl I'm pretty sure.

* in fact it was suggested Tampa was the runner-up this time and may well get the 2nd year

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