New Year's Six

The New Year's Six, sometimes abbreviated as NY6, is an unofficial but commonly used term used to describe the following NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) bowl games: the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Peach Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl. These games are played annually on or around New Year's Day and represent six of the ten oldest bowl games played at the FBS level.

New Year's Six
In operation	2014–present
Preceded by	BCS (1998–2013) Bowl Alliance (1995–1997) Bowl Coalition (1992–1994)
Number of New Year's Six games	6 plus the National Championship game
Television partner(s)	ESPN (2014–present)
Most New Year's Six appearances	Ohio State (9)
Most New Year's Six wins	Alabama (9)
Most New Year's Six championships	Alabama (3)
Conference with most appearances	SEC (24)
Conference with most game wins	SEC (20)
Conference with most championships	SEC (6)
Last championship game	January 9, 2023
Current champion	Georgia

A break in play during the 2017 edition of the Cotton Bowl Classic, one of the New Year's Six

These six top-tier bowl games rotate the hosting of the two College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinal games, which determine the teams that play in the final College Football Playoff National Championship game.^[1] The rotation is set on a three-year cycle with the following pairings: Rose–Sugar, Orange–Cotton, and Peach-Fiesta. The National Championship game may be considered part of the New Year's Six, depending on context. When the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024, the New Year's Six will host the Quarterfinal and Semifinal rounds.^[2]

Using the final CFP rankings, the selection committee seeds and pairs the top four teams and determines the participants for the other four non-playoff New Year's Six bowls that are not hosting the semifinals that year. These four non-playoff bowls are also referred to as the Selection Committee bowl games. These 6 games focus on the top 12 teams in the rankings; to date during the College Football Playoff era (2014–2020 football seasons), only 9 of the 84 teams selected by the committee have been ranked lower than 12th.

Overall, 12 teams are selected each football season for these major, top-tier bowls. These are required to include the champions of the "Power Five" conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC). In addition, the highest-ranked champion from the "Group of Five" conferences (The American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, and Sun Belt) is guaranteed a berth if the group's top team is not in the playoff.^[3]

History leading to the creation of the CFP

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system that created five bowl game match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football, including an opportunity for the top two teams to compete in the BCS National Championship Game. The system was in place for the 1998 through 2013 seasons and in 2014 was replaced by the College Football Playoff. The four-team playoffs consist of two semifinal games, with the winners advancing to the College Football Playoff National Championship. If New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the traditional New Year's Day games are played on January 2 in deference to the National Football League's week 17 games.

In June 2012, the BCS conference presidents approved the College Football Playoff to replace the Bowl Championship Series.^[3] Three bowls—Rose, Sugar, and Orange—because of their contracts with Power 5 conferences, were selected to be part of the rotating semifinal playoff games, with three more bowls to be named.^[1] Because of issues about fairness and the Big East's BCS Automatic Qualifier conference status, conference commissioners began to consider accommodating the Group of Five leagues with a seventh participating bowl. On November 12, 2012, in Denver, the conference commissioners granted the top Group of Five conference champion a guaranteed slot in one of the six premier bowls.^[3] In July 2013, the Cotton Bowl Classic, the Fiesta Bowl, and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl were selected as the other three rotating semifinal playoff bowls ahead of the Holiday Bowl. Also, the BCS conference commissioners meetings selected AT&T Stadium as the first host of the College Football Playoff Championship Game on January 12, 2015.^[1]

Bowl game conference tie-ins

Three of the bowls have tie-ins with the specified conference champions in the years they are not hosting playoff semifinals:

• Rose Bowl: Big Ten vs. Pac-12^[4]
• Sugar Bowl: SEC vs. Big 12^[3]
• Orange Bowl: ACC vs. Big Ten, SEC, or Notre Dame^[5]

When the conference champion is unavailable, the bowls invite the next-best team from that conference. The Cotton,^[1] Fiesta,^[4] and Peach Bowls have no conference tie-ins;^[4] as such, the best conference champion from the Group of Five will play in one of those bowls if it does not qualify for the CFP semifinal.^[3]

History and schedule

Games are listed in chronological order, with final CFP rankings, and win–loss records prior to the respective bowl being played.

2014 season

See also: 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Wednesday	December 31, 2014	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 6 TCU (11–1)	42	No. 9 Ole Miss (9–3)	3
Wednesday	December 31, 2014	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 20 Boise State (11–2)	38	No. 10 Arizona (10–3)	30
Wednesday	December 31, 2014	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 12 Georgia Tech (10–3)	49	No. 7 Mississippi State (10–2)	34
Thursday	January 1, 2015	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 8 Michigan State (10–2)	42	No. 5 Baylor (11–1)	41
Thursday	January 1, 2015	(CFP Semifinal) Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 2 Oregon (12–1)	59	No. 3 Florida State (13–0)	20
Thursday	January 1, 2015	(CFP Semifinal) Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 4 Ohio State (12–1)	42	No. 1 Alabama (12–1)	35
Monday	January 12, 2015	National Championship Game	Arlington, TX	No. 4 Ohio State (13–1)	42	No. 2 Oregon (13–1)	20

2015 season

See also: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2015–16 NCAA football bowl games

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Thursday	December 31, 2015	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 18 Houston (12–1)	38	No. 9 Florida State (10–2)	24
Thursday	December 31, 2015	(CFP Semifinal) Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 1 Clemson (13–0)	37	No. 4 Oklahoma (11–1)	17
Thursday	December 31, 2015	(CFP Semifinal) Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 2 Alabama (12–1)	38	No. 3 Michigan State (12–1)	0
Friday	January 1, 2016	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 7 Ohio State (11–1)	44	No. 8 Notre Dame (10–2)	28
Friday	January 1, 2016	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 6 Stanford (11–2)	45	No. 5 Iowa (12–1)	16
Friday	January 1, 2016	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 12 Ole Miss (9–3)	48	No. 16 Oklahoma State (10–2)	20
Monday	January 11, 2016	National Championship Game	Glendale, AZ	No. 2 Alabama (13–1)	45	No. 1 Clemson (14–0)	40

2016 season

See also: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Friday	December 30, 2016	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 11 Florida State (9–3)	33	No. 6 Michigan (10–2)	32
Saturday	December 31, 2016	(CFP Semifinal) Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 1 Alabama (13–0)	24	No. 4 Washington (12–1)	7
Saturday	December 31, 2016	(CFP Semifinal) Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 2 Clemson (12–1)	31	No. 3 Ohio State (11–1)	0
Monday	January 2, 2017	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 8 Wisconsin (10–3)	24	No. 15 Western Michigan (13–0)	16
Monday	January 2, 2017	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 9 USC (9–3)	52	No. 5 Penn State (11–2)	49
Monday	January 2, 2017	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 7 Oklahoma (10–2)	35	No. 14 Auburn (8–4)	19
Monday	January 9, 2017	National Championship Game	Tampa, FL	No. 2 Clemson (13–1)	35	No. 1 Alabama (14–0)	31

2017 season

See also: 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Friday	December 29, 2017	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 5 Ohio State (11–2)	24	No. 8 USC (11–2)	7
Saturday	December 30, 2017	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 9 Penn State (10–2)	35	No. 11 Washington (10–2)	28
Saturday	December 30, 2017	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 6 Wisconsin (12–1)	34	No. 10 Miami (FL) (10–2)	24
Monday	January 1, 2018	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 12 UCF (12–0)	34	No. 7 Auburn (10–3)	27
Monday	January 1, 2018	(CFP Semifinal) Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 3 Georgia (12–1)	54	No. 2 Oklahoma (12–1)	48^2OT
Monday	January 1, 2018	(CFP Semifinal) Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 4 Alabama (11–1)	24	No. 1 Clemson (12–1)	6
Monday	January 8, 2018	National Championship Game	Atlanta, GA	No. 4 Alabama (12–1)	26	No. 3 Georgia (13–1)	23^OT

2018 season

See also: 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2018–19 NCAA football bowl games

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Saturday	December 29, 2018	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 10 Florida (9–3)	41	No. 7 Michigan (10–2)	15
Saturday	December 29, 2018	(CFP Semifinal) Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 2 Clemson (13–0)	30	No. 3 Notre Dame (12–0)	3
Saturday	December 29, 2018	(CFP Semifinal) Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 1 Alabama (13–0)	45	No. 4 Oklahoma (12–1)	34
Tuesday	January 1, 2019	Fiesta Bowl (January 2019)	Glendale, AZ	No. 11 LSU (9–3)	40	No. 8 UCF (12–0)	32
Tuesday	January 1, 2019	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 6 Ohio State (12–1)	28	No. 9 Washington (10–3)	23
Tuesday	January 1, 2019	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 15 Texas (9–4)	28	No. 5 Georgia (11–2)	21
Monday	January 7, 2019	National Championship Game	Santa Clara, CA	No. 2 Clemson (14–0)	44	No. 1 Alabama (14–0)	16

2019 season

See also: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2019–20 NCAA football bowl games

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Saturday	December 28, 2019	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 10 Penn State (10–2)	53	No. 17 Memphis (12–1)	39
Saturday	December 28, 2019	(CFP Semifinal) Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 1 LSU (13–0)	63	No. 4 Oklahoma (12–1)	28
Saturday	December 28, 2019	(CFP Semifinal) Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 3 Clemson (13–0)	29	No. 2 Ohio State (13–0)	23
Monday	December 30, 2019	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 9 Florida (10–2)	36	No. 24 Virginia (9–4)	28
Wednesday	January 1, 2020	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 6 Oregon (11–2)	28	No. 8 Wisconsin (10–3)	27
Wednesday	January 1, 2020	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 5 Georgia (11–2)	26	No. 7 Baylor (11–2)	14
Monday	January 13, 2020	National Championship Game	New Orleans, LA	No. 1 LSU (14–0)	42	No. 3 Clemson (14–0)	25

Source:^[6][7]

2020 season

See also: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2020–21 NCAA football bowl games

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Wednesday	December 30, 2020	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 6 Oklahoma (8–2)	55	No. 7 Florida (8–3)	20
Friday	January 1, 2021	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 9 Georgia (7–2)	24	No. 8 Cincinnati (9–0)	21
Friday	January 1, 2021	(CFP Semifinal) Rose Bowl	Arlington, TX	No. 1 Alabama (11–0)	31	No. 4 Notre Dame (10–1)	14
Friday	January 1, 2021	(CFP Semifinal) Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 3 Ohio State (6–0)	49	No. 2 Clemson (10–1)	28
Saturday	January 2, 2021	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 5 Texas A&M (8–1)	41	No. 13 North Carolina (8–3)	27
Saturday	January 2, 2021	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 10 Iowa State (8–3)	34	No. 25 Oregon (4–2)	17
Monday	January 11, 2021	National Championship Game	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 1 Alabama (12–0)	52	No. 3 Ohio State (7–0)	24

Source:^[8]

2021 season

See also: 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2021–22 NCAA football bowl games

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Thursday	December 30, 2021	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 10 Michigan State (10–2)	31	No. 12 Pittsburgh (11–2)	21
Friday	December 31, 2021	(CFP Semifinal) Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 1 Alabama (12–1)	27	No. 4 Cincinnati (13–0)	6
Friday	December 31, 2021	(CFP Semifinal) Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 3 Georgia (12–1)	34	No. 2 Michigan (12–1)	11
Saturday	January 1, 2022	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 9 Oklahoma State (11–2)	37	No. 5 Notre Dame (11–1)	35
Saturday	January 1, 2022	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 6 Ohio State (10–2)	48	No. 11 Utah (10–3)	45
Saturday	January 1, 2022	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 7 Baylor (11–2)	21	No. 8 Ole Miss (10–2)	7
Monday	January 10, 2022	National Championship Game	Indianapolis, IN	No. 3 Georgia (13–1)	33	No. 1 Alabama (13–1)	18

2022 season

See also: 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Friday	December 30, 2022	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 6 Tennessee (10–2)	31	No. 7 Clemson (11–2)	14
Saturday	December 31, 2022	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 5 Alabama (10–2)	45	No. 9 Kansas State (10–3)	20
Saturday	December 31, 2022	(CFP Semifinal) Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 3 TCU (12–1)	51	No. 2 Michigan (13–0)	45
Saturday	December 31, 2022	(CFP Semifinal) Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 1 Georgia (13–0)	42	No. 4 Ohio State (11–1)	41
Monday	January 2, 2023	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 16 Tulane (11–2)	46	No. 10 USC (11–2)	45
Monday	January 2, 2023	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 11 Penn State (10–2)	35	No. 8 Utah (10–3)	21
Monday	January 9, 2023	National Championship Game	Inglewood, CA	No. 1 Georgia (14–0)	65	No. 3 TCU (13–1)	7

2023 season

See also: 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 2023–24 NCAA football bowl games

Future games

The below games dates have been announced by CFP organizers. Starting with the 2024 season (2024–25 bowl season), with the expansion of the playoff from four to 12 teams, games not hosting the national semifinals will host the national quarterfinals.

Season (bowl games)	Cotton	Orange	Fiesta	Peach	Rose	Sugar	Championship (site)
2023 (2023–24)	December 29	December 30	January 1	December 30	January 1†	January 1†	January 8 (Houston, TX)
2024 (2024–25)	January 10†	January 9†	December 31‡	January 1‡	January 1‡	January 1‡	January 20 (Atlanta, GA)
2025 (2025–26)	December 31‡	January 1‡	January 8†	January 9†	January 1‡	January 1‡	January 19 (Miami, FL)

† Denotes CFP semifinal games
‡ Denotes CFP quarterfinal games
Source:^[9][10]

New Year's Six bowl appearances

New Year's Six performance

NY6 CFP School Conf 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 9 5 Ohio State Big Ten CH W SF W W SF RU W SF 8 7 Alabama SEC SF CH RU CH RU CH RU W 7 6 Clemson ACC RU CH SF CH RU SF L 6 4 Oklahoma Big 12 SF W SF SF SF W 6 3 Georgia SEC RU L W W CH CH 4 2 Notre Dame Ind./ACC L SF SF L 4 2 Michigan Big Ten L L SF SF 4 - Penn State Big Ten L W W W 3 1 Florida State ACC SF L W 3 1 Oregon Pac-12 RU W L 3 1 Michigan State Big Ten W SF W 3 1 Washington Pac-12 SF L L 3 - Baylor Big 12 L L W 3 - Ole Miss SEC L W L 3 - Wisconsin Big Ten W W L 3 - Florida SEC W W L 3 - USC Pac-12 W L L 2 1 LSU SEC W CH 2 1 Cincinnati AAC L SF 2 1 TCU Big 12 W RU 2 - Oklahoma State Big 12 L W 2 - Auburn SEC L L 2 - UCF AAC W L 2 - Utah Pac-12 L L 1 - Arizona Pac-12 L 1 - Boise State MWC W 1 - Georgia Tech ACC W 1 - Mississippi State SEC L 1 - Houston AAC W 1 - Iowa Big Ten L 1 - Stanford Pac-12 W 1 - Western Michigan MAC L 1 - Miami (FL) ACC L 1 - Texas Big 12 W 1 - Memphis AAC L 1 - Virginia ACC L 1 - Iowa State Big 12 W 1 - North Carolina ACC L 1 - Texas A&M SEC W 1 - Pittsburgh ACC L 1 - Kansas State Big 12 L 1 - Tennessee SEC W 1 - Tulane AAC W

KEY CH National Champion RU Lost in CFP Championship Game SF Lost in CFP Semifinals W Won New Year's Six game L Lost New Year's Six game

New Year's Six bowl appearances by team

App	Games	School	W	L	Pct	Game(s) won	Game(s) lost
9	11	Ohio State	7	4	.636	2015 Sugar Bowl+ 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship 2016 Fiesta Bowl (January) 2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (December) 2019 Rose Bowl 2021 Sugar Bowl+ 2022 Rose Bowl	2016 Fiesta Bowl (December)+ 2019 Fiesta Bowl (December)+ 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship 2022 Peach Bowl+
8	14	Alabama	10	4	.714	2015 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)+ 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship 2016 Peach Bowl+ 2018 Sugar Bowl+ 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship 2018 Orange Bowl+ 2021 Rose Bowl+ 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship 2021 Cotton Bowl+ 2022 Sugar Bowl (December)	2015 Sugar Bowl+ 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship
7	11	Clemson	6	5	.545	2015 Orange Bowl+ 2016 Fiesta Bowl (December)+ 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship 2018 Cotton Bowl+ 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship 2019 Fiesta Bowl (December)+	2016 College Football Playoff National Championship 2018 Sugar Bowl+ 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship 2021 Sugar Bowl+ 2022 Orange Bowl
6	9	Georgia	7	2	.778	2018 Rose Bowl+ 2020 Sugar Bowl 2021 Peach Bowl (January) 2021 Orange Bowl (December)+ 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship 2022 Peach Bowl+ 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship	2018 College Football Playoff National Championship 2019 Sugar Bowl
6	6	Oklahoma	2	4	.333	2017 Sugar Bowl 2020 Cotton Bowl	2015 Orange Bowl+ 2018 Rose Bowl+ 2018 Orange Bowl+ 2019 Peach Bowl+
4	4	Penn State	3	1	.750	2017 Fiesta Bowl 2019 Cotton Bowl 2023 Rose Bowl	2017 Rose Bowl
4	4	Notre Dame	0	4	.000		2016 Fiesta Bowl (January) 2018 Cotton Bowl+ 2021 Rose Bowl+ 2022 Fiesta Bowl (January)
4	4	Michigan	0	4	.000		2016 Orange Bowl 2018 Peach Bowl (December) 2021 Orange Bowl (December)+ 2022 Fiesta Bowl (December)+
3	4	Oregon	2	2	.500	2015 Rose Bowl+ 2020 Rose Bowl	2015 College Football Playoff National Championship 2021 Fiesta Bowl
3	3	Florida	2	1	.667	2018 Peach Bowl (December) 2019 Orange Bowl	2020 Cotton Bowl
3	3	Wisconsin	2	1	.667	2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (January) 2017 Orange Bowl	2020 Rose Bowl
3	3	Michigan State	2	1	.667	2015 Cotton Bowl Classic (January) 2021 Peach Bowl (December)	2015 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)+
3	3	Baylor	1	2	.333	2022 Sugar Bowl (January)	2015 Cotton Bowl Classic (January) 2020 Sugar Bowl
3	3	Florida State	1	2	.333	2016 Orange Bowl	2015 Rose Bowl+ 2015 Peach Bowl
3	3	Ole Miss	1	2	.333	2016 Sugar Bowl	2014 Peach Bowl 2022 Sugar Bowl (January)
3	3	USC	1	2	.333	2017 Rose Bowl	2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (December) 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)
3	3	Washington	0	3	.000		2016 Peach Bowl+ 2017 Fiesta Bowl 2019 Rose Bowl
2	3	LSU	3	0	1.000	2019 Fiesta Bowl (January) 2019 Peach Bowl+ 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship
2	3	TCU	2	1	.667	2014 Peach Bowl 2022 Fiesta Bowl (December)+	2023 College Football Playoff National Championship
2	2	UCF	1	1	.500	2018 Peach Bowl (January)	2019 Fiesta Bowl (January)
2	2	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500	2022 Fiesta Bowl (January)	2016 Sugar Bowl
2	2	Auburn	0	2	.000		2017 Sugar Bowl 2018 Peach Bowl (January)
2	2	Cincinnati	0	2	.000		2021 Peach Bowl (January) 2021 Cotton Bowl+
2	2	Utah	0	2	.000		2022 Rose Bowl 2023 Rose Bowl
1	1	Boise State	1	0	1.000	2014 Fiesta Bowl (December)
1	1	Georgia Tech	1	0	1.000	2014 Orange Bowl (December)
1	1	Houston	1	0	1.000	2015 Peach Bowl
1	1	Stanford	1	0	1.000	2016 Rose Bowl
1	1	Texas	1	0	1.000	2019 Sugar Bowl
1	1	Texas A&M	1	0	1.000	2021 Orange Bowl (January)
1	1	Iowa State	1	0	1.000	2021 Fiesta Bowl
1	1	Tennessee	1	0	1.000	2022 Orange Bowl
1	1	Tulane	1	0	1.000	2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)
1	1	Arizona	0	1	.000		2014 Fiesta Bowl (December)
1	1	Mississippi State	0	1	.000		2014 Orange Bowl (December)
1	1	Iowa	0	1	.000		2016 Rose Bowl
1	1	Western Michigan	0	1	.000		2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)
1	1	Miami	0	1	.000		2017 Orange Bowl
1	1	Memphis	0	1	.000		2019 Cotton Bowl
1	1	Virginia	0	1	.000		2019 Orange Bowl
1	1	North Carolina	0	1	.000		2021 Orange Bowl (January)
1	1	Pittsburgh	0	1	.000		2021 Peach Bowl (December)
1	1	Kansas State	0	1	.000		2022 Sugar Bowl (December)

+ Denotes CFP Semifinal

New Year's Six bowl appearances by conference

Conference	Appearances	Games	W	L	Pct	# Schools	School(s)
SEC	27	37	25	12	.676	9	Alabama 14 (10–4) Georgia 9 (7–2) LSU 3 (3–0) Florida 3 (2–1) Ole Miss 3 (1–2) Auburn 2 (0–2) Texas A&M 1 (1-0) Tennessee 1 (1-0) Mississippi State 1 (0–1)
Big Ten	24	26	14	12	.538	6	Ohio State 11 (7–4) Penn State 4 (3–1) Michigan 4 (0–4) Michigan State 3 (2–1) Wisconsin 3 (2–1) Iowa 1 (0–1)
ACC	16	20	8	12	.400	8	Clemson 11 (6–5) Florida State 3 (1–2) Georgia Tech 1 (1–0) Miami (FL) 1 (0–1) Virginia 1 (0–1) Notre Dame* 1 (0–1) North Carolina 1 (0–1) Pittsburgh 1 (0–1)
Big 12	16	17	8	9	.471	7	Oklahoma 6 (2–4) Baylor 3 (1–2) TCU 3 (2–1) Oklahoma State 2 (1–1) Texas 1 (1–0) Iowa State 1 (1–0) Kansas State 1 (0-1)
Pac-12	13	14	4	10	.286	6	Oregon 4 (2–2) USC 3 (1–2) Washington 3 (0–3) Utah 2 (0–2) Stanford 1 (1–0) Arizona 1 (0–1)
American	7	7	3	4	.429	5	UCF 2 (1–1) Cincinnati 2 (0–2) Houston 1 (1–0) Tulane 1 (1-0) Memphis 1 (0–1)
Independent	3	3	0	3	.000	1	Notre Dame* 3 (0–3)
Mountain West	1	1	1	0	1.000	1	Boise State 1 (1–0)
MAC	1	1	0	1	.000	1	Western Michigan 1 (0–1)

Conference USA and Sun Belt Conference have never appeared in the New Year's Six.
* In 2020, Notre Dame played as part of the ACC due to COVID-19

College Football Playoff appearances and performances

Main article: College Football Playoff

Main article: List of College Football Playoff games

College Football Playoff performance

School Conference (as of 2023) # CG CH 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Alabama SEC 7 6 3 SF CH RU CH RU CH RU Clemson ACC 6 4 2 RU CH SF CH RU SF Georgia SEC 3 3 2 RU CH CH Ohio State Big Ten 5 2 1 CH SF SF RU SF LSU SEC 1 1 1 CH Oregon Pac-12 1 1 - RU TCU Big 12 1 1 - RU Oklahoma Big 12 4 - - SF SF SF SF Notre Dame Independent 2 - - SF SF Michigan Big Ten 2 - - SF SF Florida State ACC 1 - - SF Michigan State Big Ten 1 - - SF Washington Pac-12 1 - - SF Cincinnati Big 12 1 - - SF

KEY CH National Champion RU Lost in CFP Championship Game SF Lost in CFP Semifinals

College Football Playoff National Championship appearances

Main article: College Football Playoff National Championship

College Football Playoff National Championship appearances by team

Appearances	Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	Season(s) won	Season(s) lost
6	Alabama	3	3	.500	2015, 2017, 2020	2016, 2018, 2021
4	Clemson	2	2	.500	2016, 2018	2015, 2019
3	Georgia	2	1	.667	2021, 2022	2017
2	Ohio State	1	1	.500	2014	2020
1	LSU	1	0	1.000	2019
1	Oregon	0	1	.000		2014
1	TCU	0	1	.000		2022

College Football Playoff National Championship appearances by conference

Conference	Appearances	Wins	Losses	Win Pct	# Teams	Team(s)	Title seasons
SEC	10	6	4	.600	3	Alabama 6 (3–3) Georgia 3 (2–1) LSU 1 (1–0)	2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
ACC	4	2	2	.500	1	Clemson 4 (2–2)	2016, 2018
Big Ten	2	1	1	.500	1	Ohio State 2 (1–1)	2014
Pac-12	1	0	1	.000	1	Oregon 1 (0–1)
Big 12	1	0	1	.000	1	TCU 1 (0–1)

See also

•  College football portal

• College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS
• Plus-One system

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