New Year's Six

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The New Year's Six, sometimes abbreviated as NY6, are a series of 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 traditionally played annually on or around New Year's Day and are considered the most prestigious bowl games played at the FBS level. While the bowls themselves existed for decades before, the "New Year's Six" was created alongside the institution of the College Football Playoff (CFP) in 2014. For the 2014 through 2023 seasons, two of the New Year's Six games served as the two semifinal games in the four-team playoff, while teams appearing in the other four New Year's Six games were played as traditional bowl games, some with conference tie-ins. The six bowl games rotated the hosting of the two CFP semifinal games. Since the CFP expanded to twelve teams for the 2024 season, the six bowls now host quarterfinal or semifinal games. The Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Peach, and...

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