New Year’s Six bowls

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The New Year’s Six bowls are the premier annual college football postseason games that feature top-ranked teams and rotate hosting the College Football Playoff semifinals.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf bowl games collection
college football postseason series
alsoKnownAs NY6
New Year’s Six
broadcastOn ESPN
competitionLevel NCAA Division I FBS
conferenceTieIn ACC
Big 12 Conference
Big Ten Conference
Group of Five conferences automatic berth
Pac-12 Conference
SEC
country United States
distinguishedFrom non–New Year’s Six bowl games
features at-large selections
conference champions
top-ranked FBS teams
follows conference championship games
regular season of NCAA Division I FBS football
format single-elimination semifinal games within broader CFP
governingBody College Football Playoff
hasMediaRightsDealWith ESPN family of networks
hasPart College Football Playoff semifinal games
inception 2014 College Football Playoff era
includes Cotton Bowl Classic
Fiesta Bowl
Orange Bowl
Peach Bowl
Rose Bowl Game
Sugar Bowl
notableFeature two bowls serve as CFP semifinals each season
organizer College Football Playoff Administration, LLC
partOf College Football Playoff system
prize large payouts to participating schools and conferences
relatedTo College Football Playoff National Championship
replaces BCS bowl structure
role hosts College Football Playoff semifinals on a rotating basis
rotationCycleLength three years
selectionProcess College Football Playoff selection committee
significance considered the most prestigious annual college football bowl games
sport American football
startTime 2014
timeZone United States time zones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific)
typicalDate early January
late December

Referenced by (16)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Allstate Sugar Bowl ("New Year’s Six")
Cotton Bowl Classic ("New Year's Six")
Fiesta Bowl ("New Year's Six")
Orange Bowl ("New Year’s Six bowl games")
Peach Bowl ("New Year’s Six")
Sugar Bowl ("New Year’s Six")
partOf
New Year’s Six bowls ("New Year’s Six")
alsoKnownAs
SEC West ("New Year’s Six bowl games")
associatedWith
Cotton Bowl Classic ("New Year's Six bowls")
category
Peach Bowl ("New Year’s Six bowl games")
isOneOf
Football Bowl Subdivision ("New Year’s Six bowl games")
organizes
Cotton Bowl Classic ("New Year's Six bowl")
playoffRole
CFP National Championship Game ("New Year’s Six bowl games")
relatedCompetition
College Football Playoff
semifinalGamesPlayedIn
College Football Playoff
usesRotationForSemifinals
SEC Championship Game ("New Year’s Six bowl (typically)")
winnerQualifiesFor

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