The Sun Belt Conference Champion Appalachian State University Mountaineers are headed back to The Big Easy.
The 20th-ranked Mountaineers accepted an invitation to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, where they will play Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) of Conference USA this Saturday, Dec. 21 at 9:00 p.m. ET/8:00 CT.
The game will be nationally televised on ESPN.
It will mark the first meeting between Appalachian State and UAB.
Appalachian State (12-1) is the first ranked team to play in this bowl and may be talented enough to have earned a New Year’s Day 6 bid.