It's a bit different this year.
Assuming they don't get invited to a New Year's Six bowl game — that is such a long shot that it is barely worth mentioning — the Cougars will play in either the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium on Dec. 19 or the Hawaii Bowl at Honolulu's Aloha Stadium on Dec. 24. If they go to Las Vegas they will play the sixth- or seventh-best Pac-12 team, depending on whether Pac-12 teams make the College Football Playoff or a New Year's Six bowl. If they go to Hawaii they will play a team from the American Athletic Conference (AAC) selected by ESPN.