Our second batch of bowl games is an extremely eclectic mix of matchups. We have several games featuring Power Five also-rans against Group of Five winners, such as Memphis vs. Penn State. Then there are fun matchups between solid teams that fell short of their goals such as Iowa State vs. Notre Dame, Florida vs. Virginia, or Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M.
A lot of these games often come down to which teams are motivated to make something of the bowl games, which teams are getting healthy coming off the extra rest, which teams are getting weaker due to NFL defections, and also the coaching changes that occur and rob teams of either their coaches or their staff's attention.