After a wild week, the new Gator Bowl matchup is officially set. Rutgers, which finished its season at 5–7, has been invited to replace Texas A&M in the Gator Bowl, where it will face 10–3 Wake Forest.
The Scarlet Knights became the first option for the game, after a COVID-19 outbreak within the Aggies program. The outbreak, combined with season-ending injuries, left the team without enough scholarship players to safely compete.
All bowl eligible teams at 6–6 or better were already selected for games, which put Rutgers at the top of the list for 5–7 programs when sorted by academic progress rate (APR).