For the Sun Bowl Dec. 31, the committee chose Florida State (FSU) 6-6 from the Atlantic Athletic Conference (ACC) to face the Arizona State (ASU) Sun Devils from the PAC- 12 Conference.
In choosing the Seminoles, the Sun Bowl went with a higher profile team coming off its second consecutive non-winning season that resulted in the firing of second-year coach Willie Taggert. With a single win against a team with a winning record and losing four games by double digits, the Seminoles have fallen from one of the elite teams in college football to a team flirting with .