The complete 2017 college football bowl schedule has been released by ESPN, who controls all things, but we’ve narrowed it down to the six bowl tie-ins the Big 12 has. It’s important to note that the Big 12 champion will not have an automatic berth to a New Year’s Six bowl game because the Sugar Bowl is a semifinal host. The parenthesis denote bowl selection order.
Tuesday, December 26
(5) Motel 6 Cactus Bowl (vs. Pac-12), TBD, Chase Field, Phoenix, Ariz.
(6) Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl* (vs. either Big 10 or Conference USA), TBD, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas
*The Heart of Dallas Bowl will select a Big 12 team if either the Big 10 or Conference USA cannot fill the spot).