The Motel 6 Cactus Bowl, played between West Virginia and Arizona State, kicked off a 10:25 p.m., EST. It was the last bowl game played before the National Championship between Alabama and Clemson on Jan. 11.
In a year where bowl game television ratings dropped across the board, the Mountaineers and Sun Devils provided late-night football junkies some last-second excitement with high scoring offenses.
In a CBSsports pool, the Cactus Bowl was ranked No. 3 out of all 40 bowl games that were played at the end of the 2015 year and the first two days of 2016.