The game will feature the champion of the ACC, unless the
conference's top team is chosen as one of the nation's top four teams to play
in the newly announced playoffs. In that case, a replacement team from the ACC
would play in the Orange Bowl.
"The ACC and Discover Orange Bowl have a terrific
relationship and, as we look ahead to the future of postseason college
football, this will further an already beneficial partnership for both
organizations," ACC commissioner John Swofford said in a statement.
"The Discover Orange Bowl has a rich history of prestige, is located
within the league's footprint and is a great destination for our
student-athletes, alumni and fans. In addition to our continued partnership, we
are very pleased to be playing annually on New Year's Day."
In addition, the Orange Bowl said it anticipates that it
will host at least four semifinal games in the new playoff system.
The ACC has sent its champion to the South Florida-based
bowl every year since 2006, and this announcement means that relationship will
continue when the Bowl Subdivision makes the switch to a four-team playoff in
two years.
"The Orange Bowl is extremely pleased to continue its
relationship with the Atlantic Coast Conference," O. Ford Gibson,
president and chair of the Orange Bowl Committee said in the statement.
"We are looking forward to entering this new era of postseason collegiate
football with a valued partner and its historically successful member
institutions."
The ACC becomes the fifth major conference to announce a tie
with a bowl that expects to be part of the pool of six bowls from which two
semifinal sites will rotate. The Big 12 and Southeastern Conference are
creating the Champions Bowl for their representatives, while the Big Ten and
Pac-12 are committed to the Rose Bowl.
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