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[QUOTE="Consigliere, post: 4471589, member: 559"]
As I understand it, there are two tiers of bowls the ACC has contracted with. Tier 2 includes Gasparilla, Birmingham and First Responder and ACC sends teams there only if there are bowl eligible teams from the conference after all the Tier 1 slots are filled. If ACC gets a ReliaQuest bid there will be no teams available. If not, then one ACC team, guessing Wake Forest, is relegated to Tier 2.

Within Tier 1 there are three levels that are filled somewhat sequentially. It’s not strictly a draft, but the Bowls work with the conference - which considers teams preferences - in placements. Top level,  after Orange, includes ReliaQuest if available, Cheez It, Gator, and Holiday. Middle level is Sun, Pinstripe and Dukes Mayo. And third level is Fenway and Military. 
Pretty solid indications that Louisville is headed to Fenway. That leaves us with a middle level bowl or Military. While we have the worst overall record at 7-5, if you look beyond the records at the 8-4 teams, Pitt and Duke, they played much less challenging schedules than we did. In fact Duke beat ONE bowl bound team, Wake Forest by three on a late touchdown in the last game of the year. Based on perceived ticket demands and relative strengths I think Duke goes to Annapolis and that’s how we land in Pinstripe - the higher prestige bowl based on payout (Double Military) and conference affiliation of the opponent.
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