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conference champion. These conference tie-ins led to situations where the top-ranked teams in the country could not play each other in a bowl game. The national championship was decided after the bowls, solely by voters for various media polls, who tried to decide which team was best, sometimes
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2139:Duke's Mayo
2089:68 Ventures
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1473:Switzerland
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1357:German Bowl
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1279:IFAF Europe
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285:2023 season
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277:2015 season
269:2006 season
265:1997 season
253:Cotton Bowl
245:Orange Bowl
169:White House
3709:Categories
3565:Television
3392:Mid-States
3232:The United
3004:Bowl games
2966:Division I
2249:ReliaQuest
2244:Quick Lane
2224:New Mexico
2214:Music City
2164:Gasparilla
2119:Boca Raton
2114:Birmingham
1825:2013-12-17
1725:9 December
1698:9 December
1555:References
1485:Swiss Bowl
1479:Swiss Bowl
1195:Banjo Bowl
1161:, and the
1138:Wheat Bowl
1115:Stagg Bowl
968:Division I
956:See also:
933:Banjo Bowl
897:World Bowl
893:NFL Europe
889:World Bowl
878:China Bowl
874:Kelce Bowl
830:super ball
826:Lamar Hunt
822:Super Bowl
772:Peach Bowl
725:Sugar Bowl
550:Sugar Bowl
423:Texas Tech
419:St. Mary's
395:Uteck Bowl
391:Vanier Cup
375:Banjo Bowl
360:Super Bowl
332:, and the
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249:Sugar Bowl
173:Joe Burrow
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1441:Rice Bowl
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1163:Hula Bowl
1107:ECAC Bowl
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304:Yale Bowl
241:Rose Bowl
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3408:Programs
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