As expected, it will be Iowa vs. Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1st, featuring the Big Ten Conference runner-up against the Pac 12-champion Cardinal and their Heisman contender Christian McCaffrey. Also on Jan. 1, the Sugar Bowl will match Mississippi against Oklahoma State and the Fiesta Bowl has Notre Dame against Ohio State. Michigan State handed Iowa its first loss in the Big Ten title game to move into the playoffs.

In other Bowl news:

SUN BOWL: Miami and Washington State are headed to the Southwest for the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 26. The Hurricanes closed out a tumultuous season with an 8-4 record after firing coach Al Golden after a 58-0 loss to Clemson, and recently hiring former Georgia coach Mark Richt as their new coach. The Cougars are a surprising 8-4 and are in their second bowl in the last three seasons under coach Mike Leach. Washington State is led by sophomore quarterback Luke Falk, who averages 387.8 yards passing per game — tops in the country. Falk missed the Cougars’ final game of the regular season with a concussion.

PEACH BOWL: Houston and its high-scoring offense will take on Florida State on New Year’s Eve in the Peach Bowl. The Seminoles (10-2, No. 9 CFP) won the national championship two years ago and reached the college football playoffs last season, losing to Oregon in the semifinals. Coach Jimbo Fisher’s team lost to Georgia Tech and No. 1 Clemson. Houston (12-1, No. 18 CFP) claimed a spot in a major bowl as the top-ranked team from the Group of Five conferences. The Cougars won the American Athletic Conference.

ST. PETERSBURG BOWL: Marshall and Connecticut are going to the St. Petersburg Bowl on Dec. 26. Marshall (9-3) is looking for its third bowl win in as many seasons, and brings coach Doc Holliday back to Florida — a place where he’s recruited well. The Herd won the Boca Raton Bowl last year. Connecticut (6-6) was 3-5 at one point, then finished with three wins in its last four games. The Huskies also knocked off Houston, probably the biggest reason why they ended up bowl-bound for the first time since their Fiesta Bowl run to end the 2010 season. Tropicana Field — home of baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays — is the game site.

FIESTA BOWL: The Fiesta Bowl gets another marquee matchup. The New Year’s Day bowl will feature Ohio State and Notre Dame, two teams in the college football playoff mix until late in the season. The defending champion Buckeyes (11-1) lost their only game to Michigan State and needed help to get into college football’s final four. They didn’t get it and wind up No. 7 in the final CFP ranking. Notre Dame (10-2) fought through a slew of injuries to finish four points shy of a perfect record. The Fighting Irish are No. 8 in the final rankings.

NEW ORLEANS BOWL: Arkansas State and Louisiana Tech will meet for the first time since 1998 when they play in the New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 19. Arkansas State (9-3) won the Sun Belt Conference after a dominant 55-17 win over Texas State on Saturday. Louisiana Tech (8-4) finished second in Conference USA’s Western Division. The Bulldogs are led by former Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel, who transferred during the offseason and has thrown for 3,575 yards and 24 touchdowns.

MIAMI BEACH BOWL: Western Kentucky and South Florida are heading to the Miami Beach Bowl on Dec. 21. Western Kentucky (11-2) won the Conference USA title and features quarterback Brandon Doughty, who leads the nation with 45 touchdown passes this season. South Florida (8-4) finished on a four-game winning streak, and has a chance for its first nine-win season since 2007. USF has won the last four meetings between the schools, the last of those coming in 2010. The game is played at Marlins Park — about a 15-minute drive from Miami Beach. Last season, the bowl debuted with Memphis topping BYU 55-48.

ORANGE BOWL: Pizza for 20,000! A huge pizza party is taking place at Death Valley to celebrate Clemson’s unbeaten season and college playoff berth to play Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 31. Coach Dabo Swinney is making good on his promise for a postseason pizza shindig at Memorial Stadium. About a month ago, the coach said it’d be pizza for everyone it the Tigers made the playoffs. Swinney told crowd, “I know I open my mouth sometimes, but this is incredible.” Swinney had wide grin on his face most of the time, and raised both fists in the air, pumping them to the fans’ applause when Clemson was announced as the top seed. Fans dressed in purple and orange filled half the lower bowl at the 81,000-seat stadium.

BAHAMAS BOWL: Western Michigan will face Middle Tennessee on Dec. 24 in the Bahamas Bowl at Nassau’s Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. The Broncos (7-5) earned a share of the Mid-American Conference West title and are in their second straight bowl after winning six of their past eight. They have the top receiving duo in the country in Daniel Braverman and Corey Davis. Middle Tennessee (7-5) of Conference USA takes a four-game win streak to the Bahamas for their first bowl since 2013. The Blue Raiders are led by a pair of freshmen in QB Brent Stockstill and receiver Richie James.

COTTON BOWL: Alabama and Michigan State have been to the Cotton Bowl before, and not too long ago. This time, the teams will be at AT&T Stadium to play each other in the college football playoff semifinals on Dec. 31. The Big Ten champion Spartans completed last season on New Year’s Day playing in their first Cotton Bowl. The SEC champion Crimson Tide opened this season with a victory over Wisconsin at the stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys. The matchup is just the second between the teams. Alabama beat Michigan State 49-7 in the 2011 Capital One Bowl. Alabama’s Nick Saban was the coach at Michigan State from 1995-1999 before leaving for LSU, the Miami Dolphins and moving on to Tuscaloosa in 2007.

The starting times for the college football playoff games are set, according to ESPN. No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 Oklahoma starts at 4 p.m. on Dec. 31 in the Orange Bowl; and No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 Michigan State starts at 8 p.m. on Dec. 31 in the Cotton Bowl.