Overview
- The Sun Bowl will be played in El Paso on Dec. 31 and will air on CBS.
- Duke enters as ACC champion after a 27-20 overtime win against Virginia.
- Non‑CFP bowl announcements were delayed following opt-outs by Notre Dame, Iowa State and Kansas State.
- This is Arizona State’s second bowl under coach Kenny Dillingham after last season’s CFP Peach Bowl loss to Texas in double overtime.
- Arizona State has seven Sun Bowl appearances with a 4-2-1 mark, last played there in 2019, and beat Duke in their only prior meeting in the 2014 Sun Bowl.