Overview
- Kickoff is 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, with streaming on the ESPN app and Fubo.
- BYU enters 11-2 as the CFP’s second team out after a 34-7 Big 12 title loss to No. 4 Texas Tech, and leading rusher L.J. Martin is out following shoulder surgery.
- Georgia Tech is 9-3 with ACC Player of the Year Haynes King powering a top-15 offense, and quarterbacks coach Chris Weinke will call plays after OC Buster Faulkner departed for Florida.
- The matchup pairs sixth-year dual threat King against BYU true freshman Bear Bachmeier, the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, testing Tech’s attack against a top-30 Cougars defense.
- A win would give BYU its first 12-win season since 2001 or mark Georgia Tech’s first 10-win campaign since 2014, with the bowl’s edible Pop-Tart mascot tradition adding extra spotlight.