Kansas State to take on No. 5 Alabama in first Sugar Bowl appearance

MANHATTAN, Kan. (KCTV) – Kansas State was already just about a lock to make its first look within the Sugar Bowl in program historical past, however an exciting, 31-28 additional time victory over No. 3 TCU in Saturday’s Massive 12 Championship Recreation formally secured Kansas State’s spot within the New 12 months’s Six bowl recreation.

On Sunday morning, the School Soccer Playoff committee launched its closing rankings, assigning Kansas State with a date in New Orleans with No. 5 Alabama.

The Crimson Tide missed the Playoff for simply the second time within the 9 years the four-team postseason format has existed. With No. 1 Georgia heading to the postseason bracket, Alabama takes the Sugar Bowl’s designated SEC slot because the highest-ranked remaining group from the Southeastern Convention.

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Kansas State and Alabama have by no means met in a soccer contest. The most recent version of the Sugar Bowl will likely be performed on New 12 months’s Eve at 11 a.m. CST.

TCU, who misplaced to Kansas State Saturday, remained within the No. 3 spot within the School Soccer Playoff rankings, securing a seat on the playoff desk for the Massive 12. The Horned Frogs will play No. 2 Michigan within the Fiesta Bowl.

An look within the Sugar Bowl is the primary for the Wildcats in a New 12 months’s Six bowl for the reason that new format went into existence. The final BCS bowl this system performed in was the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, following Okay-State’s 2012 Massive 12 Championship. In that recreation, then quarterback and now offensive coordinator Collin Klein and the Wildcats had been defeated by Oregon, 35-17.

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