With the college football regular season in the rearview mirror, that means bowl season is right around the corner.
Per Brett McMurphy of The Action Network, the first bowl matchup has been finalized. The Bahamas Bowl is going to be between Toledo and Middle Tennessee on Dec. 17.
East Carolina is also heading to the Military Bowl which leaves 79 of 82 bowl spots to be determined.
Toledo & Middle Tennessee will play in @TheBahamasBowl, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. Bahamas Bowl kicks off bowl season on Dec. 17 noon on ESPN. East Carolina also headed to Military Bowl, leaving 79 of 82 spots still to be determined https://t.co/zYrkCtUi00
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 28, 2021
The Bahamas Bowl takes place in Nassau as it always does and the last matchup came in 2019 after the bowl didn’t run in 2020.
The 2019 matchup was between Buffalo and Charlotte, which Buffalo won comfortably, 31-9.
Toledo comes into this contest at 7-5 after it blew out Akron on Saturday. The Rockets won 49-14 as they outscored the Zips 28-7 in the second half.
Middle Tennessee will come in at 6-6 after it secured being bowl eligible with a win against Florida Atlantic on Saturday. The Blue Raiders won 27-17 thanks to a monstrous second half.
They rallied to outscore the Owls 24-3 after being down 14-3 at halftime.
Kickoff will be at Noon ET and it’ll be televised by ESPN.