Some bowl games produce fascinating matchups. Others produce complete duds. Here is my subjective ranking of most intriguing bowl games for the 2020 season.
| 1 | Jan. 1 | Peach | Cincinnati (9-0) vs. Georgia (7-2) | 12:00 | CBS |
| 2 | Dec. 26 | Cure | Liberty (9-1) vs. Coastal Carolina (11-0) | 12:00 | ESPN |
| 3 | Dec.30 | Duke’s Mayo | Wake Forest (4-4) vs. Wisconsin (3-3) | 12:00 | ESPN |
| 4 | Jan. 2 | Gator | NC State (8-3) vs. Kentucky (4-6) | 12:00 | ESPN |
| 5 | Jan. 1 | Sugar | Ohio State (6-0) vs. Clemson (10-1) | 8:00 | ESPN 2 |
| 6 | Dec. 31 | Arizona | San Jose State (7-0) vs. Ball State (6-1) | 2:00 | ESPN |
| 7 | Dec. 22 | Boca Raton | UCF (6-3) vs. BYU (10-1) | 7:00 | ESPN |
| 8 | Jan. 1 | Rose | Notre Dame (10-1) vs. Alabama (11-0) | 4:00 | ESPN |
| 9 | Dec. 31 | Armed Forces | Tulsa (6-2) vs. Mississippi State (3-7) | 12:00 | ESPN |
| 10 | Dec. 26 | Gasparilla | South Carolina (2-8) vs. UAB (6-3) | 12:00 | ABC |
| 11 | Jan. 2 | Outback | Ole Miss (4-5) vs. Indiana (6-1) | 12:30 | ABC |
| 12 | Dec. 30 | Cotton | Oklahoma (8-2) vs. Florida (8-3) | 8:00 | ESPN |
| 13 | Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | Miami-FL (8-2) vs. Oklahoma State (7-3) | 5:30 | ESPN |
| 14 | Dec. 25 | Camellia | Buffalo (5-1) vs. Marshall (7-2) | 2:30 | ESPN |
| 15 | Jan. 1 | Citrus | Northwestern (6-2) vs. Auburn (6-4) | 1:00 | ESPN |
| 16 | Jan. 2 | Orange | Texas A & M (8-1) vs. North Carolina (8-3) | 8:00 | ESPN |
| 17 | Dec. 29 | Alamo | Texas (6-3) vs. Colorado (4-1) | 9:00 | ESPN |
| 18 | Dec. 22 | Famous Idaho Potato | Nevada (6-2) vs. Tulane (6-5) | 3:30 | ESPN |
| 19 | Jan. 2 | Fiesta | Oregon (4-2) vs. Iowa State (8-3) | 4:00 | ESPN |
| 20 | Dec. 31 | Texas | TCU (6-4) vs. Arkansas (3-7) | 8:00 | ESPN |
| 21 | Dec. 26 | First Responder | UTSA (7-4) vs. UL-Lafayette (9-1) | 3:30 | ABC |
| 22 | Dec. 26 | Lending Tree | Western Kentucky (5-6) vs. Georgia State (5-4) | 3:30 | ESPN |
| 23 | Dec. 31 | Liberty | West Virginia (5-4) vs. Tennessee (3-7) | 4:00 | ESPN |
| 24 | Dec. 23 | New Orleans | Louisiana Tech (5-4) vs. Georgia Southern (7-5) | 3:30 | ESPN |
| 25 | Dec. 30 | Music City | Iowa (6-2) vs. Missouri (5-5) | 4:00 | ESPN |
| 26 | Dec. 23 | Montgomery | Florida Atlantic (5-3) vs. Memphis (7-3) | 7:00 | ESPN |
| 27 | Dec. 24 | New Mexico | Houston (3-4) vs. Hawaii (4-4) | 3:30 | ESPN |
| 28 | Dec. 21 | Myrtle Beach | Appalachian State (8-3) vs. North Texas (4-5) | 2:30 | ESPN |
Ramblings of the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist 