While the college football season won’t officially end until Oregon and Ohio State play in the inaugural College Football Playoff national championship game, all 38 postseason games with “bowl” in the title have been completed.
So no reason to wait: Let’s reveal our all-bowl team in advance of Monday night’s championship game.
Plenty of running backs and receivers put up the kinds of numbers that warranted a spot on the team, but there weren’t nearly as many memorable performances from tight ends. That’s why we decided to go with a 12-man offense featuring three running backs, three receivers and no tight ends.
Here are some of the players who didn’t make the cut: Georgia running back Nick Chubb (266 yards rushing in the Belk Bowl against Louisville); Baylor QB Pryce Petty (550 yards passing in the Cotton Bowl against Michigan State); Boise State receiver Thomas Sperbeck (12 catches for 199 yards in the Fiesta Bowl against Arizona; and Florida defensive end Dante Fowler (three sacks in the Birmingham Bowl against East Carolina).
The competition was tough, but after 38 games here are the players chosen the best of the best by a panel of AP writers who cover college football.