The 2024 Valero Alamo Bowl will be the only postseason game in college football to feature two teams from the same conference facing off against one another. Due to the near-dissolution of the Pac-12 in 2023, teams that departed the conference kept their bowl affiliation through legacy status.
Therefore, No. 23 Colorado will represent the Pac-12 in San Antonio against No. 17 BYU, who will represent the Big 12 despite both residing in the same competitive home this season.
Both teams finished third and fourth behind No. 18 Iowa State and No. 12 Arizona State, who competed for the conference title in Dallas on Dec. 7 with the Sun Devils emerging victorious and qualifying for the College Football Playoff…