The Citrus Bowl will continue to host teams from the Big Ten and SEC after reaching a new 6-year extension with both conferences that runs through 2025.
The agreement also enables the Citrus Bowl to retain the right to select the top teams from both conferences outside of those selected for the College Football Playoff.
"We're thrilled to extend the Citrus Bowl's relationships with the SEC and Big Ten through the next bowl cycle," Florida Citrus Sports CEO Steve Hogan said in a statement. "Our decades-long partnership with both conferences will continue to allow us to stage one of the country's most anticipated bowl match-ups in Orlando, and we look forward to growing experiences for student-athletes and fans through the 2025 season and beyond."
The deal guarantees a team from both conferences throughout the cycle eliminating a previous agreement with the ACC that had the Citrus Bowl hosting the top-ranked non-CFP team in years when the Orange Bowl wasn't hosting a playoff semifinal and instead hosted a team from the Big Ten.
This is the final year of the current bowl agreements with the new deal set to debut in 2020-21.
The Citrus Bowl kicks off at 1 ET on Jan. 1, 2020 with the game being televised on ABC.
