Bowl-eligible under first-year coach DJ Durkin after beating Rutgers in the regular season finale, Maryland will go to the Quick Lane Bowl.
The Terps (6-6) will face Boston College (6-6) at Detroit’s Ford Field on Dec. 26. ESPN.
The bowl matchups were announced this afternoon.
The four teams making up this season’s College Football Playoff are Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Washington.
Navy, which lost the AAC championship game to Temple Saturday, will face Louisiana Tech in the Armed Forces Bowl on Dec. 23 in Fort Worth, Texas. Temple, which moved into the Associated Press Top 25 today at No.