The Cowboys are going bowling for the 16th-straight year under Mike Gundy, and will make their fifth New Year’s Six bowl when they face the Fighting Irish in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1.
Oklahoma State (11-2) and Notre Dame (11-1) have never met.
The Fighting Irish looked on optimistically when OSU fell to Baylor on Saturday, but the results of the SEC Championship, and Michigan and Cincinnati taking care of business, meant Notre Dame were boxed out with no conference title game to add to its resume. The Irish went 11-1 with its one loss coming to playoff-bound Cincinnati.