'Celebration' first in bowl lineup

(STATS) - Rival FCS conferences MEAC and SWAC will again kick off the college football postseason when their champions meet in the Air Force Reserve Celebration

(STATS) - Rival FCS conferences MEAC and SWAC will again kick off the college football postseason when their champions meet in the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl on Dec. 17 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

The second annual bowl will have a noon ET kickoff on ABC.

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• Georgia
• Utah
• Alabama
• UCLA
• Notre Dame
• Texas
• Miami (FL)
• Tennessee
• Indiana
• BYU
• Kentucky
• Texas Tech

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MEAC champ North Carolina A&T won last year's game, 41-34 over SWAC champion Alcorn State before over 35,000 fans.

The MEAC and SWAC are composed of historically black colleges and universities.