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    The game, which kicks off Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. ET, will mark the first time Tennessee and Clemson have met since the 2004 Peach Bowl.

    Utah, which vaulted into the top 10 after upsetting USC in the Pac-12 title game, will face No. 11 Penn State in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 2.

    The eighth-ranked Utes are the first team to make back-to-back Rose Bowl appearances since Stanford in 2012 and 2013.

    USC, which fell just short of a CFP bid in coach Lincoln Riley’s first season, will settle for an appearance in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl. The 10th-ranked Trojans will face No. 16 Tulane, which is making its first New Year’s Six bowl game since the 1940 Sugar Bowl.

    All four bowl games will air on ESPN.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.