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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Twelve Southeastern Conference football teams learned their postseason bowl destinations on Sunday, including No. 1 Alabama which will play No. 4 Washington in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on December 31 in a semifinal game in the College Football Playoff.On Sunday, the College Football Playoff committee first selected teams for the national semifinal games, the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. The committee later announced the participants in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Goodyear Cotton Bowl and the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual.From the SEC, Auburn will play Oklahoma in the Allstate Sugar Bowl as the highest ranked SEC team in the CFP rankings not included in the national semifinals.Next, the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl selected LSU from the SEC to play ACC opponent Louisville.This marks the third year the conference assigned league schools to a Pool of Six bowls that include the Belk Bowl in Charlotte, the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl in Houston, the TaxSlayer Bowl in Jacksonville, the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl in Nashville and the Outback Bowl in Tampa.Texas A&M will play Big 12 opponent Kansas State in the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl, Arkansas will play Virginia Tech in the Belk Bowl, Georgia will play Big 12 opponent TCU in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Tennessee will play Big Ten opponent Nebraska in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Kentucky will face Georgia Tech in the TaxSlayer Bowl and Florida will play Iowa in the Outback Bowl.The selection process for the Pool of Six bowls was based on preferences expressed by the SECs bowl eligible schools, input from the SECs affiliated bowls, travel considerations, attention to previous matchups and additional relevant factors.The Pool of Six participants are determined after conversations with bowl partners and discussions with school personnel in order to create a lineup of compelling bowl games for our schools and their fans, said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. This process provides an opportunity to create intriguing matchups, consider potential attendance factors and variations of assignments to help prevent repetitive postseason destinations.Followingg the Pool of Six bowls, the Birmingham Bowl selected South Carolina to play South Florida from the American Athletic Conference and the Camping World Independence Bowl selected Vanderbilt to play ACC opponent NC State.dddddddddddd In addition, Mississippi State qualified for the St. Petersburg Bowl with a 5-7 record by virtue of how its Academic Progress Rate ranked among other schools with a similar record.College Football Playoff ScheduleDate/Time (ET)BowlLocationNetworkDec. 31 3 p.m.College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl No. 4 Washington vs. No. 1 AlabamaAtlanta, Ga. Georgia DomeESPN (Watch)Dec. 31 7 p.m.College Football Playoff Semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 2 ClemsonGlendale, Ariz. University of Phoenix StadiumESPNJan. 9 8:30 p.m.College Football Playoff National ChampionshipTampa, Fla. Raymond James StadiumESPNSEC Bowl ScheduleDate/Time (ET)BowlLocationNetworkDec. 26 11 a.m.St. Petersburg Bowl Miami (OH) vs. Mississippi StateSt. Petersburg, Fla. Tropicana FieldESPN (Watch)Dec. 26 5 p.m.Camping World Independence Bowl NC State vs. VanderbiltShreveport, La. Independence StadiumESPN2 (Watch)Dec. 28 9 p.m.AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl Texas A&M vs. Kansas StateHouston, Texas NRG StadiumESPN (Watch)Dec. 29 2 p.m.Birmingham Bowl USF vs. South CarolinaBirmingham, Ala. Legion FieldESPN (Watch)Dec. 29 5:30 p.m.Belk Bowl Arkansas vs. No. 22 Virginia TechCharlotte, N.C. Bank of America StadiumESPN (Watch)Dec. 30 NoonAutoZone Liberty Bowl Georgia vs. TCUMemphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumESPN (Watch)Dec. 30 3:30 p.m.Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Nebraska vs. No. 21 TennesseeNashville, Tenn. Nissan StadiumESPN (Watch)Dec. 31 11 a.m.Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl No. 20 LSU vs. No. 13 LouisvilleOrlando, Fla. Camping World StadiumABC (Watch)Dec. 31 11 a.m.TaxSlayer Bowl Georgia Tech vs. KentuckyJacksonville, Fla. EverBank FieldESPN (Watch)Jan. 2 1 p.m.Outback Bowl No. 17 Florida vs. IowaTampa, Fla. Raymond James StadiumABC (Watch)Jan. 2 8:30 p.m.Allstate Sugar Bowl No. 14 Auburn vs. No. 7 OklahomaNew Orleans, La. Mercedes-Benz SuperdomeESPN (Watch) ' ' '