Duke's Mayo Bowl

A new college football bowl game in Charlotte, North Carolina, was established in 2002 by Raycom Sports. The game was certified by the NCAA as the Queen City Bowl, which became the Continental Tire Bowl (2002–2004), Meineke Car Care Bowl (2005–2010), and Belk Bowl (2011–2019) prior to its current name.

The game previously featured a matchup between the No. 5 selected Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team and the No. 3 selected American Athletic Conference (AAC). Originally, the bowl selected a team from the Big East Conference, until that conference's breakup in 2013.

In 2011, Charlotte-based department store chain Belk acquired the title sponsorship for a three-year period through 2013. After the initial period, Belk extended its sponsorship for six years, through 2019.[2] As of 2014, the bowl featured the second pooled selection from the ACC paired against the second pooled selection from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), after selection of the College Football Playoff (CFP) teams.

On November 20, 2019, Belk informed bowl officials that the company would not be renewing its sponsorship after the 2019 season.[3] In June 2020, Duke's Mayonnaise was announced as the new title sponsor for the bowl.[4]

In 2020, the ACC's opponent in the bowl is scheduled to begin alternating between the Big Ten Conference and SEC through 2025, with a Big Ten team playing in even-numbered years and an SEC team playing in odd-numbered years.[5] The conference not sending a team to this bowl will send a team to the Las Vegas Bowl.[6]

Rankings are based on the AP Poll prior to the game being played.

Updated through the December 2019 edition (18 games, 36 total appearances).

Teams with multiple appearances

Teams with a single appearance

Won: Georgia, Mississippi State, Kentucky
Lost: Arkansas, Clemson, Connecticut, Duke, Navy, South Carolina, Texas A&M

Ten of the ACC's current 14 members (Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest) have appeared in the game. Members that have yet to appear include Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami and Syracuse. Both of Pitt's appearances, and one appearance each by Boston College and Louisville, came while said schools were members of the Big East Conference.

Updated through the December 2019 edition (18 games, 36 total appearances).

• The American record includes appearances of the Big East Conference, as The American retains the charter of the original Big East, following its 2013 realignment. Teams representing the Big East appeared in 10 games, compiling a 5–5 record.
• Independents: Navy (2006)

Source: [8]

The bowl was televised by ESPN2 from 2002 through 2005; since 2006, the bowl has been televised by ESPN.[9]

• Official site