33 Bowl Games Ranked As If They Were Dishes

The custom of calling post-season collegiate contests "bowl" games stems from the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl, so-called for the eponymous bowl-shaped stadium. But our first association with the word "bowl" of course is as a container, most often for food, keys, change, or cereal milk and cigarette ashes and mascara tears. Many bowl games have embraced this association; in the defunct category alone, there was a Glass Bowl, a Cherry Bowl, a Pecan Bowl, a Pineapple Bowl, an Oyster Bowl, a Wheat Bowl, a Raisin Bowl and, most endearingly, a Salad Bowl.

Hereforth are the current bowl games, ranked in descending order from most to least appealing to imagine as an actual bowl, whether in contents or material. For simplicity, title sponsors are omitted unless their name is inextricably the bowl's title. Note: This post is most suitable for 7-year-olds to read aloud, and then maybe to illustrate.

1. Orange Bowl 2. Sugar Bowl 3. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl 4. Tostitos Fiesta Bowl 5. Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl 6. Cotton Bowl 7. Chick-fil-A Bowl 8. Beef O'Brady's Bowl 9. Rose Bowl 10. Sun Bowl 11. Poinsettia Bowl 12. Outback Bowl 13. Independence Bowl 14. Liberty Bowl 15. New Orleans Bowl 16. Hawaii Bowl 17. New Mexico Bowl 18. Alamo Bowl 19. Music City Bowl 20. Pinstripe Bowl 21. Fight Hunger Bowl 22. Gator Bowl 23. Military Bowl 24. Armed Forces Bowl 25. BBVA Compass Bowl 26. Capital One Bowl 27. Belk Bowl 28. MAACO Bowl 29. GoDaddy.com Bowl 30. Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas 31. Heart of Dallas Bowl 32. Russell Athletic Bowl 33. Little Caesars Pizza Bowl