The matchup is set for the 20th annual Isleta New Mexico Bowl. San Diego State will face North Texas on Dec. 27 at University Stadium. Kickoff is at 3:45 p.m. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.It will be the second time that SDSU and UNT have played in Albuquerque. The Aztecs beat Central Michigan 48-11 in 2019, while the Mean Green lost to Utah State 52-13 in 2018.North Texas will be the first ranked team to play in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl. The Mean Green were ranked 25th in the final College Football Playoff Selection Committee poll and went 11-2 this season. UNT lost to Tulane 34-21 in the American Athletic Conference championship game.San Diego State will represent the Mountain West Conference in this game. The Aztecs were 9-3 during the regular season and finished in a four-way tie for first place with New Mexico, UNLV and Boise State.”A conference runner-up against a 9-3 conference co-champ in San Diego State,” said executive director Jeff Siembieda. “Two really well-rounded teams, who are in the midst of great seasons.” Siembieda said there was interest in having New Mexico stay in Albuquerque to play in this year’s game. But he says he is happy to see the Lobos head to Phoenix to play in the Rate Bowl, while the New Mexico Bowl gets a great matchup.”The Lobos get to a spot against a Big Ten team in Minnesota. They get to go out of town and experience something,” Siembieda said. “We get a quality game with a co-champion and a ranked team. So it feels like it worked out really well.”

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The matchup is set for the 20th annual Isleta New Mexico Bowl. San Diego State will face North Texas on Dec. 27 at University Stadium. Kickoff is at 3:45 p.m. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

It will be the second time that SDSU and UNT have played in Albuquerque. The Aztecs beat Central Michigan 48-11 in 2019, while the Mean Green lost to Utah State 52-13 in 2018.

North Texas will be the first ranked team to play in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl. The Mean Green were ranked 25th in the final College Football Playoff Selection Committee poll and went 11-2 this season. UNT lost to Tulane 34-21 in the American Athletic Conference championship game.

San Diego State will represent the Mountain West Conference in this game. The Aztecs were 9-3 during the regular season and finished in a four-way tie for first place with New Mexico, UNLV and Boise State.

“A conference runner-up against a 9-3 conference co-champ in San Diego State,” said executive director Jeff Siembieda. “Two really well-rounded teams, who are in the midst of great seasons.”

Siembieda said there was interest in having New Mexico stay in Albuquerque to play in this year’s game. But he says he is happy to see the Lobos head to Phoenix to play in the Rate Bowl, while the New Mexico Bowl gets a great matchup.

“The Lobos get to a spot against a Big Ten team in Minnesota. They get to go out of town and experience something,” Siembieda said. “We get a quality game with a co-champion and a ranked team. So it feels like it worked out really well.”