<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Sugar Bowl </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <2016 </Td> <Td> 2018> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2017 Sugar Bowl is a bowl game that was played on January 2, 2017 at the Mercedes - Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana . This 83rd Sugar Bowl was played between a team from the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference . It is one of the 2016--17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season . Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game is officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl . </P> <P> The two teams were selected by the College Football Playoff committee on December 4, 2016 . The highest - ranked team from the SEC and the Big 12 were to be selected . However, the highest - ranked team from the SEC, Alabama, was selected in the semifinals of the playoff, so the second highest ranked SEC team went in their place . Auburn was the second highest ranked team at 14th in the playoff rankings, so they were selected for the Sugar Bowl . Oklahoma was the Big 12 champion and the conference's highest ranked at 7th, therefore sending the Sooners to the Sugar Bowl . </P>

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