 Each year, the two highest-ranked teams would play in a National Championship Game held in place of one of the bowl games.The site of the national championship game rotated among the three bowl games, as did the date of each game.Following the 1995 college football season, the Sugar Bowl was designated for December 31, marking the first time since 1972 (and the ONLY time since then) two Sugar Bowls would be held in the same calendar year.