Arizona will face SMU in the Holiday Bowl on Jan. 2 at Snapdragon Stadium, the first time it will be played in January.

The Holiday Bowl has the second choice among the available former and current Pac-12 teams and is in a group with the Pop-Tarts Bowl and Gator Bowl that have the first picks among Atlantic Coast Conference teams following the College Football Playoff.

Holiday Bowl organizers selected the Wildcats (9-3) for their game Sunday after the Alamo Bowl chose USC (9-3).

Arizona enters the game with a five-game winning streak. It rose one spot to 21st in The Associated Press poll released Sunday and one spot to 17th in the College Football Playoff ranking released Sunday.

SMU received eight voting points in the AP poll.

The Mustangs (8-4) lost to California, 38-35, in their re

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