DALLAS/NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The replacement for the Cotton Bowl game has been lined up.
Dallas city leaders say the Dallas Football Classic is planned for New Year's Day 2011. The plan calls for using teams from the Big 12, Big Ten and perhaps Conference USA.
The first game will likely pit the seventh-ranked team from the Big 12 against the sixth-ranked team from the Big Ten, should those teams be excluded from Bowl Championship Season consideration.
The plan needs NCAA approval. It would run through the 2013 season.
The Cotton Bowl game is moving to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington this season. That prompted officials to come up with a replacement game for the 77-year-old Fair Park venue.
New Orleans Bowl has signed four-year contract extensions with Conference USA and the Sun Belt Conference that run through the 2013 season.
The Sun Belt Conference champion has earned an invitation to the New Orleans Bowl since 2001.
Conference USA first signed on to send a team the December game at Louisiana Superdome in 2002.
This season's New Orleans Bowl will be played Dec. 10.
Last season, Southern Mississippi of Conference USA beat Troy 30-27 in the New Orleans Bowl.
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