Virginia Tech's David Wilson (4) watches his shoe fly off as he rushes against Wake Forest during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Oct. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone)
(AP) The Sugar Bowl passed on the chance to take the higher-rated teams Sunday night, reviving long-standing complaints that the system is more about dollar signs than performance on the field.
No. 13 Michigan will face 17th-ranked Virginia Tech in the Jan. 3 game at New Orleans, a showdown of storied programs that was patched together after the Sugar Bowl couldn't invite one of its traditional partners from the Southeastern Conference.
Top-ranked LSU and No. 2 Alabama will both be coming to the Big Easy, but they'll be playing six days later in the BCS championship game.
Going strictly on the rankings, the Sugar Bowl's next-best options were Boise State and Kansas State. The selection committee snubbed them both, going with schools that are likely bring more fans to the Superdome and drum up interest in a game that will surely be overshadowed in its own city.
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