For the 2000 &ndash; 2001 college football season , the Gator Bowl had the right to select the No. 2 bowl-eligible team from both the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) and the Big East Conference . The bowl game 's administrators also had a contract to include Notre Dame if that school met certain entry requirements . The conference champions of the ACC and Big East were guaranteed a spot in a Bowl Championship Series game , and there also was the possibility of an at-large BCS selection for any team in each conference if it finished high enough in the BCS Poll but did not win the conference championship
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2001 Gator Bowl