Duke's Mayo Bowl
The Duke's Mayo Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that has been played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, since 2002. Originally commissioned as the Queen City Bowl, it has undergone many name changes due to sponsorship rights. The bowl has tie-ins with the Atlantic Coast Conference, Southeastern Conference, and Big Ten Conference.
History
A new college football bowl game in Charlotte, North Carolina, was established in 2002 by Raycom Sports. The game was certified by the NCAA as the Queen City Bowl, which became the Continental Tire Bowl, Meineke Car Care Bowl, and Belk Bowl prior to its current name.The game previously featured a matchup between the No. 5 selected Atlantic Coast Conference team and the No. 3 selected American Athletic Conference. Originally, the bowl selected a team from the Big East Conference, until that conference's breakup in 2013.
In 2011, Charlotte-based department store chain Belk acquired the title sponsorship for a three-year period through 2013. After the initial period, Belk extended its sponsorship for six years, through 2019. As of 2014, the bowl featured the second pooled selection from the ACC paired against the second pooled selection from the Southeastern Conference, after selection of the College Football Playoff teams.
On November 20, 2019, Belk informed bowl officials that the company would not be renewing its sponsorship after the 2019 season. In June 2020, Duke's Mayonnaise was announced as the new title sponsor for the bowl. As part of their sponsorship arrangement, in a take on the Gatorade shower, the head coach of the winning team gets a giant jar of mayonnaise dumped on his head.
In 2020, the ACC's opponent in the bowl is scheduled to begin alternating between the Big Ten Conference and SEC through 2025, with a Big Ten team playing in even-numbered years and an SEC team playing in odd-numbered years. The conference not sending a team to this bowl will send a team to the Las Vegas Bowl.
The 2020 game received notable social media coverage following the game as the quarterback of the winning team, Graham Mertz of Wisconsin, accidentally broke the glass trophy.
Game results
Rankings are based on the AP poll prior to the game being played.Source:
MVPs
| Game | MVP | School | Position |
| 2002 | Wali Lundy | Virginia | TB |
| 2003 | Matt Schaub | Virginia | QB |
| 2004 | Paul Peterson | Boston College | QB |
| 2005 | Stephen Tulloch | NC State | LB |
| 2006 | JoLonn Dunbar | Boston College | LB |
| 2007 | Kenneth Moore | Wake Forest | WR |
| 2008 | Pat White | West Virginia | QB |
| 2009 | Dion Lewis | Pittsburgh | RB |
| 2010 | B. J. Daniels | South Florida | QB |
| 2011 | Mike Glennon | NC State | QB |
| 2012 | Brendon Kay | Cincinnati | QB |
| 2013 | Ryan Switzer | North Carolina | WR |
| 2014 | Nick Chubb | Georgia | RB |
| 2015 | Dak Prescott | Mississippi State | QB |
| 2016 | Cam Phillips | Virginia Tech | WR |
| 2017 | John Wolford | Wake Forest | QB |
| 2018 | Olamide Zaccheaus | Virginia | WR |
| 2019 | Lynn Bowden | Kentucky | QB |
| 2020 | Jack Sanborn | Wisconsin | LB |
| 2021 | Dakereon Joyner | South Carolina | WR/QB |
| 2022 | Jakorian Bennett | Maryland | DB |
| 2023 | Garrett Greene | West Virginia | QB |
| 2025 | Elijah Spencer | Minnesota | WR |
| 2026 | Robby Ashford | Wake Forest | QB |
Most appearances
Updated through the January 2026 edition.;Teams with multiple appearances
;Teams with a single appearance
Won : Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Lost : Arkansas, Clemson, Connecticut, Duke, Navy, Texas A&M
Within the ACC's 17 football members, 10 have appeared in the game: Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. Members that have yet to appear include California [Golden Bears football|California], Florida State, Georgia Tech [Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech], Miami, SMU, Stanford and Syracuse. Both of Pittsburgh's appearances, and one appearance each by Boston College and Louisville, came while those schools were members of the Big East Conference.
Among former Big East Conference football members, Boston College, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pitt, South Florida, Virginia Tech and West Virginia have appeared in the game, while Miami, Rutgers, Syracuse and Temple have not. Virginia Tech's appearances came as a member of the ACC.
Appearances by conference
Updated through the January 2026 edition.- Games marked with an asterisk were played in January of the following calendar year.
- The record of the American Conference includes appearances of the Big East Conference, as the American retains the charter of the original Big East, following its Big East Conference realignment|2013 realignment]. Teams representing the Big East appeared in 10 games, compiling a 5–5 record.
- Independents: Navy
Game records