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Source: Military Bowl the favorite for Temple

The bowl bids will officially be extended later this afternoon.

Temple running back Re’Mahn Davis tries to escape the grasp of Memphis linebacker Austin Hall during the fourth quarter of an American Athletic Conference football game Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Lincoln Financial Field. The Owls went on to win, 30-28. LOU RABITO / Staff
Temple running back Re’Mahn Davis tries to escape the grasp of Memphis linebacker Austin Hall during the fourth quarter of an American Athletic Conference football game Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Lincoln Financial Field. The Owls went on to win, 30-28. LOU RABITO / StaffRead moreLOU RABITO / Staff

Temple is the leading contender to play in the Military Bowl, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

The bowl bids will be known later today. The Military Bowl matches up Temple’s conference, the American Athletic Conference, with the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The ACC participant is not known.

The game will be played Friday, Dec. 27 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, at noon. ESPN will televise the game.

Temple played in the 2016 Military Bowl, losing to Wake Forest 34-26. The school’s proximity to the game is in favor of the Owls.

The attendance or the 2016 game was 26,656 in the 34,000-seat stadium.

The source cautioned that anything can still happen because this is not official, but right now the destination looks to be the Military Bowl.