From the Sun Bowl website:The other consideration besides everything else is who would we play in NYC? A game against a fairly local school we would perhaps normally play? ... That's another negative consideration IF it were to come to.
The ACC and its bowl partners will make team selections based on several factors, including geographic proximity, avoiding repeat appearances and matchups, and regular-season won-loss records.
Last year: Syracuse, so they won't be back (if they even right the ship and bowl anywhere)
Previous teams: VT (no repeat matchup, wouldn't face them anyway); Wake Forest; Miami; BC; Pitt; Duke
I've seen NC State and BC in multiple projections as a possible Pinstripe opponent.