The Alamo Bowl is a major American college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The current champions are the Texas Longhorns. It matches the second choice team from the Pacific-12 Conference and the third choice team from the Big 12 Conference. Traditionally, the Alamo Bowl has been played in December. The game following the 2009 season marked the first time the game was played in January, making it be played in 2010. The game following the 2010 season returned to December.