updated 8:27 p.m. ET April 27, 2006

INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA approved four new bowls Thursday, including a fifth Bowl Championship Series game in Glendale, Ariz., which will host the national championship Jan. 8.

The other new games are the International Bowl, which will be played in Toronto; the Birmingham Bowl, and the New Mexico Bowl.

The postseason football licensing subcommittee approved 31 games, three more than last season, and delayed a decision on a 32nd — the Houston Bowl — until June.

Representatives from the Big 12, Big East, Conference USA and Mountain West asked for the delay because they want better management of the game.

“It is this subcommittee’s goal to provide the best experience for student-athletes, coaches and staffs, and the fans and to support the long-term viability of the bowl system,” Mark Womack, the subcommittee chairman, said in a written statement. “We had to make some very difficult decisions, but we feel they are decisions made in the interests of a successful postseason.”

Bowls that were renewed for next season were: the AutoZone Liberty, Capital One, Champs Sports, Chick-Fil-A, Emerald, Fed Ex Orange, Gaylord Hotels Music City, GMAC, Independence, Insight, Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas, MasterCard Alamo, Meineke Car Care, MPC Computers, Motor City, Allstate Sugar, Outback, Pacific Life Holiday, San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia, Fort Worth, Rose, AT&T Cotton, Hawaii, Tostitos Fiesta, Toyota Gator, Vitalis Sun and New Orleans.

The subcommittee said nearly $192 million in bowl revenue was distributed last season and that about 1.4 million fans attended last season’s 28 bowl games.

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