Defending Sigerson champs UCC face UU test, Fitzgibbon kingpins UL drawn with ATU Galway and TUS Midwest 

COLLEGE BALL:  University of Galway footballer Tommy Conroy, left, and University College Cork footballer Dylan Foley with the Sigerson Cup before the draw for the Electric Ireland GAA Higher Education Championships at Croke Park. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Sigerson Cup holders UCC will begin the defence of their third-level football title with a January 9, Round 1 fixture against Ulster University.

UCC made it title number 24 when they beat UL after extra-time in last February's final in Waterford.