College Football Bowl Season: Schedule, Times & TV Info

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‘Tis the season. Bowl season, that is.

We’re just a few days away from the college football postseason, which kicks off this Saturday with five games. This year there will be 39 total bowls, which include the inaugural College Football Playoff semifinals and national championship game.

Playoffs? Yes, playoffs. Finally.

The BCS is out and the CFP is in. The first-ever semifinals – No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Ohio State and No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 3 Florida State – will be played Jan. 1 and the national title game is scheduled for Jan. 12.

If we’ve learned anything from bowl season year after year it’s that while we’ll get some duds, we’re guaranteed memorable moments and mostly exciting games. And the addition of the playoffs only ramps up the buzz.

Below you can find the full schedule, complete with times and TV information.

All times are Eastern.

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

at New Orleans, Dec. 20, 11 a.m., ESPN
Nevada (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4)

Gildan New Mexico Bowl

at Albuquerque, Dec. 20, 2:20 p.m., ESPN
Utah State (9-4) vs. UTEP (7-5)

Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl

at Las Vegas, Dec. 20, 3:30 p.m., ABC
No. 22 Utah (8-4) vs. Colorado State (10-2)

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

at Boise, Dec. 20, 5:45 p.m., ESPN
Western Michigan (8-4) vs. Air Force (9-3)

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl

at Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 20, 9:15 p.m., ESPN
South Alabama (6-6) vs. Bowling Green (7-6)

Miami Beach Bowl

at Miami, Dec. 22, 2 p.m., ESPN
BYU (8-4) vs. Memphis (9-3)

Boca Raton Bowl

at Boca Raton, Fla., Dec. 23, 6 p.m., ESPN
Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2)

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

at San Diego, Dec. 23, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
Navy (7-5) vs. San Diego State (7-5)

Popeyes Bahamas Bowl

at Nassau, Dec. 24, Noon, ESPN
Central Michigan (7-5) vs. Western Kentucky (7-5)

Hawaii Bowl

at Honolulu, Dec. 24, 8 p.m., ESPN
Fresno State (6-7) vs. Rice (7-5)

Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl

at Dallas, Dec. 26, 1 p.m., ESPN
Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5)

Quick Lane Bowl

at Detroit, Dec. 26, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6)

Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl

at St. Petersburg, Fla., Dec. 26, 8 p.m., ESPN
N.C. State (7-5) vs. UCF (9-3)

Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman

at Annapolis, Md., Dec. 27, 1 p.m., ESPN
Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6)

Hyundai Sun Bowl

at El Paso, Texas, Dec. 27, 2 p.m., CBS
No. 15 Arizona State (9-3) vs. Duke (9-3)

Duck Commander Independence Bowl

at Shreveport, La., Dec. 27, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Miami (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6)

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

at New York, Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn State (6-6)

National University Holiday Bowl

at San Diego, Dec. 27, 8 p.m., ESPN
Nebraska (9-3) vs. No. 24 Southern Cal (8-4)

Autozone Liberty Bowl

at Memphis, Dec. 29, 2 p.m., ESPN
Texas A&M (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5)

Russell Athletic Bowl

at Orlando, Dec. 29, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Oklahoma (8-4) vs. No. 17 Clemson (9-3)

Advocare V100 Texas Bowl

at Houston, Dec. 29, 9 p.m., ESPN
Arkansas (6-6) vs. Texas (6-6)

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl

at Nashville, Dec. 30, 3 p.m., ESPN
Notre Dame (7-5) vs. No. 23 LSU (8-4)

Belk Bowl

at Charlotte, Dec. 30, 6:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 13 Georgia (9-3) vs. No. 21 Louisville (9-3)

Foster Farms Bowl

at Santa Clara, Calif., Dec. 30, 10 p.m., ESPN
Maryland (7-5) vs. Stanford (7-5)

Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl

at Atlanta, Dec. 31, 12:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 9 Ole Miss (9-3) vs. No. 6 TCU (11-1)

Vizio Fiesta Bowl

at Glendale, Ariz., Dec. 31, 4 p.m., ESPN
No. 20 Boise State (11-2) vs. No. 10 Arizona (10-3)

Capital One Orange Bowl

at Miami, Dec. 31, 8 p.m., ESPN
No. 7 Mississippi State (10-2) vs. No. 12 Georgia Tech (10-3)

Outback Bowl

at Tampa, Jan. 1, Noon, ESPN2
No. 19 Auburn (8-4) vs. No. 18 Wisconsin (10-3)

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

at Arlington, Texas, Jan. 1, 12:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 8 Michigan State (10-2) vs. No. 5 Baylor (11-1)

Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl

at Orlando, Jan. 1, 1 p.m., ABC
No. 16 Missouri (10-3) vs. No. 25 Minnesota (8-4)

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl

at Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 2, Noon, ESPN
Houston (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6)

Taxslayer Bowl

at Jacksonville, Jan. 2, 3:20 p.m., ESPN
Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6)

Valero Alamo Bowl

at San Antonio, Jan. 2, 6:45 p.m., ESPN
No. 11 Kansas State (9-3) vs. No. 14 UCLA (9-3)

Ticketcity Cactus Bowl

at Tempe, Ariz., Jan. 2, 10:15 p.m., ESPN
Washington (8-5) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6)

Birmingham Bowl

at Birmingham, Jan. 3, Noon, ESPN
East Carolina (8-4) vs. Florida (6-5)

GoDaddy Bowl

at Mobile, Ala., Jan. 4, 9 p.m., ESPN
Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas State (7-5)

College Football Playoffs

Semifinals

Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual

at Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 1, 5 p.m., ESPN
No. 2 Oregon (12-1) vs. No. 3 Florida State (13-0)

Allstate Sugar Bowl

at New Orleans, Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 1 Alabama (12-1) vs. No. 4 Ohio State (12-1)

CFP National Championship
presented by AT&T

at Arlington, Texas, Jan. 12, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
TBD vs. TBD