College football bowl games, expanded playoff dates and times
The most wonderful time of the year for college football fans — bowl season — is upon us.
And this year, there’s more to get excited about than ever with the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff.
In addition to the CFP, there will be 36 bowl games in all.
Here’s a look at this season’s games (all times ET).
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CFP schedule | Bowl game schedule
College Football Playoff schedule
Friday, Dec. 20
College Football Playoff First Round Pres. by Allstate
No. 7 Notre Dame 27, No. 10 Indiana 17
Notre Dame Stadium (South Bend, Indiana)
Saturday Dec. 21
College Football Playoff First Round Pres. by Allstate
No. 6 Penn State 38, No. 11 SMU 10
Beaver Stadium (State College, Pennsylvania)
No. 5 Texas 38, No. 12 Clemson 24
Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas)
No. 9 Tennessee @ No. 8 Ohio State
Ohio Stadium (Columbus, Ohio)
8 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 31
CFP Quarterfinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 3 Boise State
State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, Jan. 1
CFP Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
No. 5 Texas vs. No. 4 Arizona State
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
1 p.m., ESPN
CFP Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential
TBD vs. No. 1 Oregon
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
5 p.m., ESPN
CFP Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl
No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Georgia
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
8:45 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Jan. 9
CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Jan. 10
CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Monday, Jan. 20
CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Complete bowl game schedule
Saturday, Dec. 14
Jackson State 28, South Carolina State 7
South Alabama 30, Western Michigan 23
Tuesday, Dec. 17
Wednesday, Dec. 18
James Madison 27, Western Kentucky 17
Thursday Dec. 19
Sam Houston 31, Georgia Southern 26
Friday, Dec. 20
Ohio 30, Jacksonville State 27
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Monday, Dec. 23
Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA
Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina)
11 a.m., ESPN
Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State
Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho)
2:30 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 24
South Florida vs. San José State
Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Honolulu)
8 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Dec. 26
Pittsburgh vs. Toledo
Ford Field (Detroit)
2 p.m., ESPN
Rutgers vs. Kansas State
Chase Field (Phoenix)
5:30 p.m., ESPN
Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green
Hancock Whitney Stadium (Mobile, Alabama)
9 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Dec. 27
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Oklahoma vs. Navy
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas)
Noon, ESPN
Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt
Protective Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama)
3:30 p.m., ESPN
Texas Tech vs. Arkansas
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee)
7 p.m., ESPN
Syracuse vs. Washington State
Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, CA
8 p.m., Fox
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Texas A&M vs. USC
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
10:30 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, Dec. 28
UConn vs. North Carolina
Fenway Park (Boston)
11 a.m., ESPN
Boston College vs. Nebraska
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)
Noon, ABC
Louisiana vs. TCU
University Stadium (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
2:15 p.m., ESPN
Iowa State vs. Miami
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3:30 p.m., ABC
Miami (OH) vs. Colorado State
Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona)
4:30 p.m., CW Network
East Carolina vs. NC State
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
5:45 p.m., ESPN
BYU vs. Colorado
Alamodome (San Antonio)
7:30 p.m., ABC
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Louisiana Tech vs. Army
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
9:15 p.m., ESPN
Monday, Dec. 30
Iowa vs. Missouri
Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
2:30 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 31
Alabama vs. Michigan
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
Noon, ESPN
Louisville vs. Washington
Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, Texas)
2 p.m., CBS
South Carolina vs. Illinois
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3 p.m., ABC
Baylor vs. LSU
NRG Stadium (Houston)
3:30 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Jan. 2
Duke vs. Ole Miss
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
7:30 p.m. ESPN
Friday, Jan. 3
North Texas vs. Texas State
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas)
4 p.m., ESPN
Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, Jan. 4
Bahamas Bowl pres. by Atlantis Resorts
Buffalo vs. Liberty
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium (Nassau, Bahamas)
11 a.m., ESPN2
