College football bowl games, expanded playoff dates and times.
It’s never too early to look ahead to the most wonderful time of the year for college football fans: bowl season.
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).
CFP schedule | Bowl game schedule
College Football Playoff schedule
Friday, Dec. 20
Notre Dame Stadium (South Bend, Indiana)
8 p.m., ABC/ESPN
Saturday Dec. 21
Beaver Stadium (State College, Pennsylvania)
12 p.m., TNT
Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas)
4 p.m., TNT
Ohio Stadium (Columbus, Ohio)
8 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 31
CFP Quarterfinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, Jan. 1
CFP Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
1 p.m., ESPN
CFP Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
5 p.m., ESPN
CFP Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl
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
Cricket Celebration Bowl
Jackson State vs. South Carolina State
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
Noon, ABC
South Alabama vs. Western Michigan
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
9 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 17
Memphis vs. West Virginia
Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)
9 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, Dec. 18
Boca Raton Bowl
Western Kentucky vs. James Madison
FAU Stadium (Boca Raton, Florida)
5:30 p.m., ESPN
LA Bowl
SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California)
9 p.m., ESPN
Thursday Dec. 19
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
7 p.m., ESPN2
Friday, Dec. 20
StaffDNA Cure Bowl
Ohio vs. Jacksonville State
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
Noon, ESPN
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
3:30 p.m., ESPN
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
Rate Bowl
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
Syracuse vs. Washington State
Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, CA
8 p.m., FOX
Birmingham Bowl,
Protective Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama)
Noon or 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas)
Noon or 3:30 p.m., ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee)
7 p.m., ESPN
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
10:30 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, Dec. 28
Wasabi Fenway Bowl
Fenway Park (Boston)
11 a.m., ESPN
Boston College vs. Nebraska
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)
Noon, ABC
Isleta New Mexico Bowl
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
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
9:15 p.m., ESPN
Monday, Dec. 30
TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
2:30 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 31
ReliaQuest Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
Noon, ESPN
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, Texas)
2 p.m., CBS
South Carolina vs. Illinois
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3 p.m., ABC
Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
3:30 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Jan. 2
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
7:30 p.m. ESPN
Friday, Jan. 3
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
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
Buffalo vs. Liberty
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium (Nassau, Bahamas)
11 a.m., ESPN2
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