ESPN releases complete 2017-18 college football bowl schedule

Jan 9, 2017; Tampa, FL, USA; Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney celebrates with the trophy after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 9, 2017; Tampa, FL, USA; Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney celebrates with the trophy after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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ESPN has released the final list of all of the bowl games that will be televised for the 2017-2018 season.

ESPN has released the college football bowl schedule for the upcoming season. I’m stoked–once this list comes out, it means that football season is not too far away.  It’s the only thing that gets me through the heinous summer in Atlanta, frankly. ESPN will televise 35 of the games, with their network partner ABC hosting some of the marquee bowl games.

There are a surprising number of mid-December games this season, kicking off with five games on Dec. 16, and a variety pack scattered throughout the month. The month of December is jam-packed, with a bowl game almost every day except Christmas Day.

Of course, the New Year’s Six are always the ones that everyone keeps their eye on, but the smaller bowls usually bring the most drama.  The Cotton Bowl starts off the big games on Dec. 29, followed by the Fiesta Bowl and the Orange Bowl on the 30th.

There are no New Year’s Eve bowl games this year — the only reason I can think of for that is the utter debauchery that must have occurred. Just kidding. It is probably to avoid a scheduling conflict with the end of the NFL regular season.

However, New Year’s Day boasts the Peach Bowl, the Outback Bowl, the Citrus Bowl and as tradition dictates, the Sugar Bowl and the Rose Bowl. The Sugar Bowl and the Rose Bowl will comprise the Playoff Semifinal games, and the CFP will take place a week later on Monday, Jan. 8. So without further ado, here is the complete list.

Here’s the complete bowl schedule, released by ESPN’s Derek Volner on Wednesday.

DateTime (ET)GameNetwork
Sat, Dec. 16NoonAir Force Reserve Celebration BowlABC
 1 p.m.R+L Carriers New Orleans BowlESPN
 3:30 p.m.Las Vegas BowlABC
 4:30 p.m.Gildan New Mexico BowlESPN
 8 p.m.Raycom Media Camellia BowlESPN
Tue, Dec. 197 p.m.Boca Raton BowlESPN
Thu, Dec. 218 p.m.St. Petersburg BowlESPN
Fri, Dec. 2212:30 p.m.Bahamas BowlESPN
 4 p.m.Famous Idaho Potato BowlESPN
Sat, Dec. 2312 p.m.Birmingham BowlESPN
 3:30 p.m.Lockheed Martin Armed Forces BowlESPN
 7 p.m.Dollar General BowlESPN
Sun, Dec. 248:30 p.m.Hawai’i BowlESPN
Tue, Dec. 26TBDQuick Lane BowlESPN
 TBDZaxby’s Heart of Dallas BowlESPN
 TBDCactus BowlESPN
Wed, Dec. 271:30 p.m.Independence BowlESPN
 5:15 p.m.New Era Pinstripe BowlESPN
 9 p.m.Texas BowlESPN
Thu, Dec. 281:30 p.m.Military Bowl presented by Northrop GrummanESPN
 5:15 p.m.Camping World BowlESPN
 9 p.m.Valero Alamo BowlESPN
Fri, Dec. 291 p.m.Belk BowlESPN
 4:30 p.m.Franklin American Mortgage Music City BowlESPN
 8:30 p.m.Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic*ESPN
Sat, Dec. 30NoonTaxSlayer BowlESPN
 12:30 p.m.AutoZone Liberty BowlABC
 4 p.m.PlayStation Fiesta Bowl*ESPN
 8 p.m.Capital One Orange Bowl*ESPN
Mon, Jan 1NoonOutback BowlESPN2
 12:30 p.m.Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl*ESPN
 1 p.m.Citrus BowlABC
 5 p.m.College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual*ESPN
 8:45 p.m.College Football Playoff Semifinal  at the Allstate Sugar Bowl*ESPN
Mon, Jan 88 p.m.College Football Playoff National Championship Presented By AT&TESPN

*New Year’s Six bowl game

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Who do you think will make it to this year’s College Football Playoff? We could see another rematch of Alabama and Clemson and there would be no complaints.