College Football: 2017-2018 Complete bowl game schedule
College football bowl season is upon us. The College Football Playoff is just one piece of a full schedule featuring 80 teams and 40 different bowl games.
The regular season is over and bowl season is here. 80 teams are going bowling this year, highlighted by the much-awaited College Football Playoff featuring the four team field of Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama. This marks the first year in the history of the College Football Playoff that two teams from the same conference both make the field. The Tide were upset by the Auburn Tigers, keeping them from the SEC Championship. Even if both SEC teams won their respective semifinal games there wouldn’t be a rematch.
There are storylines galore outside of the playoff. New Mexico State is going bowling for the first time in more than half a century and they’re able to make the trip because their final destination is only a short bus drive away.
Here’s the full list of bowl games for the 2017-2018 season
Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl
Matchup: North Carolina A&T vs. Grambling State
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Date: Saturday, Dec. 16
Time: 11 a.m. ET
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Matchup: Troy vs. North Texas
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date: Saturday, Dec. 16
Time: 1 p.m. ET
AUTONATION Cure Bowl
Matchup: Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State
Location: Orlando, Florida
Date: Saturday, Dec. 16
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
Las Vegas Bowl
Matchup: Oregon vs Boise State
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Date: Saturday, Dec. 16
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Matchup: Colorado State vs. Marshall
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date: Saturday, Dec. 16
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Raycom Media Camelia Bowl
Matchup: Middle Tennessee vs. Arkansas State
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Date: Saturday, Dec. 16
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl
Matchup: FAU vs. Akron
Location: Boca Raton, Florida
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 19
Time: 7 p.m. ET
DXL Frisco Bowl
Matchup: Louisiana Tech vs. SMU
Location: Frisco, Texas
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 20
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl
Matchup: FIU vs. Temple
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Date: Thursday, Dec. 21
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Bahamas Bowl
Matchup: Ohio vs. UAB
Location: Nassau, Bahamas
Date: Friday, Dec. 22
Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Matchup: Central Michigan vs. Wyoming
Location: Boise, Idaho
Date: Friday, Dec. 22
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Birmingham Bowl
Matchup: Texas Tech vs. USF
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Date: Saturday, Dec. 23
Time: Noon ET
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Matchup: San Diego State vs. Army
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Date: Saturday, Dec. 23
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Dollar General Bowl
Matchup: Appalachian State vs. Toledo
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Date: Saturday, Dec. 23
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Hawai’i Bowl
Matchup: Houston vs. Fresno State
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Date: Sunday, Dec. 24
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl
Matchup: West Virginia vs. Utah
Location: Dallas, Texas
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 26
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Quick Lane Bowl
Matchup: Northern Illinois vs. Duke
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 26
Time: 5:15 p.m. ET
Cactus Bowl
Matchup: UCLA vs. Kansas State
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 26
Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
Walk On’s Independence Bowl
Matchup: Southern Miss vs. Florida State
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 27
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Matchup: Iowa vs. Boston College
Location: New York, New York
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 27
Time: 5:15 p.m. ET
Foster Farms Bowl
Matchup: Purdue vs. Arizona
Location: Santa Clara, California
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 27
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Academy Sports and Outdoors Bowl
Matchup: Missouri vs. Texas
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 27
Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman
Matchup: Virginia vs. Navy
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Date: Thursday, Dec. 28
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Camping World Bowl
Matchup: Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State
Location: Orlando, Florida
Date: Thursday, Dec. 28
Time: 5:15 p.m. ET
Valero Alamo Bowl
Matchup: Stanford vs. TCU
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: Thursday, Dec. 28
Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl
Matchup: Michigan State vs. Washington State
Location: San Diego, California
Date: Thursday, Dec. 28
Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
Belk Bowl
Matchup: Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Date: Friday, Dec. 29
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Hyundai Sun Bowl
Matchup: Arizona State vs. NC State
Location: El Paso, Texas
Date: Friday, Dec. 29
Time: 3:00 p.m. ET
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Matchup: Northwestern vs. Kentucky
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Date: Friday, Dec. 29
Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Matchup: New Mexico State vs. Utah State
Location: Tuscon, Arizona
Date: Friday, Dec. 29
Time: 5:30 p.m. ET
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Matchup: USC vs. Ohio State
Location: Arlington, Texas
Date: Friday, Dec. 29
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Taxslayer Bowl
Matchup: Mississippi State vs. Louisville
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Date: Saturday, Dec. 30
Time: Noon ET
Autozone Liberty Bowl
Matchup: Memphis vs. Iowa State
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Date: Saturday, Dec. 30
Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Playstation Fiesta Bowl
Matchup: Washington vs. Penn State
Location: Glendale, Arizona
Date: Saturday, Dec. 30
Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
Capital One Orange Bowl
Matchup: Wisconsin vs. Miami
Location: Miami Gardens, Florida
Date: Saturday, Dec. 30
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Outback Bowl
Matchup: South Carolina vs. Michigan
Location: Tampa, Florida
Date: Monday, Jan. 1
Time: Noon ET
Chic-fil-A Peach Bowl
Matchup: Central Florida vs. Auburn
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Date: Monday, Jan. 1
Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Citrus Bowl presented by Overton’s
Matchup: LSU vs. Notre Dame
Location: Orlando, Florida
Date: Monday, Jan. 1
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
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College Football Playoff at the Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual
Matchup: Oklahoma vs. Georgia
Location: Pasadena, California
Date: Monday, Jan. 1
Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
College Football Playoff at the AllState Sugar Bowl
Matchup: Clemson vs. Alabama
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date: Monday, Jan. 1
Time: 8:45 p.m. ET
College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T
Matchup: TBD
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Date: Monday, Jan. 8
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET