The college football bowl season begins and ends in Atlanta, bookended by the Celebration Bowl in December and the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Jan. 20, with the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day falling in the middle.
Georgia Tech is headed to the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 27, where the Yellow Jackets will face the Vanderbilt Commodores. The Georgia Bulldogs, seeking another CFP national championship, head to New Orleans for the New Year’s Day Sugar Bowl.
Here is the schedule of this season’s bowls, large and small. This article will be updated with scores as the games are played.
Dec. 14
Celebration Bowl Atlanta: Jackson State 28, South Carolina State 7
IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl, Montgomery, Ala.: South Alabama 30, Western Michigan 20
Dec. 17
Frisco Bowl, Frisco, Texas: Memphis 42, West Virginia 37
Dec. 18
Boca Raton Bowl, Boca Raton, Fla.: James Madison 27, Western Kentucky 17
LA Bowl, Inglewood, Calif.: UNLV 24, Cal 13
Dec. 19
New Orleans Bowl, New Orleans: Sam Houston 31, Georgia Southern 26
Dec. 20
Cure Bowl, Orlando, Fla.: Ohio 30, Jacksonville State 27
Gasparilla Bowl, Tampa, Fla.: Florida 33, Tulane 8
College Football Playoff First Round: Notre Dame 27, Indiana 17
Dec. 21
College Football Playoff First Round:
Penn State 38, SMU 10
Texas 38, Clemson 24
Ohio State 42, Tennessee 17
Dec. 23
Myrtle Beach Bowl, Conway, SC: Texas San Antonio 44, Coastal Carolina 15
Potato Bowl, Boise, Idaho: Northern Illinois 28, Fresno State 20 (2OT)
Dec. 24
Hawai’i Bowl, Honolulu: South Florida vs. San Jose State, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 26
GameAbove Sports Bowl, Detroit: Pitt vs. Toledo, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Rate Bowl, Phoenix: Kansas State vs. Rutgers, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
68 Ventures Bowl, Mobile, Ala.: Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green, 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 27
Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Texas: Oklahoma vs. Navy, Noon (ESPN)
Birmingham Bowl, Birmingham, Ala.: Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn.: Texas Tech vs. Arkansas, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Holiday Bowl, San Diego: Syracuse vs. Washington State, 8 p.m. (FOX)
Las Vegas Bowl, Las Vegas: Southern California vs. Texas A&M, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 28
Fenway Bowl, Boston, North Carolina vs. UConn, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Pinstripe Bowl, Bronx, N.Y., Boston College vs. Nebraska, Noon (ABC)
New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque, N.M., TCU vs. Louisiana, 2:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Pop Tarts Bowl, Orlando, Fla., Miami vs. Iowa State, 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
Arizona Bowl, Tucson, Az., Colorado State vs. Miami (Ohio), 4:30 p.m. (CW Network)
Military Bowl, Annapolis, Md., NC State vs. East Carolina, 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Alamo Bowl, San Antonio, Texas, BYU vs. Colorado, 7:30 p.m. (ABC)
Independence Bowl, Shreveport, La., Army vs. Louisiana Tech, 9:15 p.m. (ESPN). (Marshall withdrew from the bowl.)
Dec. 30
Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn., Missouri vs. Iowa, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 31
ReliaQuest Bowl, Tampa, Fla., Michigan vs. Alabama, Noon (ESPN)
Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas, Louisville vs. Washington, 2 p.m. (CBS)
Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla., Illinois vs. South Carolina, 3 p.m. (ABC)
Texas Bowl, Houston, Baylor vs. LSU, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Fiesta Bowl (College Football Playoff, Quarterfinals), Glendale, Az., Boise State vs. SMU-Penn State winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 1
Peach Bowl (College Football Playoff, Quarterfinals), Atlanta, Arizona State vs. Clemson-Texas winner, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Rose Bowl (College Football Playoff, Quarterfinals), Pasadena, Calif., Oregon vs. Tennessee-Ohio State winner, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Sugar Bowl (College Football Playoff, Quarterfinals), New Orleans, Georgia vs. Indiana/Notre Dame winner, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 8:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 2
Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla., Duke vs. Mississippi, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 3
First Responder Bowl, Dallas, North Texas vs. Texas State, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Duke’s Mayo Bowl, Charlotte, NC., Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 4
Bahamas Bowl, Nassau, Bahamas. Buffalo vs. Liberty, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)
Jan. 9
Orange Bowl (College Football Playoff, Semifinals), Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 10
Cotton Bowl (College Football Playoff, Semifinals), AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Tx., 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 20
College Football Playoff National Championship, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, TBD vs. TBD, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
