Posted on 12/03/2017 2:50:48 PM PST by iowamark
College football’s bowl season is upon us. Between Dec. 16 and Jan. 8, 39 FBS bowl games and the College Football Playoff will get played. That’s in addition to the FCS playoffs and the Celebration Bowl, and it all happens right as the NFL gets into its stretch drive. All of that combines to make this the best time of the year for this sport.
Below, we’re keeping track of each bowl game, adding in team names as soon as they’re released. Here’s the 2017-2018 bowl schedule in its entirety.
All times are Eastern, and streaming destinations are linked where available. Saturday, December 16
Celebration Bowl, 12 p.m on ABC: Grambling vs. North Carolina A&T New Orleans Bowl, 1 p.m. on ESPN: Troy vs. North Texas Cure Bowl, 2:30 p.m. on CBSSN: Georgia State vs. Western Kentucky Las Vegas Bowl, 3:30 p.m. on ABC: Boise State vs. Oregon New Mexico Bowl, 4:30 p.m. on ESPN: Marshall vs. Colorado State Camellia Bowl, 8 p.m. on ESPN: Arkansas State vs. Middle Tennessee
Tuesday, December 19
Boca Raton Bowl, 7 p.m. on ESPN: FAU vs. Akron
Wednesday, December 20
Frisco Bowl, 8 p.m. on ESPN: SMU vs. Louisiana Tech
Thursday, December 21
Gasparilla Bowl, 8 p.m. on ESPN: FIU vs. Temple
Friday, December 22
Bahamas Bowl, 12:30 p.m. on ESPN: Ohio vs. UAB Potato Bowl, 4 p.m. on ESPN: CMU vs. Wyoming
Saturday, December 23
Birmingham Bowl, 12 p.m. on ESPN: USF vs. Texas Tech Armed Forces Bowl, 3:30 p.m. on ESPN: Army vs. San Diego State Dollar General Bowl, 7 p.m. on ESPN: Appalachian State vs. Toledo
Sunday, December 24
Hawaii Bowl, 8:30 p.m. on ESPN: Fresno State vs. Houston
Tuesday, December 26
Heart of Dallas Bowl, 1:30 p.m on ESPN: Utah vs. West Virginia Quick Lane Bowl, 5:15 p.m. on ESPN: Duke vs. NIU Cactus Bowl, 9 p.m. on ESPN: Kansas State vs. UCLA
Wednesday, December 27
Independence Bowl, 1:30 p.m. on ESPN: Florida State vs. Southern Miss Pinstripe Bowl, 5:15 p.m. on ESPN: Boston College vs. Iowa Foster Farms Bowl, 8:30 p.m. on FOX: Arizona vs. Purdue Texas Bowl, 9 p.m. on ESPN: Texas vs. Missouri
Thursday, December 28
Military Bowl, 1:30 p.m. on ESPN: Virginia vs. Navy Camping World Bowl, 5:15 p.m. on ESPN: Oklahoma State vs. Virginia Tech Holiday Bowl, 9 p.m. on FS1: Michigan State vs. Washington State Alamo Bowl, 9 p.m. on ESPN: Stanford vs. TCU
Friday, December 29
Belk Bowl, 1 p.m. on ESPN: Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M Sun Bowl, 3 p.m. on CBS: Arizona State vs. NC State Music City Bowl, 4:30 p.m. on ESPN: Kentucky vs. Northwestern Arizona Bowl, 5:30 p.m. on CBSSN: New Mexico State vs. Utah State Cotton Bowl, 8:30 p.m. on ESPN: Ohio State vs. USC
Saturday, December 30
TaxSlayer Bowl, 12 p.m. on ESPN: Mississippi State vs. Louisville Liberty Bowl, 12:30 p.m. on ABC: Memphis vs. Iowa State Fiesta Bowl, 4 p.m. on ESPN: Penn State vs. Washington Orange Bowl, 8 p.m. on ESPN: Miami vs. Wisconsin
Monday, January 1
Outback Bowl, 12 p.m. on ESPN2: Michigan vs. South Carolina Peach Bowl, 12:30 p.m. on ESPN: Auburn vs. UCF Citrus Bowl, 1 p.m. on ABC: Notre Dame vs. LSU Rose Bowl Playoff semifinal, 5 p.m. on ESPN: Oklahoma vs. Georgia Sugar Bowl Playoff semifinal, 8:45 p.m. on ESPN: Clemson vs. Alabama
Monday, January 8
Playoff National Championship, 8 p.m. on ESPN: Rose winner vs. Sugar winner
The bowl schedule sort of works chronologically, with the most significant games coming at the end of it.
That’s not a hard and fast rule, as you’ll see New Year’s Six games like the Cotton, Fiesta, and Orange Bowl happening days before the TaxSlayer Bowl. But you can think of bowl season as a meal where the appetizers come first.
The two semifinals for the Playoff this year are the Rose and Sugar Bowls, as they were during the event’s inaugural season in 2014. The Rose and Sugar are as historic and prestigious as bowls get, and that makes it extra fun when they make up the Playoff. The six New Year’s bowls rotate in and out every year as Playoff hosts.
Even better: This year’s Playoff semifinals aren’t on New Year’s Eve, so you won’t have to make a choice between parties and huge games. They’re slated to return to Dec. 31 during the 2021-22 bowl season, but we can cross that bridge when we get to it.
Hard to judge a team based on their bowl performance.
Face it, a top-level SEC Team just isn’t going to be all that inspired in playing a non-playoff bowl game. I’ve seen it too many times. Alabama against Utah, Florida vs Louisville, they just don’t care.
Money...money...money....mon-—ey! You’re absolutely correct. It’$ a joke now...let the poor kids rest their bodies and learn that success can occur in other fields of endeavour..
The dirty secret is a lot of schools actually lose money on going to these bowl games, when the expenses are factored in.
bump
The NFL guys who are evaluating talent might have an opinion...
So your senior year, your team went to the big bowl game, to play youknowwho, and you opted not to, your own self... whassupwiddat?
Define "Big Bowl Game"...The Poulan Weedeater Bowl?
Say wha...?
But it does help with recruiting.
Maybe in the past, but I don’t think it matters as much now.
Two bowls in Friso, Texas - the DXL bowl and the National Championship for the Division 1 FCS.
One bowl in Dallas - the Zaxby’s “Not the Cotton Bowl” played in the Cotton Bowl
One bowl in Arlington - the Goodyear “Cotton Bowl” not played in the Cotton Bowl
One bowl in Fort Worth - the Lockheed Martin Bowl.
5 bowl games in one metro area.
Of course, Atlanta has 3 -
The AFRican Celebration Bowl, the National Championship, and the Chick-fil-a Bowl
I will give credit for the most aptly named bowl game for football players - the Bad Boys bowl in St. Pete. One of two in that metro area.
One bowl in Fort Worth - the Lockheed Martin Bowl.
Actually the metropolis of Arlington. Best known as the largest city in the country without public transit because the billionaires want to charge folks for parking at the stadiums.
Yep, bowl games are located where the recruits are, I just don’t think it’s all that effective.
No, honestly I was thinking of a certain DL on our team who pulled that one before our game with... who was it...
Mighta been Clemson two years ago. We lost, and there are those who say that he, the aforementioned DL, cost himself in the draft. Don’t know if he’s still in the NFL or not.
LSU gonna eat dem Irish Cher
So does Orgy Island.
I was about to answer that, and saw you already had.
We’ll be there next year.
Tuesday, December 19
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Boca Raton Bowl, 7 p.m. on ESPN: FAU vs. Akron
Wednesday, December 20
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Frisco Bowl, 8 p.m. on ESPN: SMU vs. Louisiana Tech
Thursday, December 21
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Gasparilla Bowl, 8 p.m. on ESPN: FIU vs. Temple
Friday, December 22
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Bahamas Bowl, 12:30 p.m. on ESPN: Ohio vs. UAB
Potato Bowl, 4 p.m. on ESPN: CMU vs. Wyoming
Saturday, December 23
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Birmingham Bowl, 12 p.m. on ESPN: USF vs. Texas Tech
Armed Forces Bowl, 3:30 p.m. on ESPN: Army vs. San Diego State
Dollar General Bowl, 7 p.m. on ESPN: Appalachian State vs. Toledo
Sunday, December 24
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Hawaii Bowl, 8:30 p.m. on ESPN: Fresno State vs. Houston
Tuesday, December 26
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Heart of Dallas Bowl, 1:30 p.m on ESPN: Utah vs. West Virginia
Quick Lane Bowl, 5:15 p.m. on ESPN: Duke vs. NIU
Cactus Bowl, 9 p.m. on ESPN: Kansas State vs. UCLA
Wednesday, December 27
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Independence Bowl, 1:30 p.m. on ESPN: Florida State vs. Southern Miss
Pinstripe Bowl, 5:15 p.m. on ESPN: Boston College vs. Iowa
Foster Farms Bowl, 8:30 p.m. on FOX: Arizona vs. Purdue
Texas Bowl, 9 p.m. on ESPN: Texas vs. Missouri
Thursday, December 28
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Military Bowl, 1:30 p.m. on ESPN: Virginia vs. Navy
Camping World Bowl, 5:15 p.m. on ESPN: Oklahoma State vs. Virginia Tech
Holiday Bowl, 9 p.m. on FS1: Michigan State vs. Washington State
Alamo Bowl, 9 p.m. on ESPN: Stanford vs. TCU
Friday, December 29
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Belk Bowl, 1 p.m. on ESPN: Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M
Sun Bowl, 3 p.m. on CBS: Arizona State vs. NC State
Music City Bowl, 4:30 p.m. on ESPN: Kentucky vs. Northwestern
Arizona Bowl, 5:30 p.m. on CBSSN: New Mexico State vs. Utah State
Cotton Bowl, 8:30 p.m. on ESPN: Ohio State vs. USC
Saturday, December 30
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TaxSlayer Bowl, 12 p.m. on ESPN: Mississippi State vs. Louisville
Liberty Bowl, 12:30 p.m. on ABC: Memphis vs. Iowa State
Fiesta Bowl, 4 p.m. on ESPN: Penn State vs. Washington
Orange Bowl, 8 p.m. on ESPN: Miami vs. Wisconsin
Monday, January 1
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Outback Bowl, 12 p.m. on ESPN2: Michigan vs. South Carolina
Peach Bowl, 12:30 p.m. on ESPN: Auburn vs. UCF
Citrus Bowl, 1 p.m. on ABC: Notre Dame vs. LSU
Rose Bowl, Playoff semifinal, 5 p.m. on ESPN: Oklahoma vs. Georgia
Sugar Bowl, Playoff semifinal, 8:45 p.m. on ESPN: Clemson vs. Alabama
Monday, January 8
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Playoff National Championship, 8 p.m. on ESPN: Rose winner vs. Sugar winner
Ain't THAT the truth !
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