2024-2025 College Football Bowl Schedule

Published 12:14 pm Wednesday, December 11, 2024

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While the Troy Trojans are not bowling this season, college football’s annual bowl season has arrived nonetheless.

A total of three teams from the State of Alabama will be competing in bowl games this season. No. 11-ranked Alabama may have missed out on the College Football Playoffs, but the Crimson Tide will play Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, Fla. on Dec. 31.

The Conference-USA Champion Jacksonville State Gamecocks will play Ohio in the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 20. South Alabama will play Western Michigan in the Salute to Veterans Bowl at legendary Cramton Bowl in Montgomery on Dec. 14.

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The Birmingham Bowl will see Georgia Tech face Vanderbilt on Dec. 27 at Protective Stadium in Birmingham. Mobile’s Hancock Whitney Stadium will host the 68 Ventures Bowl matchup between Arkansas State and Bowling Green on Dec. 26.

The College Football Playoffs will begin Dec. 20 as Notre Dame hosts Indiana. On Dec. 21, Ohio State will host Tennessee, Texas hosts Clemson and Penn State hosts SMU. The quarterfinals will begin on Dec. 31 in the Fiesta Bowl with Boise State playing the winner of Penn State vs. SMU.

The rest of the quarterfinal matchups will take place on Jan. 1 with Oregon playing the winner of Ohio State vs. Tennessee at the Rose Bowl, Arizona Sate facing the winner of Texas vs. Clemson in the Peach Bowl and Georgia playing the winner of Notre Dame vs. Indiana in the Sugar Bowl. The semifinals will take place in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 and Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10 with the CFP National Championship on Jan. 20 in the Atlanta, Ga.

All of the college football bowl matchups, times and television networks are listed below.

Saturday, Dec. 14

Celebration Bowl (Atlanta, Ga.): South Carolina State vs. Jackson State at 11 a.m. (ABC)

Salute to Veterans Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.): South Alabama vs. Western Michigan at 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 17

Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas): #25 Memphis vs. West Virginia at 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 18

Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Fla.): James Madison vs. Western Kentucky at 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

LA Bowl (Inglewood, Calif.): #24 UNLV vs. California at 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 19

New Orleans Bowl (New Orleans, La.): Sam Houston vs. Georgia Southern at 6 p.m. (ESPN2)

Friday, Dec. 20

Cure Bowl (Orlando, Fla.): Ohio vs. Jacksonville State at 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Fla.): Florida vs. Tulane at 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)

CFP First Round (South Bend, Ind.): #5 Notre Dame vs. #8 Indiana at 7 p.m. (ABC/ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 21

CFP First Round (University Park, Pa.): #4 Penn State vs. #10 SMU at 11 a.m. (TNT/MAX)

CFP First Round (Austin, Texas): #3 Texas vs. #16 Clemson at 3 p.m. (TNT/MAX)

CFP First Round (Columbus, Ohio): #6 Ohio State vs. #7 Tennessee at 7 p.m. (ABC/ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 23

Myrtle Beach Bowl (Conway SC): Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA at 10 a.m. (ESPN)

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, Idaho): Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State at 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 24

Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, Hawaii): South Florida vs. San Jose State at 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 26

GameAbove Sports Bowl (Detroit, Mich.): Pittsburgh vs. Toledo at 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Rate Bowl (Phoenix, Ariz.): Rutgers vs. Kansas State at 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

68 Ventures Bowl (Mobile, Ala.): Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green at 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 27

Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas): Navy vs. Oklahoma at 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.): Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt at 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Liberty Bowl (Memphis, Tenn.): Arkansas vs. Texas Tech at 6 p.m. (ESPN)

Holiday Bowl (San Diego, Calif.): #21 Syracuse vs. Washington State at 7 p.m. (FOX)

Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, Nev.): USC vs. Texas A&M at 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 28

Fenway Bowl (Boston, Mass.): Connecticut vs. North Carolina at 10 a.m. (ESPN)

Pinstripe Bowl (Bronx, NY): Boston College vs. Nebraska at 11 a.m. (ABC)

New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, NM): TCU vs. Louisiana at 1:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Pop-Tarts Bowl (Orlando, Fla.): #13 Miami (Fla.) vs. #18 Iowa State at 2:30 p.m. (ABC)

Arizona Bowl (Tucson, Ariz.): Colorado State vs. Miami (Ohio) at 3:30 p.m. (CW Network)

Military Bowl (Annapolis, Md.): North Carolina State vs. East Carolina at 4:45 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, Texas): #17 BYU vs. #23 Colorado at 6:30 p.m. (ABC)

Independence Bowl (Shreveport, La.): #22 Army vs. Marshall at 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 30

Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.): #19 Missouri vs. Iowa at 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 31

ReliaQuest Bowl (Tampa, Fla.): #11 Alabama vs. Michigan at 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas): Louisville vs. Washington at 1 p.m. (CBS)

Citrus Bowl (Orlando, Fla.): #15 South Carolina vs. #20 Illinois at 2 p.m. (ABC)

Texas Bowl (Houston, Texas): LSU vs. Baylor at 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)

CFP Quarterfinal/Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.): #9 Boise State vs. TBA at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Jan. 1

CFP Quarterfinal/Peach Bowl (Atlanta, Ga.): #12 Arizona State vs. TBA at noon (ESPN)

CFP Quarterfinal/Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.): #1 Oregon vs. TBA at 4 p.m. (ESPN)

CFP Quarterfinal/Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, La.): #2 Georgia vs. TBA at 7:45 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 2

Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Fla.): #14 Ole Miss vs. Duke at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Jan. 3

First Responder Bowl (Dallas, Texas): North Texas vs. Texas State at 3 p.m. (ESPN)

Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Charlotte, NC): Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Jan. 4

Bahamas Bowl (Nassau, Bahamas): Liberty vs. Buffalo at 10 a.m. (ESPN2)

Thursday, Jan. 9

CFP Semifinal/Orange Bowl (Miami, Fla.): TBA vs. TBA at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Jan. 10

CFP Semifinal/Cotton Bowl (Arlington, Texas): TBA vs. TBA at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 30

CFP National Championship (Atlanta, Ga.): TBA vs. TBA at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)