2024-25 college football bowl schedule

The 2024 College Football Bowl schedule will be set Sunday following the weekend’s conference title games.

This year, the College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams and include all former New Year’s Six bowls. The first round will consist of games on campus.

Below you’ll find games, dates, times and tie-ins, starting with the CFP playoff games. Teams and fixtures will be updated this weekend as announced. Bonds and affiliations can and will change to fill the schedule.

All game times are central. Teams in bold are announced teams in bowl games.

NOTE: Former Pac-12 schools are still bound by the conference’s former affiliations, despite moving elsewhere. So if you see the Pac-12 in the bowl matchup wild card, that’s why. Example: USC goes to a Pac-12 affiliated bowl, not a Big Ten affiliated bowl.

NOTE: For non-CFP bowls, “At-large” refers to a location that can host any bowl-eligible team, almost certainly from a Group of 5 conferences.

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College Football Playoffs

First round of the CFP

Friday, December 20th or Saturday, December 21st

• #9 seed at #8 seed, TBD

• #12 seed at #5 seed, TBD

• #11 seeds at #6 seeds, YBD

• #10 seed at #7 seed, TBD

CFP quarterfinals

Tuesday, December 31 or Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at bowl locations

• No. 1 seed (highest conference champion) vs. No. 8/No. 9 winners, location and time TBD

• No. 4 seed (fourth highest seed conference champion) vs. No. 5/No. 12 winners, location and time TBD

• No. 2 seed (second highest conference champion) vs. No. 7/No. 10 winners, location and time TBD

• No. 3 seed (third highest conference champion) vs. No. 6/No. 11 winners, location and time to be announced

CFP semifinals

January 9 or 10, 2025 at the Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl locations

• No. 1 seed 8/9 winner vs. No. 4 seed 5/12 winner, location and time to be announced

• No. 2 seed 7/10 winner vs. No. 3 seed 6/11 winner, location and time to be announced

CFP National Championship

Monday, January 20, 2025

• CFP National Championship, Atlanta: Semifinal winner vs. semifinal winner, 6:30 p.m. on ESPN

Saturday December 14th

Cricket Celebration Bowl, Atlanta: SWAC Champion vs. SC State; 11 a.m., ABC

IS4S salute to Veterans Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama: South Alabama vs. West Michigan; 8 p.m., ESPN

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Tuesday, December 17th

Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, Frisco, Texas: Memphis vs. West Virginia; 8 p.m., ESPN

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Wednesday December 18th

Boca Raton Bowl, Boca Raton, Florida: At Large vs. At Large; 4:30 p.m., ESPN

Art of Sport LA Bowl, Inglewood, California: Former Pac-12 team/TBD vs. Mountain West; 8 p.m. ESPN

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Thursday, December 19th

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, New Orleans: Georgia South vs. Sam Houston State; 6 p.m., ESPN2

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Friday, December 20th

StaffDNA Cure Bowl, Orlando: At Large vs. At Large; 11 a.m., ESPN

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, Tampa: At Large vs. At Large; 2:30 p.m., ESPN

CFP first round game: Matchup to be announced, 7 p.m. on ABC/ESPN

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Saturday December 21st

CFP first round game: Matchup TBD, 11 a.m. on TNT

CFP first round game: Matchup TBD, 3 p.m. on TNT

CFP first round game: Matchup to be announced, 7 p.m. on ABC/ESPN

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Monday, December 23rd

Myrtle Beach Bowl, Conway, SC: At Large vs. At Large; 10 a.m., ESPN

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Boise: Mountain West vs. MAC; 1:30 p.m., ESPN

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Tuesday, December 24th

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

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Thursday, December 26th

GameAbove Sports Bowl, Detroit: Big Ten vs. MAC; 1 p.m., ESPN

Rate Bowl, Phoenix: Big Ten vs. Big 12; 4:30 p.m., ESPN

68 Ventures Bowl, Mobile: Sun Belt vs. At-large; 8 p.m., ESPN

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Friday, December 27th

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth: AAC vs. Big 12; 11 a.m. or 2:30 p.m., ESPN

Birmingham Bowl, Birmingham: SEC vs. At-large; 11 a.m. or 2:30 p.m., ESPN

AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis: SEC vs. Big 12; 6 p.m., ESPN

DirecTV Holiday Bowl, San Diego: ACC vs. former Pac-12 team/TBD; 7 p.m., FOX

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl, Las Vegas: Former Pac-12 Team/TBD vs. SEC; 9:30 p.m., ESPN

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Saturday December 28th

Wasabi Fenway Bowl, Boston: ACC vs AAC; 10 a.m., ESPN

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, Bronx, NY: ACC vs. Big Ten; 11 a.m., ABC

Isleta New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque: Mountain West vs. At-large; 1:15 p.m., ESPN

Pop Tarts Bowl, Orlando: ACC vs. Big 12; 2:30 p.m., ABC

Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl, Tucson, Arizona: Mountain West vs. MAC; 3:30 p.m., CW Network

Go Bowling Military Bowl, Annapolis, Maryland: ACC vs AAC; 4:45 p.m., ESPN

Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio: Former Pac-12 Team/TBD vs. Big 12; 6:30 p.m., ABC

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, Shreveport, La.: Former Pac-12 Team/TBD vs. At-large/Army; 8:15 p.m., ESPN

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Monday, December 30th

TransPerfect Music City Bowl, Nashville: SEC vs. Big Ten; 1:30 p.m., ESPN

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Tuesday, December 31st

ReliaQuest Bowl, Tampa: SEC vs. Big Ten; 11 a.m., ESPN

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, El Paso: ACC vs. former Pac-12 team/TBD; 1 p.m., CBS

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, Orlando: SEC No. 2 vs. Big Ten No. 2; 2 p.m., ABC

Children’s Texas Bowl, Houston: SEC vs. Big 12; 2:30 p.m., ESPN

VRBO Fiesta Bowl CFP Quarterfinals, Glendale, Arizona: CFP Quarterfinalist vs. CFP Quarterfinalist; 6:30 p.m., ESPN

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Wednesday, January 1, 2024

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Atlanta: CFP Quarterfinalist vs. CFP Quarterfinalist; Noon, ESPN

Rose Bowl Game CFP Quarterfinals, Pasadena, California: CFP Quarterfinalist vs. CFP Quarterfinalist; 4 p.m., ESPN

Allstate Sugar Bowl CFP Quarterfinals, New Orleans: CFP Quarterfinalist vs. CFP Quarterfinalist; 7:45 p.m., ESPN

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Thursday, January 2, 2025

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Jacksonville: ACC vs. SEC; 6:30 p.m., ESPN

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Friday, January 3, 2025

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, Dallas: At Large vs. At Large; 3 p.m., ESPN

Duke’s Mayo Bowl, Charlotte: ACC vs. Big Ten; 6:30 p.m., ESPN

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Saturday, January 4, 2025

Bahamas Bowl, Nassau, Bahamas: Buffalo vs. Freedom; 10 a.m., ESPN2

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Thursday, January 9, 2025

Capital One Orange Bowl CFP semifinals, Miami: CFP Semifinalist vs. CFP Semifinalist; 6:30 p.m., ESPN

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Friday, January 10, 2025

Semifinals of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic CFP, Arlington, Texas: CFP Semifinalist vs. CFP Semifinalist; 6:30 p.m., ESPN

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Monday, January 20, 2025

CFP National Championship, Atlanta: Orange Bowl winners vs. Cotton Bowl winners, 6:30 p.m. on ESPN

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