Opening Spreads for Every College Football Bowl Game

Find out the opening spreads and betting lines for every bowl game in college football.
Opening Spreads for Every College Football Bowl Game
Opening Spreads for Every College Football Bowl Game /

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With the college football regular season wrapped up, it's officially time to go bowling. 

The College Football Playoff semifinals consist of Ohio State facing Clemson in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, while LSU and Oklahoma will battle in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl. The semifinal games will be played on Saturday, Dec. 28 before the national championship on Jan. 13, 2020. The road to New Orleans starts on Friday, Dec. 20, when the bowl games kick off.

Below is the full list of spreads for every bowl game, via Circa Sports.

College Football Playoff Schedule:

  • College Football Playoff Semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (4 or 8 p.m., ESPN): Ohio State vs. Clemson (-1.5)
  • College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (4 or 8 p.m., ESPN): LSU (-11.5) vs. Oklahoma
  • College Football Playoff National Championship (8 p.m., ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 20

  • Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl (2 p.m., ESPN): Charlotte (-4) vs. Buffalo
  • Frisco Bowl (7:30 p.m., ESPN2): Utah State (-8.5) vs. Kent State

Saturday, Dec. 21

  • New Mexico Bowl (2 p.m., ESPN): San Diego State (-3) vs. Central Michigan
  • Cure Bowl (2:30 p.m. CBSSN): Liberty vs. Georgia Southern (-6)
  • Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl (3:30 p.m., ABC): SMU (-4.5) vs. FAU
  • Camellia Bowl (5:30 p.m., ESPN): Arkansas State (-1.5) vs. FIU
  • Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl (7:30 p.m., ABC): Washington (-3.5) vs. Boise State
  • R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (9 p.m., ESPN): Appalachian State (-16) vs. UAB

Monday, Dec. 23

  • Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl (2:30 p.m., ESPN): Marshall vs. UCF (-16.5)

Tuesday, Dec. 24

  • SoFi Hawai'i Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN): Hawaii vs. BYU (PK)

Thursday, Dec. 26

  • Walk-On's Independence Bowl (4 p.m., ESPN): Miami (-8) vs. Louisiana Tech
  • Quick Lane Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN): Pittsburgh (-12) vs. Eastern Michigan

Friday, Dec. 27

  • Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman (Noon, ESPN): North Carolina (-6.5) vs. Temple
  • New Era Pinstripe Bowl (3:20 p.m., ESPN): Michigan State (-3) vs. Wake Forest
  • Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl (6:45 p.m., ESPN): Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M (-4.5)
  • San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl (8 p.m., FS1): USC vs. Iowa (-1)
  • Cheez-It Bowl (10:15 p.m., ESPN): Air Force (-2) vs. Washington State

Saturday, Dec. 28

  • Camping World Bowl (Noon, ABC): Notre Dame (-3.5) vs. Iowa State
  • Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (Noon, ESPN): Penn State (-8.5) vs. Memphis
  • College Football Playoff Semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (4 or 8 p.m., ESPN): Ohio State vs. Clemson (-1.5)
  • College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (4 or 8 p.m., ESPN): LSU (-11.5) vs. Oklahoma 

Monday, Dec. 30

  • SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (12:30 p.m., ESPN): Western Kentucky (-1) vs. Western Michigan
  • Franklin America Mortgage Music City Bowl (4 p.m., ESPN): Louisville vs. Mississippi State (-3.5)
  • Redbox Bowl (4 p.m., FOX): Illinois vs. Cal (-6.5)
  • Capital One Orange Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN): Florida (-14) vs. Virginia 

Tuesday, Dec. 31

  • Belk Bowl (Noon, ESPN): Virginia Tech (-3) vs. Kentucky
  • Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (2 p.m., CBS): Florida State vs. Arizona State (-4)
  • AutoZone Liberty Bowl (3:45 p.m., ESPN): Navy (-1.5) vs. Kansas State
  • NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl (4:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network): Wyoming (-7) vs. Georgia State
  • Valero Alamo Bowl (7:30 p.m., ESPN): Texas vs. Utah (-8)

Wednesday, Jan. 1

  • Vrbo Citrus Bowl (1 p.m., ABC): Alabama (-7) vs. Michigan
  • Outback Bowl (1 p.m., ESPN): Minnesota vs. Auburn (-7.5)
  • Rose Bowl (5 p.m., ESPN): Oregon vs. Wisconsin (-3)
  • Allstate Sugar Bowl (8:45 p.m., ESPN): Georgia (-8) vs. Baylor

Thursday, Jan. 2

  • TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl (3 p.m., ESPN): Boston College vs. Cincinnati (-5.5)
  • TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (7 p.m., ESPN): Indiana vs. Tennessee (PK)

Wednesday, Jan. 3

  • Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (3:30 p.m., ESPN): Nevada vs. Ohio (-7)

Thursday, Jan. 4

  • Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (11:30 a.m., ESPN): Tulane (-7.5) vs. Southern Miss

Friday, Jan. 5

  • Mobile Alabama Bowl (7:30 p.m., ESPN): Miami (OH) vs. ULL (-14.5)

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