2024-25 College Football Bowl Schedule: Full List of Games and Locations
![Jan 1, 2024; Pasadena, CA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) is tackled by Michigan Wolverines defensive back Rod Moore (9) during overtime in the 2024 Rose Bowl college football playoff semifinal game at Rose Bowl. Jan 1, 2024; Pasadena, CA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) is tackled by Michigan Wolverines defensive back Rod Moore (9) during overtime in the 2024 Rose Bowl college football playoff semifinal game at Rose Bowl.](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_4869,h_2738,x_0,y_168/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/si/01j338ymfnax4tw7aw5r.jpg)
Over the course of their 123-year lifespan, bowl games have been everything to college football.
They have determined national championships and been utterly inconsequential to them. They have been sites of bigotry and integration. They have been played in Pasadena, Calif., and New Orleans and Toronto and Dayton, Ohio. Despite their increasing obsolescence to top NFL prospects in recent years, virtually every college football player worth their salt has played in at least one.
In 2024, the nature of bowl games will change again. With the College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams, every New Year's Six bowl game will serve as either a quarterfinal or semifinal.
Let's take some time to answer your questions about bowls'—and college football's—brave new world.
When Does Bowl Season Start?
A little earlier than usual: College football's first two bowl games will be played on Dec. 14 this season, just a week after the sport's conference championship games.
How Do You Qualify For a Bowl?
In order to qualify for a bowl game, a team .500 or better must win at least six games in the regular season against Division I teams—no more than one of which can be against scholarship-awarding FCS teams. That's the simplest path, but not the only path.
Should there not be enough teams meeting those criteria to fill every bowl-game slot, teams meeting these criteria (in order) can be selected: teams knocked below .500 by a loss in their conference championship, teams that would have been bowl-eligible if an FCS opponent awarded enough scholarships, 6–7 teams that did not play conference championships, teams moving from FCS to FBS, and 5–7 teams in order of Academic Progress Rate (APR).
Got all that?
How Many Bowls Are There?
If you count unlabeled College Football Playoff games—i.e. first-round games and the national championship—and the FCS's Celebration Bowl as bowl games, there will be 47 bowl games this season.
Full List of Bowl Game Dates and Locations
Set your December and January calendars accordingly.
BOWL GAME | DATE | TIME/TV | LOCATION |
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Celebration Bowl | Dec. 14 | Noon ET, ABC | Atlanta |
Camellia Bowl | Dec. 14 | 9 p.m. ET, ESPN | Montgomery, Ala. |
Frisco Bowl | Dec. 17 | 9 p.m. ET, ESPN | Frisco, Texas |
Boca Raton Bowl | Dec. 18 | 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Boca Raton, Fla. |
LA Bowl | Dec. 18 | 9 p.m. ET, ESPN | Inglewood, Calif. |
New Orleans Bowl | Dec. 19 | 7 p.m. ET, ESPN2 | New Orleans |
Cure Bowl | Dec. 20 | Noon ET, ESPN | Orlando |
Gasparilla | Dec. 20 | 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Tampa |
CFP first-round game | Dec. 20 | 8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN | TBD |
CFP first-round game | Dec. 21 | Noon ET, TNT | TBD |
CFP first-round game | Dec. 21 | 4 p.m. ET, TNT | TBD |
CFP first-round game | Dec. 21 | 8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN | TBD |
Myrtle Beach Bowl | Dec. 23 | 11 a.m. ET, ESPN | Conway, S.C. |
Potato Bowl | Dec. 23 | 2:30 ET, ESPN | Boise, Idaho |
Hawaii Bowl | Dec. 24 | 8 p.m. ET, ESPN | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Detroit Bowl | Dec. 26 | 2 p.m. ET, ESPN | Detroit |
Guaranteed Rate Bowl | Dec. 26 | 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Phoenix |
68 Ventures Bowl | Dec. 26 | 9 p.m. ET, ESPN | Mobile, Ala. |
Birmingham Bowl | Dec. 27 | Noon or 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Birmingham |
Armed Forces Bowl | Dec. 27 | Noon or 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberty Bowl | Dec. 27 | 7 p.m. ET, ESPN | Memphis |
Las Vegas Bowl | Dec. 27 | 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Las Vegas |
Fenway Bowl | Dec. 28 | 11 a.m. ET, ESPN | Boston |
Pinstripe Bowl | Dec. 28 | Noon ET, ABC | Bronx, N.Y. |
New Mexico Bowl | Dec. 28 | 2:15 p.m. ET, ESPN | Albuquerque |
Pop Tarts Bowl | Dec. 28 | 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC | Orlando |
Arizona Bowl | Dec. 28 | 4:30 p.m. ET, The CW | Tucson, Ariz. |
Military Bowl | Dec. 28 | 5:45 p.m. ET, ESPN | Annapolis, Md. |
Alamo Bowl | Dec. 28 | 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC | San Antonio |
Independence Bowl | Dec. 28 | 9:15 p.m. ET, ESPN | Shreveport, La. |
Music City Bowl | Dec. 30 | 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Nashville |
ReliaQuest Bowl | Dec. 31 | Noon ET, ESPN | Tampa |
Sun Bowl | Dec. 31 | 2 p.m. ET, CBS | El Paso, Texas |
Citrus Bowl | Dec. 31 | 3 p.m. ET, ABC | Orlando |
Texas Bowl | Dec. 31 | 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Houston |
Fiesta Bowl | Dec. 31 | 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Glendale, Ariz. |
Peach Bowl | Jan. 1 | 1 p.m. ET, ESPN | Atlanta |
Rose Bowl | Jan. 1 | 5 p.m. ET, ESPN | Pasadena, Calif. |
Sugar Bowl | Jan. 1 | 8:45 p.m. ET, ESPN | New Orleans |
Gator Bowl | Jan. 2 | 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Jacksonville |
First Responder Bowl | Jan. 3 | 4 p.m. ET, ESPN | Dallas |
Duke's Mayo Bowl | Jan. 3 | 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Charlotte |
Bahamas Bowl | Jan. 4 | 11 a.m. ET, ESPN2 | Nassau, Bahamas |
Orange Bowl | Jan. 9 | 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Miami Gardens, Fla. |
Cotton Bowl | Jan. 10 | 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Arlington, Texas |
National Championship | Jan. 20 | 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | Atlanta |
Holiday Bowl | TBD | TBD, Fox | San Diego |