2024-25 College Football Bowl Schedule: Full List of Games and Locations

Patrick Andres | Jul 18, 2024

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. / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

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
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