2016 College Football Bowl Game TV Schedule

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The parade of college football bowl games begins Saturday, Dec. 17, but the only games with any real significance are on New Year’s Eve with the Peach and Fiesta Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinals on ESPN. The National Championship game is Jan. 9 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., also on ESPN.

2016 College Football Bowl Game TV Schedule

All Times Eastern.

Saturday, Dec. 17

Celebration Bowl: Grambling vs. North Carolina Central, 12pm, ABC

Camellia Bowl: Appalachian State vs. Toledo, 5:30pm, ESPN

AutoNation Cure Bowl: Arkansas State vs. UCF, 5:30pm, CBS Sports Network

New Orleans Bowl: Southern Mississippi vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 9pm, ESPN

Monday, Dec. 19

Miami Beach Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Tulsa, 2:30pm, ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Boca Raton Bowl: Memphis vs. Western Kentucky, 7pm, ESPN

Wednesday, Dec. 21

Poinsettia Bowl: BYU vs. Wyoming, 9pm ESPN

Thursday, Dec. 22

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Idaho vs. Colorado State, 7pm, ESPN

Friday, Dec. 23

Bahamas Bowl: Eastern Michigan vs. Old Dominion, 1pm, ESPN

Armed Forces Bowl: Louisiana Tech vs. Navy, 4:30pm, ESPN

Dollar General Bowl: Ohio vs. Troy, 8pm, ESPN

Saturday, Dec. 24

Hawai’i Bowl: Hawai’i vs. Middle Tennessee, 8pm, ESPN

Monday, Dec. 26

St. Petersburg Bowl: Miami (Ohio) vs. Mississippi State, 11am, ESPN

Quick Lane Bowl: Maryland vs. Boston College, 2:30pm, ESPN

Independence Bowl: NC State vs. Vanderbilt, 5pm, ESPN2

Tuesday, Dec. 27

Heart of Dallas Bowl: Army vs. North Texas, 12pm, ESPN

Military Bowl: Temple vs. Wake Forest, 3:30pm, ESPN

Holiday Bowl: Minnesota vs. Washington State, 7pm, ESPN

Cactus Bowl: Boise State vs. Baylor, 10:15pm, ESPN

Wednesday, Dec. 28

Pinstripe Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Northwestern, 2pm, ESPN

Russell Athletic Bowl: West Virginia vs. Miami, 5:30pm, ESPN

Foster Farms Bowl: Indiana vs. Utah, 8:30pm, FOX

Texas Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Kansas State, 9pm, ESPN

Thursday, Dec. 29

Birmingham Bowl: South Florida vs. South Carolina, 2pm, ESPN

Belk Bowl: Arkansas vs. Virginia Tech, 5:30pm, ESPN

Alamo Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Colorado, 9pm, ESPN

Friday, Dec. 30

Liberty Bowl: Georgia vs. TCU, 12pm, ESPN

Sun Bowl: Stanford vs. North Carolina, 2pm, CBS

Music City Bowl: Nebraska vs. Tennessee, 3:30pm, ESPN

Orange Bowl: Michigan vs. Florida State, 8:10pm, ESPN

Saturday, Dec. 31

Citrus Bowl: LSU vs. Louisville, 11am, ABC

TaxSlayer Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky, 11am, ESPN

Peach Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal: Washington vs. Alabama, 3pm, ESPN

Fiesta Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal: Ohio State vs. Clemson, 7pm, ESPN

Monday, Jan. 2

Outback Bowl: Florida vs. Iowa, 1pm, ABC

Cotton Bowl: Western Michigan vs. Wisconsin, 1pm, ESPN

Rose Bowl: USC vs. Penn State, 5:10pm, ESPN

Sugar Bowl: Auburn vs. Oklahoma, 8:50pm, ESPN

Monday, Jan. 9

College Football Playoff National Championship, 8:15pm, ESPN

 

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