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