It’s never too early to look ahead to the most wonderful time of the year for college football fans: bowl season.
And this year, there’s more to be excited about than ever with an expanded 12-team College Football Playoff.
In addition to the CFP, there will be 36 bowl games in all. (The date and time of the Holiday Bowl will be announced later.)
Watch this season’s games (all times ET).
College Football Playoff Schedule
Friday, December 20
CFP first round game
Campus site
8 p.m., ABC/ESPN
December 21 Saturday
CFP first round game
Campus site
Noon, TNT
CFP first round game
Campus site
4 p.m., TNT
CFP first round game
Campus site
8 p.m., ABC/ESPN
Tuesday, December 31
CFP Quarterfinals at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, January 1
CFP Quarterfinals at Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
1 p.m., ESPN
CFP Quarterfinals in the Rose Bowl game presented by Prudential
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
5 p.m., ESPN
CFP Quarterfinals in the Allstate Sugar Bowl
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
8:45 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, January 9
CFP Semifinals at Capital One Orange Bowl
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, January 10
CFP Semifinals at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Monday, January 20
CFP National Championship
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Complete bowl game schedule
Saturday, December 14
Cricket Celebration Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
Noon, ABC
Camellia bowl
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
9 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, December 17
Boca Raton Bowl
FAU Stadium (Boca Raton, Florida)
5:30 p.m., ESPN
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl
Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)
9 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, December 18
LA Bowl
Sophie Stadium (Inglewood, California)
9 p.m., ESPN
R+L Careers New Orleans Bowl
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
7 p.m., ESPN2
Friday, December 20
StaffDNA Healing Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
Noon, ESPN
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
3:30 p.m., ESPN
Monday, December 23
Myrtle Beach Bowl
Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina)
11 a.m., ESPN
The famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho)
2:30 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, December 24
Hawaii Bowl
Clarence TC Ching Athletics Complex (Honolulu)
8 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, December 26
Detroit Bowl
Ford Field (Detroit)
2 p.m., ESPN
Guaranteed rate bowl
Chase Field (Phoenix)
5:30 p.m., ESPN
68 Venture Bowl
Hancock Whitney Stadium (Mobile, Alabama)
9 p.m., ESPN
Friday, December 27
Birmingham Bowl
Defensive Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama)
Noon or 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas)
Noon or 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Autozone Liberty Bowl
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee)
7 p.m., ESPN
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
10:30 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, December 28
Wasabi Fenway Bowl
Fenway Park (Boston)
11 a.m., ESPN
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)
Noon, ABC
Isleta New Mexico Bowl
University Stadium (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
2:15 p.m., ESPN
Pop-Tarts Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3:30 p.m., ABC
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gene and Juice by Dre and Snoop
Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona)
4:30 p.m., The CW Network
Go to Bowling Military Bowl
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
5:45 p.m., ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome (San Antonio)
7:30 p.m., ABC
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
9:15 p.m., ESPN
Monday, December 30
Transperfect Music City Bowl
Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
2:30 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, December 31
ReliaQuest bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
Noon, ESPN
Tony Tiger Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, Texas)
2 p.m., CBS
Cheese-It Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3 p.m., ABC
The Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
3:30 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, January 2
Taxslayer Gator Bowl
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
7:30 p.m. ESPN
Friday, January 3
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas)
4 p.m., ESPN
Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, January 4
Bahamas Bowl
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium (Nassau, Bahamas)
11 a.m., ESPN2
