Official college football bowl games matchups announced: Dates, stadiums, schedule and teams

With the conclusion of championship weekend, the final College Football Playoff rankings and matchups have been announced, plus which teams are playing in which bowl games.

The NCAA bowl season kicks off on Saturday, December 14 and concludes on Monday, January 20, 2025 with the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.

This year marks the inaugural year of the 12-team College Football Playoffs. In this new format, the five highest-ranked conference champions will play along the next seven highest-ranked teams. The four highest-ranked conference champions are awarded first-round byes and the other eight teams meet at the campuses of the No. 5-8 seeds. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in previous years' New Year’s Six bowls and the national championship will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Alabama and Miami were the first and second teams to be out of the College Football Playoff.

College Football Playoff rankings

*rankings do not always match playoff seeding

College Football Playoff schedule

CFP First-Round Games

*All times listed in ET

Friday, Dec. 20

8 p.m., ABC/ESPN
Indiana @ Notre Dame

Saturday Dec. 21

Noon, TNT
SMU @ Penn State

4 p.m., TNT
Clemson @ Texas

8 p.m., ABC/ESPN
Tennessee @ Ohio State

CFP Quarterfinals

Tuesday, Dec. 31

[Winner of SMU vs Penn State] @ Boise State
7:30 p.m., ESPN - Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona)

Wednesday, Jan. 1

[Winner of Texas vs Clemson] @ Arizona State
1 p.m., ESPN - Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)

[Winner of Tennessee vs Ohio State] @ Oregon
5 p.m., ESPN - Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)

[Winner of Indiana vs Notre Dame] @ Georgia
8:45 p.m., ESPN - Allstate Sugar Bowl
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)

CFP Semifinals

Thursday, Jan. 9

7:30 p.m., ESPN - Capital One Orange Bowl
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)

Friday, Jan. 10

7:30 p.m., ESPN - Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)

CFP National Championship

Monday, Jan. 20

7:30 p.m., ESPN - CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)

Complete bowl game schedule

In addition to the CFPs, there will be 36 more bowl games. Some alterations from the typical schedule had to be made to accommodate the new College Football Playoffs.

*All times listed in ET

Saturday, Dec. 14

South Carolina State vs. Jackson State
Noon, ABC - Cricket Celebration Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)

South Alabama vs. Western Michigan
9 p.m., ESPN - Salute to Veterans Bowl
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)

Tuesday, Dec. 17

Memphis vs. West Virginia
9 p.m., ESPN - Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl
Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)

Wednesday, Dec. 18

James Madison vs. Western Kentucky
5:30 p.m., ESPN - Boca Raton Bowl
FAU Stadium (Boca Raton, Florida)

Cal vs UNLV
9 p.m., ESPN - LA Bowl
SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California)

Thursday Dec. 19

Sam Houston vs. Georgia Southern
7 p.m., ESPN2 - R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)

Friday, Dec. 20

Ohio vs. Jacksonville State
Noon, ESPN - StaffDNA Cure Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)

Tulane vs Florida
3:30 p.m., ESPN - Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)

Monday, Dec. 23

Coastal Carolina vs UTSA
11 a.m., ESPN - Myrtle Beach Bowl
Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina)

Northern Illinois vs Fresno State
2:30 p.m., ESPN - Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho)

Tuesday, Dec. 24

South Florida vs. San Jose State
8 p.m., ESPN - Hawai’i Bowl
Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Honolulu)

Thursday, Dec. 26

Pittsburgh vs Toledo
2 p.m., ESPN - GameAbove Sports Bowl
Ford Field (Detroit)

Rutgers Scarlet vs Kansas State
5:30 p.m., ESPN - Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Chase Field (Phoenix)

Arkansas State vs Bowling Green
9 p.m., ESPN - 68 Ventures Bowl
Hancock Whitney Stadium (Mobile, Alabama)

Friday, Dec. 27

Oklahoma vs Navy
3 p.m., ESPN - Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas)

Georgia Tech vs Vanderbilt
3:30 p.m., ESPN - Birmingham Bowl
Protective Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama)

Texas Tech vs Arkansas
7 p.m., ESPN - AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee)

Syracuse vs Washington State
8 p.m., FOX- DirecTV Holiday Bowl
Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, California)

Texas A&M vs USC
10:30 p.m., ESPN - SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)

Saturday, Dec. 28

North Carolina vs UConn
11 a.m., ESPN - Wasabi Fenway Bowl
Fenway Park (Boston)

Boston College vs Nebraska
Noon, ABC - Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)

Louisiana vs TCU
2:15 p.m., ESPN - Isleta New Mexico Bowl
University Stadium (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Iowa State vs Miami
3:30 p.m., ABC - Pop-Tarts Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)

Miami vs Colorado State
4:30 p.m., CW Network - Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl
Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona)

East Carolina vs NC State
5:45 p.m., ESPN - Go Bowling Military Bowl
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)

BYU vs Colorado
7:30 p.m., ABC - Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome (San Antonio)

Marshall vs Army
9:15 p.m., ESPN - Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)

Monday, Dec. 30

TEAMS TBD
2:30 p.m., ESPN - TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)

Tuesday, Dec. 31

Iowa vs Missouri
Noon, ESPN - ReliaQuest Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)

Alabama vs Michigan
2 p.m., CBS - Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, Texas)

South Carolina vs Illinois
3 p.m., ABC - Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)

Baylor vs LSU
3:30 p.m., ESPN - Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)

Thursday, Jan. 2

Duke vs Ole Miss
7:30 p.m. ESPN - TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)

Friday, Jan. 3

North Texas vs Texas State
4 p.m., ESPN - SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas)

Minnesota vs Virginia Tech
7:30 p.m., ESPN - Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Saturday, Jan. 4

Buffalo vs Liberty
11 a.m., ESPN2 - Bahamas Bowl
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium (Nassau, Bahamas)

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