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When will they announce what teams are playing in the college football bowl games?
The 2024-25 NCAA football bowl season kicks off on Dec. 14 with this year being College Football Playoff’s first with 12 teams. Here’s when we’ll know them.
As we approach the final weekend of college football, we’re getting closer to knowing which teams will play 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. With 82 teams set to compete in 41 games, 77 have already secured eligibility to participate.
Announcement of bowl matchups
The CFP selection committee is set to release a new rankings list on Tuesday night, which will give us a clue as to what we can expect on for the matchups.
The official announcement of the college football bowl matchups is scheduled for this Sunday, December 8 after the CFP selection committee releases the 12-team playoff field and the bowl organizers reveal their selections and agreements.
Teams still on the hunt
To be bowl eligible, teams need at least six wins and an above .500 winning percentage, but just one victory over an FCS opponent can count towards eligibility. However, not all teams who meet this criteria will necessarily get a spot in a bowl game, as there cannot be more than 82 teams.
Teams still on the hunt for their sixth win include Appalachian State, Auburn, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Kansas, Louisiana-Monroe, Michigan State, New Mexico, NC State, North Texas, Oregon State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Western Michigan, and Wisconsin.
College Football Playoff schedule
Here is the full schedule for the College Football Playoffs, starting with the first round on Friday, December 20, when the No. 5-8 seeds will host a rare mid-December contest.
The quarterfinals, semifinals, and final will be played at neutral sites. The first quarterfinal will be on December 31 in Arizona and the traditional New Years' locations for the Rose, Peach, and Sugar Bowls will host their games on January 1. Semifinals take place on January 9 and 10 in Miami, Florida and Arlington, Texas. The championship game on January 20 will take place in Atlanta.
CFP First-Round Games
- Friday, Dec. 20
- 8 p.m., ABC/ESPN
Campus site
- 8 p.m., ABC/ESPN
- Saturday Dec. 21
- Noon, TNT
Campus site - 4 p.m., TNT
Campus site - 8 p.m., ABC/ESPN
Campus site
- Noon, TNT
CFP Quarterfinals
- Tuesday, Dec. 31
- 7:30 p.m., ESPN - Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona)
- 7:30 p.m., ESPN - Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
- Wednesday, Jan. 1
- 1 p.m., ESPN - Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta) - 5 p.m., ESPN - Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California) - 8:45 p.m., ESPN - Allstate Sugar Bowl
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
- 1 p.m., ESPN - Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
CFP Semifinals
- Thursday, Jan. 9
- 7:30 p.m., ESPN - Capital One Orange Bowl
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
- 7:30 p.m., ESPN - Capital One Orange Bowl
- Friday, Jan. 10
- 7:30 p.m., ESPN - Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
- 7:30 p.m., ESPN - Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
CFP National Championship
- Monday, Jan. 20
- 7:30 p.m., ESPN - CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
- 7:30 p.m., ESPN - CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T
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.
- Saturday, Dec. 14
- Noon, ABC - Cricket Celebration Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta) - 9 p.m., ESPN - Camellia Bowl
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
- Noon, ABC - Cricket Celebration Bowl
- Tuesday, Dec. 17
- 5:30 p.m., ESPN - Boca Raton Bowl
FAU Stadium (Boca Raton, Florida) - 9 p.m., ESPN - Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl
Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)
- 5:30 p.m., ESPN - Boca Raton Bowl
- Wednesday, Dec. 18
- 9 p.m., ESPN - LA Bowl
SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California)
- 9 p.m., ESPN - LA Bowl
- Thursday Dec. 19
- 7 p.m., ESPN2 - R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
- 7 p.m., ESPN2 - R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
- Friday, Dec. 20
- Noon, ESPN - StaffDNA Cure Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida) - 3:30 p.m., ESPN - Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
- Noon, ESPN - StaffDNA Cure Bowl
- Monday, Dec. 23
- 11 a.m., ESPN - Myrtle Beach Bowl
Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina) - 2:30 p.m., ESPN - Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho)
- 11 a.m., ESPN - Myrtle Beach Bowl
- Tuesday, Dec. 24
- 8 p.m., ESPN - Hawai’i Bowl
Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Honolulu)
- 8 p.m., ESPN - Hawai’i Bowl
- Thursday, Dec. 26
- 2 p.m., ESPN - Detroit Bowl
Ford Field (Detroit) - 5:30 p.m., ESPN - Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Chase Field (Phoenix) - 9 p.m., ESPN - 68 Ventures Bowl
Hancock Whitney Stadium (Mobile, Alabama)
- 2 p.m., ESPN - Detroit Bowl
- Friday, Dec. 27
- *Noon or 3:30 p.m., ESPN - Birmingham Bowl
Protective Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama) - *Noon or 3:30 p.m., ESPN - Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas) - 7 p.m., ESPN - AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee) - 10:30 p.m., ESPN - SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
- *Noon or 3:30 p.m., ESPN - Birmingham Bowl
- Saturday, Dec. 28
- 11 a.m., ESPN - Wasabi Fenway Bowl
Fenway Park (Boston) - Noon, ABC - Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York) - 2:15 p.m., ESPN - Isleta New Mexico Bowl
University Stadium (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - 3:30 p.m., ABC - Pop-Tarts Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida) - 4:30 p.m., CW Network - Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl
Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona) - 5:45 p.m., ESPN - Go Bowling Military Bowl
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland) - 7:30 p.m., ABC - Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome (San Antonio) - 9:15 p.m., ESPN - Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
- 11 a.m., ESPN - Wasabi Fenway Bowl
- Monday, Dec. 30
- 2:30 p.m., ESPN - TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
- 2:30 p.m., ESPN - TransPerfect Music City Bowl
- Tuesday, Dec. 31
- Noon, ESPN - ReliaQuest Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida) - 2 p.m., CBS - Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, Texas) - 3 p.m., ABC - Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida) - 3:30 p.m., ESPN - Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
- Noon, ESPN - ReliaQuest Bowl
- Thursday, Jan. 2
- 7:30 p.m. ESPN - TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
- 7:30 p.m. ESPN - TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
- Friday, Jan. 3
- 4 p.m., ESPN - SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas) - 7:30 p.m., ESPN - Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
- 4 p.m., ESPN - SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
- Saturday, Jan. 4
- 11 a.m., ESPN2 - Bahamas Bowl
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium (Nassau, Bahamas)
- 11 a.m., ESPN2 - Bahamas Bowl
- Date TBD
- Time TBD - DirecTV Holiday Bowl
Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, California)
- Time TBD - DirecTV Holiday Bowl
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