College Football 2018-2019 Bowl Schedule
The College Bowl games this season kick off on Saturday, Dec. 15 with six contests on the schedule — Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl, AutoNation Cure Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl, Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, and R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
The College Football Playoff Semifinals will feature No. 2 Clemson hosting No. 3 Notre Dame in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl and No. 1 Alabama hosting No. 4 Oklahoma in the Capital One Orange Bowl. Those games will be played on Saturday, Dec. 29 at 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm ET, respectively.
Semifinal winners will meet on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 in the College Football National Championship at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
College Football Playoff
All times Eastern Standard
Date/ Bowl/ Time (TV) Matchup
Jan. 7 National Championship
Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m. (ESPN) TBA vs. TBA
National Semi-Finals
Dec. 29 – Cotton Bowl
Arlington, Texas 4 p.m. (ESPN) No. 2 Clemson (13-0) vs. No. 3 Notre Dame (12-0)
Dec. 29 – Orange Bowl
Miami Gardens, Fla. 8 p.m. (ESPN) No. 1 Alabama (13-0) vs. No. 4 Oklahoma (12-1)
College Football 2018-2019 Bowl Schedule
Saturday, Dec 15, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl
North Carolina A&T vs. Alcorn State Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, GA 12:00 pm ABC
AutoNation Cure Bowl
Tulane vs. Louisiana Camping World Stadium
Orlando, FL 1:30 pm CBSSN
New Mexico Bowl
North Texas vs. Utah State Dreamstyle Stadium
Albuquerque, NM 2:00 pm ESPN
Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl
21 Fresno State vs. Arizona State Sam Boyd Stadium
Las Vegas, NV 3:30 pm ABC
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
Georgia Southern vs. Eastern Michigan Cramton Bowl
Montgomery, AL 5:30 pm ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Middle Tennessee vs. Appalachian State Mercedes-Benz Superdome
New Orleans, LA 9:00 pm ESPN
Tuesday, Dec 18, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl
UAB vs. Northern Illinois FAU Stadium
Boca Raton, FL 7:00 pm ESPN
Wednesday, Dec 19, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
DXL Frisco Bowl
San Diego State vs. Ohio Toyota Stadium
Frisco, TX 8:00 pm ESPN
Thursday, Dec 20, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl
Marshall vs. USF Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, FL 8:00 pm ESPN
Friday, Dec 21, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl
FIU vs. Toledo Thomas Robinson Stadium
Nassau, Bahamas 12:30 pm ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Western Michigan vs. BYU Albertson’s Stadium
Boise, ID 4:00 pm ESPN
Saturday, Dec 22, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
Jared Birmingham Bowl
Memphis vs. Wake Forest Legion Field
Birmingham, AL 12:00 pm ESPN
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Houston vs. Army Amon G. Carter Stadium
Fort Worth, TX 3:30 pm ESPN
Dollar General Bowl
Buffalo vs. Troy Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Mobile, AL 7:00 pm ESPN
SoFi Hawai’i Bowl
Hawaii vs. Louisiana Tech Aloha Stadium
Honolulu, HI 10:30 pm ESPN
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Boston College vs. 25 Boise State Cotton Bowl Stadium
Dallas, TX 1:30 pm ESPN
Quick Lane Bowl
Minnesota vs. Georgia Tech Ford Field
Detroit, MI 5:15 pm ESPN
Cheez-It Bowl
California vs. TCU Chase Field
Phoenix, AZ 9:00 pm ESPN
Thursday, Dec 27, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
Walk-On’s Independence Bowl
Temple vs. Duke Independence Stadium
Shreveport, LA 1:30 pm ESPN
New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Miami (FL) vs. Wisconsin Yankee Stadium
Bronx, NY 5:15 pm ESPN
Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl
Baylor vs. Vanderbilt NRG Stadium
Houston, TX 9:00 pm ESPN
Friday, Dec 28, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
Franklin Amer. Mort. Music City Bowl
Purdue vs. Auburn Nissan Stadium
Nashville, TN 1:30 pm ESPN
Camping World Bowl
16 West Virginia vs. 20 Syracuse Camping World Stadium
Orlando, FL 5:15 pm ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl
24 Iowa State vs. 13 Washington State Alamodome
San Antonio, TX 9:00 pm ESPN
Saturday, Dec 29, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
Belk Bowl
South Carolina vs. Virginia Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte, NC 12:00 pm ABC
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
10 Florida vs. 7 Michigan Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, GA 12:00 pm ESPN
NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Arkansas State vs. Nevada Arizona Stadium
Tucson, AZ 1:15 pm CBSSN
Goodyear Cotton Bowl
3 Notre Dame vs. 2 Clemson AT&T Stadium
Arlington, TX 4:00 pm ESPN
Capital One Orange Bowl
4 Oklahoma vs. 1 Alabama Hard Rock Stadium
Miami Gardens, FL 8:00 pm ESPN
Monday, Dec 31, 2018
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
Military Bowl
Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech Navy-Marine Corps Mem. Stadium
Annapolis, MD 12:00 pm ESPN
Hyundai Sun Bowl
Stanford vs. Pitt Sun Bowl Stadium
El Paso, TX 2:00 pm CBS
Redbox Bowl
Michigan State vs. Oregon Levi’s Stadium
Santa Clara, CA 3:00 pm FOX
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
23 Missouri vs. Oklahoma State Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Memphis, TN 3:45 pm ESPN
SDCCU Holiday Bowl
22 Northwestern vs. 17 Utah Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego, CA 7:00 pm FS1
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
NC State vs. 19 Texas A&M TIAA Bank Field
Jacksonville, FL 7:30 pm ESPN
Tuesday, Jan 1, 2019
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV
Outback Bowl
18 Mississippi State vs. Iowa Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, FL 12:00 pm ESPN2
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
11 LSU vs. 8 UCF State Farm Stadium
Glendale, AZ 1:00 pm ESPN
VRBO Citrus Bowl
14 Kentucky vs. 12 Penn State Camping World Stadium
Orlando, FL 1:00 pm ABC
Rose Bowl Game
9 Washington vs. 6 Ohio State Rose Bowl Stadium
Pasadena, CA 5:00 pm ESPN
Allstate Sugar Bowl
15 Texas vs. 5 Georgia Mercedes-Benz Superdome
New Orleans, LA 8:45 pm ESPN
Monday, Jan 7, 2019
Bowl Location Time (ET) / TV Tickets
