College Football Bowls 2016: Complete TV schedule
The complete College Football Bowls TV schedule for the 2016 postseason
After one of the wildest college football seasons in recent memory, we’ve finally arrived at bowl season. There’s no time of year quite like it for football fans. How can you honestly top two weeks of having above-average to great football teams squaring off to try and finish off the year with a win? Truthfully, you can’t.
On Sunday, the College Football Playoff field was finally revealed after much debate and jostling for positioning over the final weeks. But now we know the four teams that have a shot at a National Championship. The Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, Ohio State Buckeyes, and Washington Huskies, in order, will all be vying for a title.
However, there’s more than just the CFP to keep track of. Throughout the rest of Sunday, the remaining bowl games were also filled with those teams that did well enough to become eligible. The heavy-hitters of college football are there, but so too are the schools you may not have known about just yet. So which teams are in which bowl games and when can you catch these matchups?
Here is the College Football Bowl Game TV schedule.
Saturday, Dec. 17
AFR Celebration Bowl: NC Central vs. Grambling State – Noon ET (ABC)
Gildan New Mexico Bowl: New Mexico vs. UTSA – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Las Vegas Bowl: Houston vs. San Diego State – 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
AutoNation Cure Bowl: UCF vs. Arkansas State – 5:30 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl: Toledo vs. Appalachian State – 5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Southern Miss vs. Louisiana Lafayette – 9 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 19
Miami Beach Bowl: Tulsa vs. Central Michigan – 2:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Tuesday, Dec. 20
Boca Raton Bowl: Memphis vs. Western Kentucky – 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 21
San Diego County CU Poinsettia Bowl: BYU vs. Wyoming – 9 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 22
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Idaho vs. Colorado State – 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 23
Popeyes Bahamas Bowl: Old Dominion vs. Eastern Michigan – 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Louisiana Tech vs. Navy – 4:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Dollar General Bowl: Ohio vs. Troy – 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 24
Hawai’I Bowl: Middle Tennessee vs. Hawaii – 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 26
St. Petersburg Bowl: Miami (OH) vs. Mississippi State – 11 a.m. ET (ESPN)
Quick Lane Bowl: Boston College vs. Maryland – 2:30 p.m. ET
Camping World Independence Bowl: NC State vs. Vanderbilt – 5 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Tuesday, Dec. 27
Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl: Army vs. North Texas – Noon ET (ESPN)
Military Bowl: Temple vs. Wake Forest – 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
National Funding Holiday Bowl: Washington State vs. Minnesota – 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Motel 6 Cactus Bowl: Baylor vs. Boise State – 10:15 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 28
New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Pitt vs. Northwestern – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Russell Athletic Bowl: Miami vs. West Virginia – 5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Foster Farms Bowl: Indiana vs. Utah – 8:30 p.m. ET (FOX)
AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl: Kansas State vs. Texas A&M – 9 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 29
Birmingham Bowl: USF vs. South Carolina – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Belk Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. SEC – 5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Valero Alamo Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Colorado – 9 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 30
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: TCU vs. Georgia – Noon ET (ESPN)
Hyundai Sun Bowl: North Carolina vs. Stanford – 2 p.m. ET (CBS)
Franklin Ameritrade Mortgage Music City Bowl: Nebraska vs. Tennessee – 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl: South Alabama vs. Air Force – 5:30 p.m. ET (ASN, CI)
Capital One Orange Bowl: Michigan vs. Florida State – 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 31
Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl: LSU vs. Louisville – 11 a.m. ET (ABC)
TaxSlayer Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky – 11 a.m. ET (ESPN)
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal): 4 Washington vs. 1 Alabama – 3 p.m. ET (ESPN)
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal): 3 Ohio State vs. 2 Clemson – 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 2 (2017)
Outback Bowl: Florida vs. Iowa – 1 p.m. ET (ABC)
Goodyear Cotton Bowl: Western Michigan vs. Wisconsin – 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Rose Bowl Game: Penn State vs. USC – 5 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Allstate Sugar Bowl: Auburn vs. Oklahoma – 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 9 (2017)
College Football Playoff National Championship: Peach Bowl Winner vs. Fiesta Bowl Winner – 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
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So there you have it. If you miss a bowl game that you wanted to see, don’t say it’s because you didn’t know when it was being played or what channel had the broadcast. If bowl season is anything like the rest of the college football season, buckle up for what’s sure to be a fun, wild ride throughout December (and early January).