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College football 2018 bowl game and playoff schedule

By Patrick Schmidt

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 08: The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy during the College Football Playoff National Championship Game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs on January 8, 2018 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. (Photo by David Rosenblum/IconSportswire)
ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 08: The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy during the College Football Playoff National Championship Game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs on January 8, 2018 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. (Photo by David Rosenblum/IconSportswire) /
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It’s never too early to look ahead to college football bowl season and the playoff, so take a look at the 2018 bowl game and playoff schedule.

Spring football has only just come to a close but nothing is going to stop us from looking ahead to the end of the 2018 college football season. It’s never a bad time to plan ahead so if you’re looking to travel during bowl season or the College Football Playoff, we now have the schedule for all those games.

There are 37 bowl games this year, including the two semifinal playoff games and the National Championship Game. The playoffs begin on Sat, Dec. 29 with the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl as the host for those two games. The winner of those two games will meet in the title game on Monday, Jan. 7. The first Monday after New Year’s Day has been reserved for the title game, but there will be a slightly longer gap between the semifinals and the title game as they’re playing before New Year’s.

Normally there weren’t any other games between them and the title game but that won’t be the case this year with nine games in between, including the major New Year’s Day games like the Rose, Sugar and Fiesta Bowls.

The bowl season begins with the Celebration Bowl on Dec. 15, one week after the Army-Navy game and the awarding of the Heisman Trophy ceremony. There will be a loaded six-game schedule that begins at noon and will end around midnight with the New Orleans Bowl.

2018 College football bowl game and playoff schedule

Saturday, Dec. 15

  • Celebration Bowl, ABC – 12 p.m.
  • New Mexico Bowl, ESPN – 2 p.m.
  • Cure Bowl, CBSSN – 2:30 p.m.:
  • Las Vegas Bowl, ABC – 3:30 p.m.
  • Camellia Bowl, ESPN – 5:30 p.m.
  • New Orleans Bowl – 9 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 18

  • Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl, ESPN – 7 p.m.:

Wednesday, Dec. 19

  • Frisco Bowl, ESPN – 8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 20

  • Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl, ESPN – 8 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 21

  • Bahamas Bowl, ESPN – 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 22

  • Birmingham Bowl, ESPN – 12 p.m.
  • Armed Forces Bowl, ESPN – 3:30 p.m.
  • Dollar General Bowl, ESPN – 7 p.m.
  • Hawaii Bowl, ESPN – 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 26

  • Heart of Dallas Bowl, ESPN – 1:30 p.m.
  • Quick Lane Bowl, ESPN – 5:15 p.m.
  • Cactus Bowl, ESPN – 9 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 27

  • Independence Bowl, ESPN – 1:30 p.m.
  • Pinstripe Bowl, ESPN – 5:15 p.m.
  • Texas Bowl, ESPN – 9 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 28

  • Music City Bowl, ESPN – 1:30 p.m.
  • Camping World Bowl, ESPN – 5:15 p.m.
  • Alamo Bowl, ESPN – 9 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 29

  • Peach Bowl, ESPN – 12 p.m.
  • Belk Bowl, ABC – 12 p.m.
  • Orange Bowl Playoff semifinal, ESPN – 4 p.m. or 8 p.m.
  • Cotton Bowl Playoff semifinal, ESPN – 4 p.m. or 8 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 30

  • Sun Bowl, CBS – 2 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 31

  • Military Bowl, ESPN – 12 p.m.
  • Liberty Bowl, ESPN – 3:45 p.m.
  • Gator Bowl, ESPN – 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 1

  • Outback Bowl, ESPN2 – 12 p.m.
  • Citrus Bowl, ABC – 1 p.m.
  • Fiesta Bowl, ESPN – 1 p.m.
  • Rose Bowl, ESPN – 5 p.m.
  • Sugar Bowl, ESPN – 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 7

  • College Football Playoff National Championship (Santa Clara, California.) – 8 p.m.
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