College football bowl season 2021: Complete TV schedule
By John Buhler
Here is a complete TV schedule for all the college football bowl games being played this year.
In case you needed more college football games to watch, bowl season is upon us.
Whether a team struggled to get to 6-6, or overachieved in some instances, or a team had a fantastic year with national championship aspirations on the line, there are some bowl games to watch. Bowl season starts in earnest on Friday, Dec. 17 and concludes on Monday, Jan. 10 with the 2022 National Championship game being played out at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Here are the bowl games being played out this season and how you can go about watching them.
College football bowl schedule 2021: Complete TV schedule
Friday, Dec. 17
- Bahamas Bowl: Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo (2:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Tailgreeter Cure Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. Northern Illinois (6:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2)
Saturday, Dec. 18
- RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. Appalachian State (11:00 a.m. ET, ESPN)
- Cricket Celebration Bowl: South Carolina State vs. Jackson State (12:00 p.m. ET, ABC)
- PUBG New Mexico Bowl: UTEP vs. Fresno State (2:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl: UAB vs. BYU (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
- LendingTree Bowl: Liberty vs. Eastern Michigan (5:45 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl: Utah State vs. Oregon State (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
- R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Marshall vs. Louisiana (9:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 20
- Myrtle Beach Bowl: Tulsa vs. Old Dominion (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Tuesday, Dec. 21
- Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Kent State vs. Wyoming (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl: UTSA vs. San Diego State (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 22
- Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Missouri vs. Army (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 23
- Frisco Bowl Classic: Miami (OH) vs. North Texas (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl: UCF vs. Florida (7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 24
- EasyPost Hawaii Bowl: Memphis vs. Hawaii (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 25
- Camelia Bowl: Ball State vs. Georgia State (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 27
- Quick Lake Bowl: Nevada vs. Western Michigan (11:00 a.m. ET, ESPN)
- Military Bowl presented by Peraton: East Carolina vs. Boston College (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Tuesday, Dec. 28
- TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl: Houston vs. Auburn (12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: Air Force vs. Louisville (3:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Mississippi State (6:45 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl: North Carolina State vs. UCLA (8:00 p.m. ET, FOX)
- Guaranteed Rate Bowl: West Virginia vs. Minnesota (10:15 p.m. ET, FOX)
Wednesday, Dec. 29
- Wasabi Fenway Bowl: Virginia vs. SMU (11:00 a.m. ET, ESPN)
- New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Maryland (2:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Cheez-It Bowl: Clemson vs. Iowa State (5:45 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Valero Alamo Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Oregon (9:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 30
- Duke’s Mayo Bowl: North Carolina vs. South Carolina (11:30 a.m. ET, ESPN)
- TransPerfect Music City Bowl: Purdue vs. Tennessee (3:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Arizona State (10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 31
- TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M (11:00 a.m. ET, ESPN)
- Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl: Miami vs. Washington State (12:30 p.m. ET, CBS)
- Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Boise State (2:00 p.m. ET, Barstool Sports)
Saturday, Jan. 1
- Outback Bowl: Penn State vs. Arkansas (12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2)
- Vrbo Citrus Bowl: Iowa vs. Kentucky (1:00 p.m. ET, ABC)
- Mercari Texas Bowl: Kansas State vs. LSU (9:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Tuesday, Jan. 4
- TaxAct Texas Bowl: LSU vs. Kansas State (9:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
New Year’s Six Bowl Schedule
Thursday, Dec. 30
- Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl: Michigan State vs. Pittsburgh (7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Saturday, Jan. 1
- Playstation Fiesta Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State (1:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Rose Bowl Game: Ohio State vs. Utah (5:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Allstate Sugar Bowl: Baylor vs. Ole Miss (8:45 p.m. ET, ESPN)
College Football Playoff Schedule
Friday, Dec. 31
- Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic: Alabama vs. Cincinnati (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Capital One Orange Bowl: Michigan vs. Georgia (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 10
- College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T (ESPN, 8:00 p.m. ET)
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