College Football Playoff and Bowl Schedule 2017-18 Date Day Time (ET) Bowl game Teams Location TV Winner Dec 16 Sat 1 p.m. New Orleans Bowl Troy vs. North Texas Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans ESPN Dec 16 Sat 2:30 p.m. Cure Bowl Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla. CBSSN Dec 16 Sat 3:30 p.m. Las Vegas Bowl Oregon vs. Boise State (25) Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas ABC Dec 16 Sat 4:30 p.m. New Mexico Bowl Marshall vs. Colorado State Dreamstyle Stadium, Albuquerque, N.M. ESPN Dec 16 Sat 8 p.m. Camellia Bowl Arkansas State vs. Middle Tennessee Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Ala. ESPN Dec 19 Tue 7 p.m. Boca Raton Bowl FAU vs. Akron FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla ESPN Dec 20 Wed 8 p.m. Frisco Bowl SMU vs. Louisiana Tech Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas ESPN Dec 21 Thu 8 p.m. Gasparilla Bowl FIU vs. Temple Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla ESPN Dec 22 Fri 12:30 p.m. Bahamas Bowl Ohio vs. UAB Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, Bahamas ESPN Dec 22 Fri 4 p.m. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Central Michigan vs. Wyoming Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho ESPN Dec 23 Sat 12 p.m. Birmingham Bowl Texas Tech vs. South Florida Legion Field, Birmingham, Ala. ESPN Dec 23 Sat 3:30 p.m. Armed Forces Bowl Army vs. San Diego State Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas ESPN Dec 23 Sat 7 p.m. Dollar General Bowl Toledo vs. Appalachian State Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Ala. ESPN Dec 24 Sun 8:30 p.m. Hawai’i Bowl Fresno State vs. Houston Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawai’i ESPN Dec 26 Tue 1:30 p.m. Heart of Dallas Bowl West Virginia vs. Utah Cotton Bowl, Dallas ESPN Dec 26 Tue 5:15 p.m. Quick Lane Bowl Duke vs. Northern Illinois Ford Field, Detroit ESPN Dec 26 Tue 10 p.m. Cactus Bowl Kansas State vs. UCLA Phoenix ESPN Dec 27 Wed 1:30 p.m. Independence Bowl Florida State vs. Southern Miss Shreveport, La. ESPN Dec 27 Wed 5:15 p.m. Pinstripe Bowl Iowa vs. Boston College Yankee Stadium ESPN Dec 27 Wed 8:30 p.m. Foster Farms Bowl Arizona vs. Purdue Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. FOX Dec 27 Wed 9 p.m. Texas Bowl Texas vs. Missouri NRG Stadium, Houston ESPN Dec 28 Thu 1:30 p.m. Military Bowl Navy vs. Virginia Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Md. ESPN Dec 28 Thu 5:15 p.m. Camping World Bowl Virginia Tech (22) vs. Oklahoma State (19) Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla. ESPN Dec 28 Thu 9 p.m. Alamo Bowl Stanford (13) vs. TCU (15) San Antonio, Texas ESPN Dec 28 Thu 9 p.m. Holiday Bowl Michigan State ( 16) vs. Washington State (18) Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego FOX Dec 29 Fri 1 p.m. Belk Bowl Texas A&M vs. Wake Forest Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C. ESPN Dec 29 Fri 3 p.m. Sun Bowl Arizona State vs. NC State (24) Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas CBS Dec 29 Fri 4:30 p.m. Music City Bowl Kentucky vs. Northwestern (21) Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tenn. ESPN Dec 29 Fri 5:30 p.m. Arizona Bowl New Mexico State vs. Utah State Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Ari. CBSSN Dec 29 Fri 8:30 p.m. Cotton Bowl Ohio State (5) vs. USC (8) AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas ESPN Dec 30 Sat 12 p.m. TaxSlayer Bowl Louisville vs. Mississippi State (23) EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Fla. ESPN Dec 30 Sat 1:30 p.m. Liberty Bowl Memphis (20) vs. Iowa State Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, Tenn. ABC Dec 30 Sat 4 p.m. Fiesta Bowl Penn State (9) vs. Washington (11) University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ari. ESPN Dec 30 Sat 8 p.m. Orange Bowl Miami (10) vs. Wisconsin (6) Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla. ESPN Jan 1 Mon 12 p.m. Outback Bowl Michigan vs. South Carolina Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla. ESPN2 Jan 1 Mon 12:30 p.m. Peach Bowl Auburn (7) vs. UCF (12) Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta ESPN Jan 1 Mon 1 p.m. Citrus Bowl Notre Dame (14) vs. LSU (17) Orlando, Fla. ABC Jan 1 Mon 5 p.m. Rose Bowl (Semifinal) Oklahoma (2) vs. Georgia (3) Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. ESPN Jan 1 Mon 8:45 p.m. Sugar Bowl (Semifinal) Clemson (1) vs. Alabama (4) Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans ESPN Jan 8 Mon 8 p.m. National Championship Game Semifinal winners Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta ESPN.