2019-2020 Bowl Schedule: Games, dates, times, TV and location

Everything you need to know about the upcoming college football bowl season.

College football bowl season is upon us, with a total of 40 games gracing the schedule between Dec. 20 and Jan. 13, when a national champion will be decided.

LSU, Oklahoma, Ohio State and Clemson are still vying for the College Football Playoff title. The other 74 teams will play over a 17-day span, starting with Buffalo and Charlotte in the Bahamas Bowl and ending with Louisiana and Miami Ohio in the LendingTree Bowl.

Here’s the full schedule for the 2019-2020 college football bowl season.

College Football Playoff National Championship

  • Date: Monday, Jan. 13, 2020
  • Time: 8 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: New Orleans, La.

Peach Bowl

  • Teams: No. 1 LSU vs. No. 4 Oklahoma
  • Date: Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019
  • Time: 4 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Atlanta, Ga.

Top-ranked LSU had the most impressive resume in the nation, beating four teams ranked in the top 13 of the final College Football Playoff rankings.

The Tigers will take on an Oklahoma team led by former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts that sputtered a bit in early November but survived the season with just one loss, thanks to an overtime victory over Baylor in the Big 12 Championship Game.

Fiesta Bowl

  • Teams: No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Clemson
  • Date: Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019
  • Time: 8 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Tempe, Ariz.

Ohio State getting the No. 2 seed matters because it has to face the tougher opponent in the semifinals — the Clemson Tigers. The Buckeyes are actually a small underdog in this game despite having the higher seed.

These two teams last met in the College Football Playoff in 2016, when Clemson blanked the Buckeyes 31-0 en route to a national title win over Alabama.

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Rose Bowl

  • Teams: Oregon vs. Wisconsin
  • Date: Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
  • Location: Pasadena, Calif.
  • Time: 5 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN

Orange Bowl

  • Teams: Virginia vs. Florida
  • Date: Monday, Dec. 30, 2019
  • Time: 8 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Miami, Fla.

Sugar Bowl

  • Teams: Georgia vs. Baylor
  • Date: Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
  • Time: 8:45 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: New Orleans

Cotton Bowl

  • Teams: Penn State vs. Memphis
  • Date: Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019
  • Time: 12 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Arlington, Texas

Remaining bowl games in chronological order.

Bahamas Bowl

  • Teams: Buffalo vs. Charlotte
  • Date: Friday, Dec. 20, 2019
  • Time: 2 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Nassau, Bahamas

Frisco Bowl

  • Teams: Kent State vs. Utah State
  • Date: Friday, Dec. 20, 2019
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN 2
  • Location: Frisco, Texas

Cure Bowl

  • Teams: Liberty vs. Georgia Southern
  • Date: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019
  • Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: CBS Sports Network
  • Location: Orlando, Fla.

New Mexico Bowl

  • Teams: Central Michigan vs. San Diego State
  • Date: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019
  • Time: 2 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Albuquerque, N.M.

Boca Raton Bowl

  • Teams: Florida Atlantic vs. SMU
  • Date: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019
  • Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: ABC
  • Location: Boca Raton, Fla.

Camellia Bowl

  • Teams: FIU vs. Arkansas State
  • Date: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019
  • Time: 5:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Montgomery, Ala.

Las Vegas Bowl

  • Teams: Boise State vs. Washington
  • Date: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: ABC
  • Location: Las Vegas

New Orleans Bowl

  • Teams: UAB vs. Appalachian State
  • Date: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019
  • Time: 9 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: New Orleans, La.

Gasparilla Bowl

  • Teams: UCF vs. Marshall
  • Date: Monday, Dec. 23, 2019
  • Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Tampa, Fla.

Hawaii Bowl

  • Teams: Hawaii vs. BYU
  • Date: Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019
  • Time: 8 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

Independence Bowl

  • Teams: Miami vs. Louisiana Tech
  • Date: Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019
  • Time: 4 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Shreveport, La.

Quick Lane Bowl

  • Teams: Eastern Michigan vs. Pitt
  • Date: Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019
  • Time: 8 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Detroit

Military Bowl

  • Teams: Temple vs. North Carolina
  • Date: Friday, Dec. 27, 2019
  • Time: 12 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Annapolis, Md.

Pinstripe Bowl

  • Teams: Wake Forest vs. Michigan State
  • Date: Friday, Dec. 27, 2019
  • Time: 3:20 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: New York, NY

Texas Bowl

  • Teams: Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M
  • Date: Friday, Dec. 27, 2019
  • Time: 6:45 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Houston

Holiday Bowl

  • Teams: Iowa vs. USC
  • Date: Friday, Dec. 27, 2019
  • Time: 8 p.m. ET
  • TV: FS1
  • Location: San Diego

Cheez-It Bowl

  • Teams: Air Force vs. Washington State
  • Date: Friday, Dec. 27, 2019
  • Time: 10: 15 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Phoenix

Camping World Bowl

  • Teams: Iowa State vs. Notre Dame
  • Date: Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019
  • Time: 12 p.m. ET
  • TV: ABC
  • Location: Orlando, Fla.

First Responder Bowl

  • Teams: Western Kentucky vs. Western Michigan
  • Date: Monday, Dec. 30, 2019
  • Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Dallas, Texas

Music City Bowl

  • Teams: Louisville vs. Mississippi State
  • Date: Monday, Dec. 30, 2019
  • Time: 4 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Nashville, Tenn

Redbox Bowl

  • Teams: Illinois vs. Cal
  • Date: Monday, Dec. 30, 2019
  • Time: 4 p.m. ET
  • TV: FOX
  • Location: Santa Clara, Calif

Belk Bowl

  • Teams: Kentucky vs. Virginia Tech
  • Date: Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019
  • Time: 12 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Charlotte, N.C.

Arizona Bowl

  • Teams: Georgia State vs. Wyoming
  • Date: Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019
  • Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: CBS Sports Network
  • Location: Tucson, Ariz.

Sun Bowl

  • Teams: Florida State vs. Arizona State
  • Date: Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019
  • Time: 2 p.m. ET
  • TV: CBS
  • Location: El Paso, Texas

Liberty Bowl

  • Teams: Navy vs. Kansas State
  • Date: Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019
  • Time: 3:45 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Memphis, Tenn.

Alamo Bowl

  • Teams: Texas vs. Utah
  • Date: Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: San Antonio, Texas

Citrus Bowl

  • Teams: Michigan vs. Alabama
  • Date: Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
  • Time: 1 p.m. ET
  • TV: ABC
  • Location: Orlando, Fla.

Outback Bowl

  • Teams: Minnesota vs. Auburn
  • Date: Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
  • Time: 1 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Tampa, Fla.

Birmingham Bowl

  • Teams: Boston College vs. Cincinnati
  • Date: Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020
  • Time: 3 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Birmingham, Ala.

Gator Bowl

  • Teams: Tennessee vs. Indiana
  • Date: Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020
  • Time: 7 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Jacksonville, Fla.

Potato Bowl

  • Teams: Nevada vs. Ohio
  • Date: Friday, Jan. 3, 2020
  • Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Boise, Idaho

Armed Forces Bowl

  • Teams: Southern Miss vs. Tulane
  • Date: Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020
  • Time: 11:30 a.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Lending Tree Bowl

  • Teams: Louisiana vs. Miami Ohio
  • Date: Monday, Jan. 6, 2020
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN
  • Location: Mobile, Ala.

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