The bigger bowl games begin with the Cotton Bowl on the night of Friday, December 29, but then the rest of the big bowls begin on Saturday, December 30, and continue through New Year’s Day.
The Cotton is the first of the New Year’s Six bowls. Saturday has the Orange Bowl and the Peach Bowl. New Year’s Day features the two College Football Playoff semifinals at the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl, along with the Fiesta Bowl to round out the New Year’s Six bowl lineup.
There are other bowls on the schedule for both Saturday and Monday. Get all the bowl opt-outs for these games at our tracker below, which includes NFL draft opt-outs and transfer portal departures: