Dec. 16 - Bahamas Bowl: Miami (Ohio) vs. Alabama-Birmingham, ESPN, 11:30 a.m.
Dec. 16 - Cure Bowl: Troy vs. Texas-San Antonio, ESPN, 3 p.m.
Dec. 17 - Fenway Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Louisville, ESPN, 11 a.m.
Dec. 17 - New Mexico Bowl: SMU vs. Brigham Young, ESPN, 2:15 p.m.
Dec. 17 - LA Bowl: Fresno State vs. Washington State, ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 17 - LendingTree Bowl: Southern Mississippi vs. Rice, ESPN, 5:45 p.m.
Dec. 17 - Las Vegas Bowl: Oregon State vs. Florida, ABC, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 17 - Frisco Bowl: Boise State vs. North Texas, ESPN, 9:15 p.m.
Dec. 19 - Myrtle Beach Bowl: Marshall vs. Connecticut, ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Dec. 20 - Idaho Potato Bowl: Eastern Michigan vs. San Jose State, ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 20 - Boca Raton Bowl: Toledo vs. Liberty, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 21 - New Orleans Bowl: South Alabama vs. Western Kentucky, ESPN, 9 p.m.
Dec. 22 - Armed Forces Bowl: Air Force vs. Baylor, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 23 - Independence Bowl: Houston vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, ESPN, 3 p.m.
Dec. 23 - Gasparilla Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Missouri, ESPN, 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 24 - Hawaii Bowl: San Diego State vs. Middle Tennessee, ESPN, 8 p.m.
Dec. 26 - Quick Lane Bowl: New Mexico State vs. Bowling Green, ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Dec. 27 - Camellia Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. Buffalo, ESPN, noon
Dec. 27 - First Responder Bowl: Memphis vs. Utah State, ESPN, 3:15 p.m.
Dec. 27 - Birmingham Bowl: East Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina, ESPN, 6:45 p.m.
Dec. 27 - Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Wisconsin, ESPN, 10:15 p.m.
Dec. 28 - Military Bowl: Duke vs. Central Florida, ESPN, 2 p.m.
Dec. 28 - Liberty Bowl: Kansas vs. Arkansas, ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Dec. 28 - Holiday Bowl: North Carolina vs. Oregon, Fox, 8 p.m.
Dec. 28 - Texas Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Mississippi, ESPN, 9 p.m.
Dec. 29 - Pinstripe Bowl: Syracuse vs. Minnesota, ESPN, 2 p.m.
Dec. 29 - Cheez-It Bowl: Florida State vs. Oklahoma, ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Dec. 29 - Alamo Bowl: Texas vs. Washington, ESPN, 9 p.m.
Dec. 30 - Duke's Mayo Bowl: North Carolina State vs. Maryland, ESPN, noon
Dec. 30 - Sun Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. UCLA, CBS, 2 p.m.
Dec. 30 - Gator Bowl: Notre Dame vs. South Carolina, ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 30 - Arizona Bowl: Ohio vs. Wyoming, 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 30 - Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Tennessee, ESPN, 8 p.m.
Dec. 31 - Music City Bowl: Iowa vs. Kentucky, ABC, noon
Dec. 31 - Sugar Bowl: Kansas State vs. Alabama, ESPN, noon
Dec. 31 - Fiesta Bowl: Michigan vs. TCU, ESPN, 4 p.m.
Dec. 31 - Peach Bowl: Georgia vs. Ohio State , ESPN, 8 p.m.
Jan. 2 - ReliaQuest Bowl: Illinois vs. Mississippi State, ESPN2, noon
Jan. 2 - Cotton Bowl: Tulane vs. Southern California, ESPN, 1 p.m.
Jan. 2 - Citrus Bowl: Purdue vs. LSU, ABC, 1 p.m.
Jan. 2 - Rose Bowl: Utah vs. Penn State, ESPN, 5 p.m.
Jan. 9 - College Football Playoff championship game: Semifinal winners, ESPN, 8 p.m.
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NEW YEAR’S DAY BOWL GAMES
Monday, Jan. 1, 2018
Outback Bowl
South Carolina 26, Michigan 19
Noon ET | ESPN2
Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(12) UCF 34, (7) Auburn 27
12:30pm ET | ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, GA
Citrus Bowl
(14) Notre Dame 21, (17) LSU 17
1:00pm ET | ABC
Camping World Stadium – Orlando, FL
Rose Bowl Game
(3) Georgia 54, (2) Oklahoma 48 (2OT)
5:00pm ET | ESPN
Rose Bowl Stadium – Pasadena, CA
Allstate Sugar Bowl
(4) Alabama 24, (1) Clemson 6
8:45pm ET | ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Superdome - New Orleans
Because 1/1 was a Sunday.
Since the advent of the Bowl game, 1/1 has fallen on a Sunday only 15 times before this year:
2017, 2012, 2006, 1995, 1989, 1984, 1978, 1967, 1961, 1956, 1950, 1939, 1933, 1928, 1922.
There have been no 1/1 Sunday games in the ~"BCS era" (1999-)
prior to that, even the Rose Bowl always played on 1/2 in those years.
There are only 3 Exceptions:
'95: Peach Bowl
'89: Gator Bowl
'50: Salad Bowl
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Gator, Cotton, Sugar, Rose, Orange, Bluebonnet, Peach, Tangerine, Pasadena, Sun, Liberty.