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The College Football Playoff 12-team bracket and full 47 bowl game schedule for the 2024-25 season was announced on Sunday (December 8).
The College Football Playoff expanded from four teams to 12 teams this season with conference champions automatically included in to the field. The four highest-ranked conference champions are seeded Nos. 1-4 and receive first-round byes.
Seven at-large teams will be determined by the remaining highest-ranked teams and seeds 5-8 will host first-round matchups. Boise State and BYU, who both rank lower than Tennessee, are currently leading their respective conferences and would secure the No. 4 and No. 12 seeds, respectively. Many of the games can be streamed on ESPN Radio.
The full list of college football bowl games is listed below:
Saturday, December 14, 2024
- Cricket Celebration Bowl: Jackson State vs. South Carolina State- 12:00 p.m. ET (ABC)
- IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl: South Alabama vs. Western Michigan- 9:00 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl: Memphis vs. West Virginia- 9:00 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Boca Raton Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. James Madison- 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
- Art of Sport LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk: California vs. UNLV- 9:00 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston- 7:00 p.m. (ESPN2)
Friday, December 20, 2024
- StaffDNA Cure Bowl: Ohio vs. Jacksonville State- 12:00 p.m. (ESPN)
- Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl: Tulane vs. Florida- 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
- College Football Playoff First Round: No. 10 Indiana vs. No. 7 Notre Dame- 8:00 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)
Saturday, December 21, 2024
- College Football Playoff First Round Game: No. 11 SMU vs. No. 6 Penn State- 12:00 p.m. (TNT & Max)
- College Football Playoff First Round Game: No. 12 Clemson vs. No. 5 Texas- 4:00 p.m. (TNT & Max)
- College Football Playoff First Round Game: No. 9 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Ohio State- 8:00 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)
Monday, December 23, 2024
- Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA 11:00 a.m. (ESPN)
- Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State (ESPN)
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
- Hawai'i Bowl: South Florida vs. San Jose State- 8:00 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, December 26, 2024
- GameAbove Sports Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Toledo- 2:00 p.m. (ESPN)
- Rate Bowl: Rutgers vs. Kansas: 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
- 68 Ventures Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green- 9:00 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, December 27, 2024
- Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Navy- 12:00 p.m. (ESPN)
- Birmingham Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt- 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
- AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Arkansas- 7:00 p.m. (ESPN)
- DIRECTV Holiday Bowl: Syracuse vs. Washington State- 8:00 p.m. (FOX)
- SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl: Texas A&M vs. USC- 10:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, December 28, 2024
- Wasabi Fenway Bowl: North Carolina vs. UConn- 11:00 a.m. (ESPN)
- Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Boston College vs. Nebraska- 12:00 p.m. (ABC)
- Isleta New Mexico Bowl: TCU vs. Louisiana- 2:15 p.m. (ESPN)
- Pop-Tarts Bowl: Iowa State vs. Miami (FL)- 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
- Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop: Miami (OH) vs. Colorado State- 4:30 p.m. (CW Network)
- Go Bowling Military Bowl: East Carolina vs. NC State- 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)
- Valero Alamo Bowl: BYU vs. Colorado- 7:30 p.m. (ABC)
- Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl: Marshall vs. Army (ESPN)
Monday, December 30, 2024
- Transperfect MusicCity Bowl: Iowa vs. Missouri- 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
- Reliaquest Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan- 12:00 p.m. (ESPN)
- Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl: Louisville vs. Washington- 2:00 p.m. (CBS)
- Cheez-It Citrus Bowl: South Carolina vs. Illinois- 3:00 p.m. (ABC)
- Kinder's Texas Bowl: Baylor vs. LSU- 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
- VRBO Fiesta Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal): Winner of SMU/Penn State vs. No. 3 Boise State (ESPN/ABC)
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
- Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (CFB Quarterfinal): Winner of Clemson/Texas vs. No. 4 Arizona State- 1:00 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)
- Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential (CFP Quarterfinal): Winner of Tennessee/Ohio State vs. No. 1 Oregon
- Allstate Sugar Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal): Winner of Indiana/Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Georgia
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: Duke vs. Ole Miss- 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, January 3, 2025
- Servpro First Responder Bowl: North Texas vs. Texas State- 4:00 p.m. (ESPN)
- Duke's Mayo Bowl: Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech- 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, January 4, 2025
- Bahamas Bowl: Buffalo vs. Liberty- 11:00 a.m. (ESPN2)
Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Capital One Orange Bowl (CFP Semifinal)- 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, January 10, 2025
- Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (CFP Semifinal)- 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, January 20, 2025
- College Football Playoff National Championship- 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)