College football 2024-25 bowl schedule: Dates, times, TV for every bowl game, 12-team playoff

Bill Bender

College football 2024-25 bowl schedule: Dates, times, TV for every bowl game, 12-team playoff image

The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff still features a total of 41 bowl games involving FBS schools. 

The Bowl Season schedule was released Thursday, one day after the TV schedule for the new 12-team CFP was released. There also are four additional first-round playoff games that will be played on campus sites this season. 

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That means even more postseason football. The first round of the new CFP will have one game on Friday, Dec. 20, and three on Saturday, Dec. 21. The quarterfinals will be played at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (Dec. 31), Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (Jan. 1), Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential (Jan. 1) and Allstate Sugar Bowl (Jan. 1). 

The semifinals will be played at the Capital One Orange Bowl (Jan. 9) and Cotton Bowl Classic (Jan. 10). The CFP national championship is Jan. 20 in Atlanta.

Here is a look at the full bowl schedule for 2024-25:

2024-25 Bowl schedule 

This year’s Bowl Season features 35 bowl games involving FBS teams. Bowl Season opens with the annual Celebration Bowl, which is not a FBS game, on Dec. 14. Here is a look at the dates, times and TV for those games: 

DATEBOWLTIMETV
Dec. 14Cricket Celebration Bowl12 p.m.ABC
Dec. 14Camellia Bowl9 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 17Boca Raton Bowl5:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 18Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl9 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 18LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk9 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 19R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl7 p.m.ESPN2
Dec. 20Staffdna Cure Bowl12 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 20Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl3:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 23Myrtle Beach Bowl11 a.mESPN
Dec. 23Famous Idaho Potato Bowl2:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 24Hawa'i Bowl8 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 26Detroit Bowl2 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 26Guaranteed Rate Bowl5:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 2668 Ventures Bowl9 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 27Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 27Birmingham Bowl12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 27Autozone Liberty Bowl7 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 27SDS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl10:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 28Wasabi Fenway Bowl11 a.m.ESPN
Dec. 28Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl12 p.m.ABC
Dec. 28Isleta New Mexico Bowl2:15 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 28Pop-Tarts Bowl3:30 p.m.ABC
Dec. 28Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice4:30 p.m.CW
Dec. 28Go Bowling Military Bowl5:45 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 28Valero Alamo Bowl7:30 p.m.ABC
Dec. 28Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl9:15 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 30TransPerfect Music City Bowl2:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 31Reliaquest Bowl12 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 31Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl2 p.m.CBS
Dec. 31Cheez-It Citrus Bowl3 p.m.ABC
Dec. 31Texas Bowl3:30 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 2TaxSlayer Gator Bowl7:30 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 3Servpro First Responder Bowl4 pm.ESPN
Jan. 3Duke's Mayo Bowl7:30 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 4Bahamas Bowl11 a.m.mESPN
TBDDirecTV Holiday BowlTBDTBD

2024-25 College Football Playoff schedule

The College Football Playoff will feature four rounds this season as part of the new 12-team playoff. Here is a look at the dates, time and TV for those games.  

College Football Playoff first-round schedule 

There will be four first-round College Football Playoff games this season. A look at those games: 

 

DATEBOWLTIMETV
Dec. 20First-Round CFP game8 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 21First-Round CFP game12 p.m.TNT
Dec. 21First-Round CFP game4 p.m.TNT
Dec. 21First-Round CFP game8 p.m.ESPN

College Football Playoff quarterfinals

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals will be played at traditional New Year’s Day Six bowl sites. A look at the dates, time and TV for those four games. 

DATEBOWLTIMETV
Dec. 31Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (quarterfinal)7:30 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 1Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (quarterfinal)1 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 1Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential (quarterfinal)5 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 1Allstate Sugar Bowl (quarterfinal)8:45 p.m.ESPN

College Football Playoff semifinals 

The College Football Playoff semifinals will be played at traditional New Year’s Day Six bowl sites. A look at the dates, time and TV for those four games. 

DATEBOWLTIMETV
Jan. 9Capital One Orange Bowl (semifinal)7:30 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 10Cotton Bowl Classic (semifinal)7:30 p.m.ESPN

College Football Playoff national championship

The College Football Playoff national championship will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Jan. 20. 

DATEBOWLTIMETV
Jan. 20CFP National championship7:30 p.m.ESPN

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Bill Bender graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and World Series for SN. Bender enjoys story-telling, awesomely-bad 80s movies and coaching youth sports.