Bowl season began Dec. 21, running the gamut of college football competition from so-so schools to powerhouse teams playing for a national championship in the Football Bowl Series.
Between the New Mexico Bowl and Jan. 6's BCS national title game, the 2013 season will reach its climax.
Here is the schedule of games, with teams soon beginning to fill the competition.
| 2013-14 College Football bowl schedule (all times ET) | |||
| Bowl | Location | Date/Time | TV |
| Gildan New Mexico Bowl Colorado State 48, Washington State 45 | Albuquerque, N.M. | Dec. 21, 2 p.m. | ESPN |
| Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl Southern Cal 45, Fresno State 20 | Las Vegas | Dec. 21, 3:30 p.m. | ABC |
| Famous Idaho Potato Bowl San Diego State 49, Buffalo 24 | Boise, Idaho | Dec. 21, 5:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Louisiana Lafayette 24, Tulane 21 | New Orleans | Dec. 21, 9 p.m. | ESPN |
| Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg East Carolina 37, Ohio 20 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | Dec. 23, 2 p.m. | ESPN |
| Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Oregon State 38, Boise State 23 | Honolulu | Dec. 24 | ESPN |
| Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 27 | Detroit | Dec. 26, 6 p.m. | ESPN |
| San Diego County CU Poinsettia Bowl Utah State 21, Northern Illinois 14 | San Diego | Dec. 26, 9:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Military Bowl Marshall 31, Maryland 20 | Annapolis, Md. | Dec. 27, 2:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Texas Bowl Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17 | Houston | Dec. 27, 6 p.m. | ESPN |
| Fight Hunger Bowl Washington 31, BYU 16 | San Francisco | Dec. 27, 9:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| New Era Pinstripe Bowl Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16 | Yankee Stadium | Dec. 28, noon | ESPN |
| Belk Bowl North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17 | Charlotte, N.C. | Dec. 28, 3:20 p.m. | ESPN |
| Russell Athletic Bowl Louisville 36, Miami 9 | Orlando, Fla. | Dec. 28, 6:45 p.m. | ESPN |
| Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Kansas State 31, Michigan 14 | Tempe, Ariz. | Dec. 28, 10:15 p.m. | ESPN |
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Navy 24, MIddle Tennessee 6 | Fort Worth, Texas | Dec. 30, 11:45 a.m. | ESPN |
| Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Ole Miss 25, Georgia Tech 17 | Nashville, Tenn. | Dec. 30, 3:15 p.m. | ESPN |
| Valero Alamo Bowl Oregon 30, Texas 7 | San Antonio, Texas | Dec. 30, 6:45 p.m. | ESPN |
| National University Holiday Bowl Texas Tech 37, Arizona State 23 | San Diego | Dec. 30, 10:15 p.m. | ESPN |
| AdvoCare V100 Bowl Arizona 42, Boston College 19 | Shreveport, La. | Dec. 31, 12:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Hyundai Sun Bowl UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 12 | El Paso, Texas | Dec. 31, 2 p.m. | CBS |
| AutoZone Liberty Bowl Mississippi State 44, Rice 7 | Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl | Dec. 31, 4 p.m. | ESPN |
| Chick-fil-A Bowl Texas A&M 52, Duke 48 | Atlanta | Dec. 31, 8 p.m. | ESPN |
| TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl Nebraska 24, Georgia 19 | Jacksonville, Fla. | Jan. 1, noon | ESPN2 |
| Heart of Dallas Bowl North Texas 36, UNLV 14 | Dallas | Jan. 1, noon | ESPNU |
| Capital One Bowl South Carolina 34, Wisconsin 24 | Orlando, Fla. | Jan. 1, 1 p.m. | ABC |
| Outback Bowl LSU 21, Iowa 14 | Tampa | Jan. 1, 1 p.m. | ESPN |
| Rose Bowl Game Michigan State 24, Stanford 20 | Pasadena, Calif. | Jan. 1, 5 p.m. | ESPN |
| Tostitos Fiesta Bowl UCF 52, Baylor 42 | Glendale, Ariz. | Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Allstate Sugar Bowl Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31 | New Orleans | Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 31 | Arlington, Texas | Jan. 3, 8 p.m. | Fox |
| Discover Orange Bowl Clemson 40, Ohio State 35 | Miami Gardens, Fla. | Jan. 3, 8:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| BBVA Compass Bowl Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24 | Birmingham, Ala. | Jan. 4, 1 p.m. | ESPN |
| GoDaddy Bowl Arkansas State 23, Ball State 20 | Mobile, Ala. | Jan. 5, 9 p.m. | ESPN |
| BCS National Championship Game Florida State 34, Auburn 31 | Pasadena, Calif. | Jan. 6, 8:30 p.m. | ESPN |