What you need to know for this year’s holiday bowl season
College football has reached the bowl season, so here is a rundown of each postseason match-up leading up to the College Football Playoff national championship. Teams have opted out and bowls have been canceled for various reasons, including COVID-19 concerns.
Dec. 21
Myrtle Beach Bowl Appalachian State 56, North Texas 28
Dec. 22
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Nevada 38, Tulane 27
Boca Raton Bowl BYU 49, UCF 23
Dec. 23
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Georgia Southern 38, Louisiana Tech 3
Montgomery Bowl Memphis 25, FAU 10
Dec. 24
New Mexico Bowl Hawai’i vs. Houston
12:30 p.m. | ESPN
Dec. 25
Camellia Bowl Buffalo vs. Marshall 11:30 a.m. | ESPN
Dec. 26
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
UAB vs. South Carolina CANCELED
Cure Bowl
No. 12 Coastal Carolina vs. Liberty
9 a.m. | ESPN
No. 18 Miami vs. No. 21 Oklahoma State
2:30 p.m. | ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl
No. 20 Texas vs. Colorado 6 p.m. | ESPN
Dec. 30
Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Wake Forest vs. Wisconsin 9 a.m. | ESPN
Transperfect Music City Bowl No. 15 Iowa vs. Missouri 1 p.m. | ESPN
Goodyear Cotton Bowl
Classic
No. 6 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 Florida
5 p.m. | ESPN
Dec. 31
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
No. 24 Tulsa vs. Mississippi State
9 a.m. | ESPN
Arizona Bowl
No. 22 San Jose State vs. Ball State
11 a.m. | CBSSN
Autozone Liberty Bowl
Army vs. West Virginia 1 p.m. | ESPN
Texas Bowl
TCU vs. Arkansas 5 p.m. | ESPN
Jan. 1
Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl No. 8 Cincinnati vs. No. 9 Georgia
9 a.m. | ESPN
Vrbo Citrus Bowl
No. 14 Northwestern vs. Auburn
10 a.m. | ABC
College Football Playoff semifinal — Game 1
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Notre Dame
1 p.m. | ESPN
CFP semifinal – game 2
No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 3 Ohio State
5 p.m. | ESPN
Jan. 2
Taxslayer Gator Bowl No. 23 NC State vs. Kentucky
9 a.m. | ESPN
Outback Bowl
No. 11 Indiana vs. Ole Miss
9:30 a.m. | ABC
Playstation Fiesta Bowl
No. 10 Iowa State vs. No. 25 Oregon
1 p.m. | ESPN
Capital One Orange Bowl
No. 5 Texas A&M vs. No. 13 North Carolina
5 p.m. | ESPN
Jan. 11
College Football Playoff National Championship Game
5 p.m. | ESPN
Here’s a complete list of scores from the College Football Playoff since its first season in 2014:
2014 season
Rose Bowl: No. 2 Oregon 59, No. 3 Florida State 20
Sugar Bowl: No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 1 Alabama 35
CFP National Championship Game:
No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 2 Oregon 20
2015 season
Orange Bowl: No. 1 Clemson 37, No. 4 Oklahoma 17
Cotton Bowl: No. 2 Alabama 38, No. 3 Michigan State 0
CFP National Championship Game: No. 2 Alabama 45, No. 1 Clemson 40
2016 season
Fiesta Bowl: No. 2 Clemson 31, No. 3 Ohio State 0
Peach Bowl: No. 1 Alabama 24, No. 4 Washington 7
CFP National Championship Game: No. 2 Clemson 35, No. 1 Alabama 31
2017 season
Rose Bowl: No. 3 Georgia 54, No. 2 Oklahoma 48 (2OT)
Sugar Bowl: No. 4 Alabama 24, No. 1 Clemson 6
CFP National Championship Game:
No. 4 Alabama 26, No. 3 Georgia 23 (OT)
2018 season
Orange Bowl: No. 1 Alabama 45, No. 4 Oklahoma 34
Cotton Bowl: No. 2 Clemson 30, No. 3 Notre Dame 3
CFP National Championship Game: No. 2 Clemson 44, No. 1 Alabama 16
2019 season
Peach Bowl: No. 1 LSU 63, No. 4 Oklahoma 28
Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Clemson 29, No. 2 Ohio State 23
CFP National Championship Game: No. 1 LSU 42, No. 3 Clemson 25