2024-25 college football bowl schedule, scores, games, TV channels, dates, kickoff times, locations

The full schedule, scores for the 2024-25 college football bowl season

Jan 9, 2025

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Now that the college football regular season has come and gone and the conference champions have been crowned, the attention turns to the postseason with a loaded slate of bowl games set to grace our television sets this holiday season. 

There may not be a more anticipated season in college football history. In addition to the usual schedule of bowl games, this year ushers in the first season of the 12-team College Football Playoff era. What was once tabbed the New Year’s Six will now be part of the new playoff system after the first-round games have been played at home sites. 

Fresh off a win in the SEC Championship Game, Georgia (11-2) earned the No. 2 seed with Mountain West champion Boise State (12-1) and Big 12 champion Arizona State (11-2) rounding out the top four seeds — all conference title holders receiving first-round byes as part of the new 12-team format. 

Clemson (10-3), the lone Power Four champion not to receive a bye, picked up the No. 12 seed and will open the first round playing at No. 5 seed Texas (11-2). All first-round games will be held at the sites of the lower-seeded teams placed higher in the final CFP Rankings. 

Rounding out the first-round matchups, No. 8 seed Ohio State (10-2) will host No. 9 seed Tennessee (10-2), No. 6 seed Penn State (11-2) welcomes No. 11 seed SMU (10-2) and No. 7 seed Notre Dame (11-1) will see No. 10 seed Indiana (11-1) come to town.

Quarterfinal and semifinal games will be held at traditional New Year’s Six bowl sites. The Rose Bowl will host Oregon and the winner of Tennessee-Ohio State, the Sugar Bowl gets Georgia and the winner of Indiana-Notre Dame, the Fiesta Bowl hosts Boise vs. the winner of SMU-Penn State and the Peach Bowl draws Arizona State vs. either Texas or Clemson. 

in the semifinals, the Orange Bowl hosts the winners from the Georgia-Boise State side of the bracket. The Cotton Bowl will host whichever teams emerge from the Oregon-Arizona State side. 

As part of bowl season, CBS will continue its run broadcasting the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. ET on Dec. 31 in El Paso, Texas.

Below is a detailed look at the complete schedule for the 2024-25 college football season, including dates, locations and TV channels. All times are Eastern. 

College Football Playoff DateBowlTime (TV)MatchupJan. 20 

National Championship
Atlanta

7:30 (ESPN)

Semifinal winners

Jan. 10 

Cotton (CFP Semifinal)
Arlington, Tex.

7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

(8) Ohio State vs. (5) Texas

Jan. 9 

Orange (CFP Semifinal)
Miami Gardens, Fla.

7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

(6) Penn State vs. (2) Georgia

Jan. 2Sugar (CFP Quarterfinal)
New Orleans4 p.m. (ESPN)(2) Georgia 23, (7) Notre Dame 10Jan. 1 Rose (CFP Quarterfinal)
Pasadena, Calif.5 p.m. (ESPN(8) Ohio State 41, (1) Oregon 21Jan. 1 Peach (CFP Quarterfinal)
Atlanta1 p.m. (ESPN)(5) Texas 39, (4) Arizona State 31Dec. 31 Fiesta (CFP Quarterfinal)
Glendale, Ariz.7:30 p.m. (ESPN)(6) Penn State 31, (3) Boise State 14Dec. 21 CFP First Round
8 p.m. (ABC & ESPN)(8) Ohio State 42, (9) Tennessee 17Dec. 21 CFP First Round
4 p.m. (TNT)(5) Texas 38, (12) Clemson 24Dec. 21 CFP First Round
Noon (TNT)(6) Penn State 38, (11) SMU 10Dec. 20CFP First Round8 p.m. (ABC & ESPN)(7) Notre Dame 27, (10) Indiana 17 Other bowl games DateBowl LocationTime (TV)MatchupJan. 4BahamasNassau, Bahamas11 a.m. (ESPN2)Buffalo 26, Liberty 7Jan. 3Duke’s Mayo Charlotte, NC. 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)Minnesota 24, Virginia Tech 10Jan. 3First Responder Dallas4 p.m. (ESPN)Texas State 30, North Texas 28Jan. 2Gator Jacksonville, Fla. 8 p.m. (ESPN)Ole Miss 52, Duke 20Dec. 31Texas Houston3:30 p.m. (ESPN)LSU 44, Baylor 31Dec. 31Citrus Orlando, Fla. 3 p.m. (ABC)Illinois 21, South Carolina 17Dec. 31SunEl Paso, Tx. 2 p.m. (CBS)Louisville 35, Washington 34Dec. 31ReliaQuest Tampa12 p.m. (ESPN)Michigan 19, Alabama 13Dec. 30Music City Nashville, Tenn. 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)Missouri 27, Iowa 24Dec. 28Independence Shreveport, La. 9:15 p.m. (ESPN)Army 27, Louisiana Tech 6Dec. 28AlamoSan Antonio. 7:30 p.m. (ABC)BYU 36, Colorado 14Dec. 28Military Annapolis, Md. 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)ECU 26, NC State 21Dec. 28Arizona Tucson, Az. 4:30 p.m. (CW Network)Miami (OH) 43, Colorado State 17Dec. 28Pop-Tarts Orlando, Fla. 3:30 p.m. (ABC)Iowa State 42, Miami 41Dec. 28New MexicoAlbuquerque, New Mexico2:15 p.m. (ESPN)TCU 34, Louisiana 3Dec. 28Pinstripe Bronx, NY12 p.m. (ABC)Nebraska 20, Boston College 15Dec. 28Fenway Boston11 a.m. (ESPN)UConn 27, North Carolina 14Dec. 27Las VegasLas Vegas10:30 p.m. (ESPN)USC 35, Texas A&M 31Dec. 27Holiday San Diego8 p.m. (FOX)Syracuse 52, Washington State 35Dec. 27Liberty Memphis, Tenn. 7 p.m. (ESPN)Arkansas 39, Texas Tech 26Dec. 27Armed ForcesFort Worth, Texas Noon or 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)Navy 21, Oklahoma 20Dec. 27Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. Noon or 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)Vanderbilt 35, Georgia Tech 27Dec. 2668 Ventures Mobile, Ala. 9 p.m. (ESPN)Arkansas State 38, Bowling Green 31Dec. 26Rate Phoenix5:30 p.m. (ESPN)Kansas State 44, Rutgers 41Dec. 26GameAbove Sports Detroit2 p.m. (ESPN)Toledo 48, Pitt 46 (6OT) Dec. 24Hawai’i Honolulu8 p.m. (ESPN)South Florida 41, San Jose State 39 (5OT)Dec. 23Potato Boise, Idaho2:30 p.m. (ESPN)Northern Illinois 28, Fresno State 20 (2OT)Dec. 23Myrtle BeachConway, SC11 a.m. (ESPN)UTSA 44, Coastal Carolina 15Dec. 20Gasparilla Tampa3:30 p.m. (ESPN)Florida 33, Tulane 8Dec. 20Cure Orlando, Fla. 12 p.m. (ESPN)Ohio 30, Jacksonville State 27Dec. 19New OrleansNew Orleans7 p.m. (ESPN2)Sam Houston 31, Georgia Southern 26Dec. 18LA Inglewood, Calif. 9 p.m. (ESPN)UNLV 24, Cal 13Dec. 18Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)James Madison 27, Western Kentucky 17Dec. 17Frisco Frisco, Texas 9 p.m. (ESPN)Memphis 42, West Virginia 37Dec. 14IS4S Salute to Veterans Montgomery, Ala. 9 p.m. (ESPN)South Alabama 30, Western Michigan 23Dec. 14CelebrationAtlanta12 p.m. (ABC)Jackson State 28, South Carolina State 7

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