College Football Bowl Schedule 2021: Dates, TV channels, times for all 43 bowl games

As Andy Williams famously once sang, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year.” But, unlike Williams, it isn’t marshmallows for toasting and caroling out in the snow that has us all welled up with seasonal cheer. It’s college football bowl season, a 43-game schedule of almost daily footballing action that culminates in the College Football National Championship on January 10.

College Football Bowl Schedule for 2021

From Middle Tennessee vs. Toldeo in the Bahamas Bowl to Kansas State vs. LSU in the Texas Bowl, we’ve got you covered with the dates, TV channel, and times for all 43 college football bowl games.

Below you’ll find the full schedule for college football bowl season.

Bahamas Bowl | Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo

• Date: Friday, December 17
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 12 PM ET

Tailgreeter Cure Bowl | Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina

• Date: Friday, December 17
• TV Channel: ESPN2
• Start Time: 6 PM ET

Roofclaim.com Boca Raton Bowl | Western Kentucky vs. Appalachian State

• Date: Saturday, December 18
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 11 AM ET

Cricket Celebration Bowl | South Carolina State vs. Jackson State

• Date: Saturday, December 18
• TV Channel: ABC
• Start Time: 12 PM ET

PUBG Mobile New Mexico Bowl | Fresno State vs. UTEP

• Date: Saturday, December 18
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 2:15 PM ET

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | UAB vs. BYU

• Date: Saturday, December 18
• TV Channel: ABC
• Start Time: 3:30 PM ET

Lending Tree Bowl | Eastern Michigan vs. Liberty

• Date: Saturday, December 18
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 5:45 PM ET

Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel | Oregon State vs. Utah State

• Date: Saturday, December 18
• TV Channel: ABC
• Start Time: 7:30 PM ET

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Louisiana vs. Marshall

• Date: Saturday, December 18
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 9:15 PM ET

Myrtle Beach Bowl | Tulsa vs. Old Dominion

• Date: Monday, December 20
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 2:30 PM ET

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Kent State vs. Wyoming

• Date: Tuesday, December 21
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 3:30 PM ET

Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl | UTSA vs. San Diego State

• Date: Tuesday, December 21
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 7:30 PM ET

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Missouri vs. Army

• Date: Wednesday, December 22
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 8 PM ET

Frisco Football Classic Bowl | North Texas vs. Miami (OH)

• Date: Thursday, December 23
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 3:30 PM ET

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | UCF vs. Florida

• Date: Thursday, December 23
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 7 PM ET

EasyPost Hawai’i Bowl | Memphis vs. Hawai’i

• Date: Friday, December 24
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 8 PM ET

Taxact Camellia Bowl | Ball State vs. Georgia State

• Date: Saturday, December 25
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 2:30 PM ET

Quick Lane Bowl | Western Michigan vs. Nevada

• Date: Monday, December 27
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 11 AM ET

Military Bowl Presented by Peraton | Boston College vs. East Carolina

• Date: Monday, December 27
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 2:30 PM ET

Ticketsmarter Birmingham Bowl | Houston vs. Auburn

• Date: Tuesday, December 28
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 12 PM ET

ServPro First Responder Bowl | Air Force vs. Louisville

• Date: Tuesday, December 28
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 3:15 PM ET

Autozone Liberty Bowl | Mississippi State vs. Texas Tech

• Date: Tuesday, December 28
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 6:45 PM ET

San Diego Country Credit Union Holiday Bowl | UCLA vs. NC State

• Date: Tuesday, December 28
• TV Channel: FOX
• Start Time: 8 PM ET

Guaranteed Rate Bowl | West Virginia vs. Minnesota

• Date: Tuesday, December 28
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 10:15 PM ET

Wasabi Fenway Bowl | Virginia vs. SMU

• Date: Wednesday, December 29
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 11 AM ET

New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Virginia Tech vs. Maryland

• Date: Wednesday, December 29
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 2:15 PM ET

Cheez-It Bowl | Clemson vs. Iowa State

• Date: Wednesday, December 29
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 5:45 PM ET

Valero Alamo Bowl | Oregon vs. Oklahoma

• Date: Wednesday, December 29
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 9:15 PM ET

Duke’s Mayo Bowl | North Carolina vs. South Carolina

• Date: Thursday, December 30
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 11:30 AM ET

Transperfect Music City Bowl | Tennessee vs. Purdue

• Date: Thursday, December 30
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 3 PM ET

Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl | Pittsburgh vs. Michigan State

• Date: Thursday, December 30
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 7 PM ET

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl | Wisconsin vs. Arizona State

• Date: Thursday, December 30
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 10:30 PM ET

Taxpayer Gator Bowl | Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M

• Date: Friday, December 31
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 11 AM ET

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Washington State vs. Miami (FL)

• Date: Friday, December 31
• TV Channel: CBS
• Start Time: 12 PM ET

Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl | Central Michigan vs. Boise State

• Date: Friday, December 31
• TV Channel: Barstool Sports (Online Only)
• Start Time: 2 PM ET

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (CFP Semifinal) | Cincinnati vs. Alabama

• Date: Friday, December 31
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 3:30 PM ET

Capital One Orange Bowl (CFP Semifinal) | Georgia vs. Michigan

• Date: Friday, December 31
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 7:30 PM ET

Outback Bowl | Arkansas vs. Penn State

• Date: Saturday, January 1
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 12 PM ET

Playstation Fiesta Bowl | Oklahoma State vs. Notre Dame

• Date: Saturday, January 1
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 1 PM ET

VRBO Citrus Bowl | Iowa vs. Kentucky

• Date: Saturday, January 1
• TV Channel: ABC
• Start Time: 1 PM ET

Rose Bowl Game Presented by Capital One Venture X | Ohio State vs. Utah

• Date: Saturday, January 1
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 5 PM ET

Allstate Sugar Bowl | Baylor vs. Ole Miss

• Date: Saturday, January 1
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 8:45 PM ET

Taxact Texas Bowl | Kansas State vs. LSU

• Date: Tuesday, January 4
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 9 PM ET

College Football Playoff National Championship

• Date: Monday, January 10
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Start Time: 8 PM ET