2021-22 College Football bowl schedule
While the college football coaching carousel rages on off the field, the college football bowl schedule will be set on Sunday following the weekend's conference title games.
This year, the College Football Playoff semifinals will be the Orange Bowl and the Cotton Bowl. The national championship game will be Jan. 10, 2022 in Indianapolis.
Games, dates, times and tie-ins are below, starting with the CFP playoff games. Teams and matchups will be updated this weekend as announced. Tie-ins and affiliations can and will change in order to fill the schedule.
All game times are central.
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College Football Playoff
Friday, Dec. 31
CFP Semifinal — Cotton Bowl, Arlington, Texas: No. 1 seed Alabama vs. No. 4 seed Cincinnati; TBD on ESPN
CFP Semifinal — Orange Bowl, Miami: No. 2 seed Michigan vs. No. 3 seed Georgia; TBD on ESPN
Monday, Jan. 10
CFP National Championship, Indianapolis: Cotton Bowl winner vs. Orange Bowl winner; 7 p.m., ESPN
2021-22 Bowl Schedule
Friday, Dec. 17
Bahamas Bowl, Nassau, Bahamas: MTSU vs. Toledo; 11 a.m., ESPN
Tailgreeter Cure Bowl, Orlando: Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina; 5 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Dec. 18
RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl: Boca Raton, Fla.: Western Kentucky vs. Appalachian State; 10 a.m., ESPN
Cricket Celebration Bowl, Atlanta: Jackson State vs. South Carolina State; 11 a.m., ABC
New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque: Fresno State vs. UTEP; 1:15 p.m., ESPN
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, Shreveport, La.: BYU vs. UAB; 2:30 p.m., ABC
LendingTree Bowl, Mobile: Eastern Michigan vs. Liberty; 4:45 p.m., ESPN
Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl, Inglewood, California: Oregon State vs. Utah State; 6:30 p.m. ABC
R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, New Orleans: Marshall vs. Louisiana; 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Monday, Dec. 20
Myrtle Beach Bowl, Myrtle Beach, S.C.: Tulsa vs. Old Dominion; 1:30 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 21
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Boise: Wyoming vs. Kent State; 2:30 p.m., ESPN
Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl, Frisco, Texas: UTSA vs. San Diego State; 6:30 p.m., ESPN2
Wednesday, Dec. 22
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth: Army vs. Missouri; 7 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Dec. 23
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, Tampa: Florida vs. UCF; 6 p.m., ESPN
Frisco Football Classic, Frisco, Texas: North Texas vs. Miami (OH); 2:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Dec. 24
EasyPost Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu: Memphis vs. Hawaii; 7 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, Dec. 25
TaxAct Camellia Bowl, Montgomery, Ala.: Georgia State vs. Ball State; 1:30 p.m., ESPN
Monday, Dec. 27
Quick Lane Bowl, Detroit: Nevada vs. Western Michigan; 10 a.m., ESPN
Military Bowl, Annapolis, Md.: Boston College vs. East Carolina; 1:30 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 28
TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl, Birmingham: Auburn vs. Houston; 11 a.m., ESPN
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, Dallas: Air Force vs. Louisville; 2:15 p.m., ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis: Texas Tech vs. Mississippi State; 5:45 p.m., ESPN
San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl, San Diego: NC State vs. UCLA; 7 p.m., FOX
Guaranteed Rate Bowl, Phoenix: West Virginia vs. Minnesota; 9:15 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, Dec. 29
Wasabi Fenway Bowl, Boston: Virginia vs. SMU; 10 a.m., ESPN
New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Bronx, N.Y.: Maryland vs. Virginia Tech; 1:15 p.m., ESPN
Cheez-It Bowl, Orlando: Clemson vs. Iowa State; 4:45 p.m., ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio: Oklahoma vs. Oregon; 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Dec. 30
Duke's Mayo Bowl, Charlotte: South Carolina vs. North Carolina; 10:30 a.m., ESPN
TransPerfect Music City Bowl, Nashville: Tennessee vs. Purdue; 2 p.m., ESPN
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Atlanta: Michigan State vs. Pitt; 6 p.m., ESPN
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl, Las Vegas: Wisconsin vs. Arizona State; 9:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Dec. 31
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Jacksonville: Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M; 10 a.m., ESPN
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, El Paso: Miami (Fla.) vs. Washington State; 11:30 a.m., CBS
Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl, Tucson, Ariz.: Boise State vs. Central Michigan; 3:30 p.m., Streamed on Barstool platforms
Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022
Outback Bowl, Tampa: Penn State vs. Arkansas; 11 a.m., ESPN
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Arizona: Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State; 12 p.m., ESPN
VRBO Citrus Bowl, Orlando: Iowa vs. Kentucky; 12 p.m., ABC
Rose Bowl, Pasadena: Ohio State vs. Utah; 4 p.m., ESPN
Allstate Sugar Bowl, New Orleans: Baylor vs. Ole Miss; 7:45 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022
TaxAct Texas Bowl, Houston: Kansas State vs. LSU; 8 p.m., ESPN
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