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2017-18 college football bowl schedule: Dates, times, TV info

This year’s college football bowl season will kick off Saturday Dec. 16, with the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl at 12 p.m. ET.

New Year’s Day will be packed with the biggest bowl games of the season, as the Outback, Peach and Citrus Bowls will all be played in the early afternoon, leading up to the College Football Playoff semifinal games. The playoffs begin with the Rose Bowl at 5 p.m., followed by the Allstate Sugar Bowl at 8:45 p.m.

The season will wrap up with the CFP national championship game on Monday, Jan. 8 at 8 p.