ESPN releases bowl schedule for upcoming season
More than three months remain until the college football kicks off the 2017 season. But we already know something about the upcoming year.
When those coveted bowl games will be played.
ESPN released the bowl schedule for the 2017-18 season, complete with dates, kickoff times and network.
Bowl season will begin on Dec. 16 with five games. It will conclude on Jan. 8 with the College Football Playoff National Championship.
As addressed before, there will be no games scheduled on New Year’s Eve. Games associated with the New Year’s Six will be played on Dec. 30 or Jan. 1. Both College Football Playoff Semifinal contests are scheduled for New Year’s Day.
Here’s the complete schedule released by ESPN:
ESPN’s 2017-18 Bowl Schedule
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Sat, Dec. 16 | Noon | Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl | ABC |
1 p.m. | R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | ESPN | |
3:30 p.m. | Las Vegas Bowl | ABC | |
4:30 p.m. | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | ESPN | |
8 p.m. | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | ESPN | |
Tue, Dec. 19 | 7 p.m. | Boca Raton Bowl | ESPN |
Thu, Dec. 21 | 8 p.m. | St. Petersburg Bowl | ESPN |
Fri, Dec. 22 | 12:30 p.m. | Bahamas Bowl | ESPN |
4 p.m. | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | ESPN | |
Sat, Dec. 23 | 12 p.m. | Birmingham Bowl | ESPN |
3:30 p.m. | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | ESPN | |
7 p.m. | Dollar General Bowl | ESPN | |
Sun, Dec. 24 | 8:30 p.m. | Hawai’i Bowl | ESPN |
Tue, Dec. 26 | TBD | Quick Lane Bowl | ESPN |
TBD | Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl | ESPN | |
TBD | Cactus Bowl | ESPN | |
Wed, Dec. 27 | 1:30 p.m. | Independence Bowl | ESPN |
5:15 p.m. | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | ESPN | |
9 p.m. | Texas Bowl | ESPN | |
Thu, Dec. 28 | 1:30 p.m. | Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman | ESPN |
5:15 p.m. | Camping World Bowl | ESPN | |
9 p.m. | Valero Alamo Bowl | ESPN | |
Fri, Dec. 29 | 1 p.m. | Belk Bowl | ESPN |
4:30 p.m. | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | ESPN | |
8:30 p.m. | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic* | ESPN | |
Sat, Dec. 30 | Noon | TaxSlayer Bowl | ESPN |
12:30 p.m. | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | ABC | |
4 p.m. | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl* | ESPN | |
8 p.m. | Capital One Orange Bowl* | ESPN | |
Mon, Jan 1 | Noon | Outback Bowl | ESPN2 |
12:30 p.m. | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl* | ESPN | |
1 p.m. | Citrus Bowl | ABC | |
5 p.m. | College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual* | ESPN | |
8:45 p.m. | College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl* | ESPN | |
Mon, Jan 8 | 8 p.m. | College Football Playoff National Championship Presented By AT&T | ESPN |
In 2016, 10 teams from the B1G went bowling. The conference, though, struggled in the postseason, finishing with a 3-7 record.