Bowl season begins before the 2020 college football season ends.
That goes without saying for an unprecedented season of college football played out by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several teams have accepted bowl bids, and SMU will play UTSA in the Tropical Care Smoothie Bowl on Saturday.
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This marks the start of a bowl season where teams will sign out and bowl ties will be tested from now until the College Football Playoff Championship game. Brett McMurphy of the stadium first covered some of the early bowl matchups.
This season’s semifinals is slated for January 1 at the Rose Bowl Game, which has been relocated to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The championship playoff game will take place on January 11th at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Sporting News is keeping track of the 2020-21 college football bidding here.
College Football Bowl Schedule 2020-21
Monday December 21st
| Myrtle Beach Bowl | North Texas versus Appalachian State | 2:30 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Tuesday December 22nd
| Famous Idaho potato peel | Nevada versus Tulane | 3:30 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| Boca Raton bowl | UCF versus BYU | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Wednesday December 23rd
| R + L carrier New Orleans Bowl | Georgia Southern v Louisiana Tech | 3 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| Montgomery Bowl * | Memphis versus FAU | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN / ESPN2 |
Thursday December 24th
| New Mexico Bowl | Hawaii versus Houston | 3:30 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Friday December 25th
| Camellia bowl | TBA versus TBA | 2:30 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Saturday December 26th
| Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | TBA vs. TBA | 12 p.m. ET | ABC |
| Cure Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 12 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| SERVPRO First Responder Bowl | UTSA vs. TBD | 3:30 p.m. ET | ABC |
| Lending Tree Bowl | Georgia State versus Western Kentucky | 3:30 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | Army against TBA | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| Guaranteed Rate Bowl | TBA vs. TBA | 10:15 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Monday December 28th
| Military shell | TBA versus TBA | 2:30 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Tuesday December 29th
| Cheez-It Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 5:30 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| Valero Alamo bowl | TBA versus TBA | 9 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Wednesday December 30th
| TransPerfect Music City Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 3:30 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Thursday December 31st
| Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 12 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| AutoZone Liberty Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 4 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| Arizona Bowl | San Jose State versus TBA | 4 p.m. ET | CBSSN |
| Texas Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Friday 1st January
| TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 12 p.m. ET | ESPN2 |
| Vrbo Citrus Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 1 PM ET | ABC |
Saturday January 2nd
| TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 12 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| Outback Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 12:30 p.m. ET | ABC |
New year six bowls
| DATE | BOWL GAMES | TEAMS | TIME | TV |
| 30th of December | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | TBA versus TBA | 7:15 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| January 1st | Chick-Fil-A peach peel | TBA versus TBA | 12:30 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| January 2nd | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 4 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| January 2nd | Capital One Orange Bowl | TBA versus TBA | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN |
College Football Playoff Schedule
| DATE | BOWL GAMES | TEAMS | TIME |
| January 1st | Rose Bowl Game (CFP Semi-Finals) | TBA versus TBA | 5 p.m. ET |
| January 1st | Allstate Sugar Bowl (CFP Semi-Finals) | TBA versus TBA | 8:45 p.m. ET |
| 11th January | CFP National Championship | TBA versus TBA | 8 p.m. ET |
