College football 2020-21 bowl schedule: Dates, times for all 36 bowls released

Bill Bender

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Bowl Season announced the official postseason schedule for the 2020-21 college football season Friday.

A total of 37 bowls are on the schedule, which starts Dec. 19 with the Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl and concludes Jan. 11 with the College Football Playoff championship game. Seven bowls have been canceled this season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

The NCAA Division I Council waived bowl eligibility requirements for this season; previously, teams had to have a .500 record to qualify for a bowl game. There also is no minimum number of games required to make the postseason.

MORE: SN bowl projections after Week 12

Sporting News will have updated bowl projections as the College Football Playoff race heats up in November. Our Week 9 Bowl Projections can be seen here.

2020-21 college football bowl schedule

DateBowlTime (ET)TV
Dec. 19Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl7 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 21Myrtle Beach Bowl2:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 22Famous Idaho Potato Bowl3:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 22Boca Raton Bowl7 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 23R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl3:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 23Montgomery Bowl*7 p.m.ESPN/ESPN2
Dec. 24New Mexico Bowl3:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 25Camellia Bowl2:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 26Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl12 p.m.ABC
Dec. 26Cure Bowl12 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 26SERVPRO First Responder Bowl3:30 p.m.ABC
Dec. 26LendingTree Bowl3:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 26Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl7 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 26Guaranteed Rate Bowl10:15 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 28Military Bowl Presented by Perspecta2:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 29Cheez-It Bowl5:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 29Valero Alamo Bowl9 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 30Duke’s Mayo Bowl12 p.mESPN
Dec. 30TransPerfect Music City Bowl3:30 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 30Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic7:15 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 30LA Bowl10:45 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 31Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl12 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 31Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl2 p.m.CBS
Dec. 31AutoZone Liberty Bowl4 p.m.ESPN
Dec. 31Arizona Bowl4 p.mCBS Sports Network
Dec. 31Texas Bowl8 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 1TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl12 p.m.ESPN2
Jan. 1Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl12:30 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 1Vrbo Citrus Bowl1 p.m.ABC
Jan. 1Rose Bowl Game (CFP semifinal)5 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 1Allstate Sugar Bowl (CFP semifinal)8:45 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 2TaxSlayer Gator Bowl12 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 2Outback Bowl12:30 p.m.ABC
Jan. 2PlayStation Fiesta Bowl4 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 2Capital One Orange Bowl8 p.m.ESPN
Jan. 11CFP national championship8 p.m.ESPN

Canceled bowl games for 2020-21

BowlDate canceled
Celebration BowlJuly 16
Redbox BowlJuly 31
Hawaii BowlOct. 2
Bahamas BowlOct. 2
Holiday BowlOct. 22
Fenway BowlOct. 23
Quick Lane BowlOct. 30
Pinstripe BowlNov. 27

Bill Bender

Bill Bender graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and World Series for SN. Bender enjoys story-telling, awesomely-bad 80s movies and coaching youth sports.