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.
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2020-21 college football bowl schedule
| Date | Bowl | Time (ET) | TV |
| Dec. 19 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 21 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 22 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 22 | Boca Raton Bowl | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 23 | R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 23 | Montgomery Bowl* | 7 p.m. | ESPN/ESPN2 |
| Dec. 24 | New Mexico Bowl | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 25 | Camellia Bowl | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 26 | Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | 12 p.m. | ABC |
| Dec. 26 | Cure Bowl | 12 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 26 | SERVPRO First Responder Bowl | 3:30 p.m. | ABC |
| Dec. 26 | LendingTree Bowl | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 26 | Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 26 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl | 10:15 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl Presented by Perspecta | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 29 | Valero Alamo Bowl | 9 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | 12 p.m | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | TransPerfect Music City Bowl | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | 7:15 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | LA Bowl | 10:45 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | 12 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | 2 p.m. | CBS |
| Dec. 31 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | 4 p.m. | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Arizona Bowl | 4 p.m | CBS Sports Network |
| Dec. 31 | Texas Bowl | 8 p.m. | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl | 12 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Jan. 1 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | 12:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Vrbo Citrus Bowl | 1 p.m. | ABC |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl Game (CFP semifinal) | 5 p.m. | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Allstate Sugar Bowl (CFP semifinal) | 8:45 p.m. | ESPN |
| Jan. 2 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | 12 p.m. | ESPN |
| Jan. 2 | Outback Bowl | 12:30 p.m. | ABC |
| Jan. 2 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | 4 p.m. | ESPN |
| Jan. 2 | Capital One Orange Bowl | 8 p.m. | ESPN |
| Jan. 11 | CFP national championship | 8 p.m. | ESPN |
Canceled bowl games for 2020-21
| Bowl | Date canceled |
| Celebration Bowl | July 16 |
| Redbox Bowl | July 31 |
| Hawaii Bowl | Oct. 2 |
| Bahamas Bowl | Oct. 2 |
| Holiday Bowl | Oct. 22 |
| Fenway Bowl | Oct. 23 |
| Quick Lane Bowl | Oct. 30 |
| Pinstripe Bowl | Nov. 27 |