ESPN Announces Bowl Game Lineup

While the fate of the college bowl season has been up in the air for months, ESPN has announced a broadcast schedule for 35 games that should help bring some clarity to the postseason and its events.

The network has announced its broadcast plans, including 13 games owned and operated by ESPN Events as well as the College Football Playoff Semifinals and Championship Game. A decision on the new Las Vegas Bowl will be announced at a later date. And several bowl games, including the inaugural Fenway Bowl, have announced that they will not hold events this year.

The remaining bowl season, which for this year will not require teams to have a minimum win-loss record to participate, will begin December 19 with ESPN Events’ Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl from Frisco, Texas, at 7 p.m. ET.

The following will be ESPN’s 2020–2021 Bowl Season Schedule, with all times Eastern:

Saturday, December 19

7 p.m.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl
Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
ESPN

Monday, December 21

2:30 p.m.
Myrtle Beach Bowl
Brooks Stadium, Conway, South Carolina
ESPN

Tuesday, December 22

3:30 p.m.
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho
ESPN

7 p.m.
Boca Raton Bowl
FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida
ESPN

Wednesday, December 23

3:30 p.m.
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
ESPN

7 p.m.
Montgomery Bowl
Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama
ESPN or ESPN2

Thursday, December 24

3:30 p.m.
New Mexico Bowl
TBD, Albuquerque, New Mexico
ESPN

Friday, December 25

2:30 p.m.
Camellia Bowl
Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama
ESPN

Saturday, December 26

Noon
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
ABC

Cure Bowl
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
ESPN

3:30 p.m.
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas
ABC

LendingTree Bowl
Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Alabama
ESPN

7 p.m.
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium, Shreveport, Louisiana
ESPN

10:15 p.m.
Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Chase Field, Phoenix
ESPN

Monday, December 28

2:30 p.m.
Military Bowl Presented by Perspecta
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
ESPN

Tuesday, December 29

2 p.m.
New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Yankee Stadium, New York
ESPN

5:30 p.m.
Cheez-It Bowl
Camping World Stadium, Orlando
ESPN

9 p.m.
Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
ESPN

Wednesday, December 30

Noon
Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
ESPN

3:30 p.m.
TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
ESPN

7:15 p.m.
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
ESPN

10:45 p.m.
LA Bowl
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
ESPN

Thursday, December 31

Noon
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas
ESPN

4 p.m.
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis
ESPN

8 p.m.
Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium, Houston
ESPN

Friday, January 1

Noon
TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
ESPN2

12:30 p.m.
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
ESPN

1 p.m.
Vrbo Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium, Orlando
ABC

5 p.m.
College Football Playoff Semifinal at The Rose Bowl Game
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
ESPN

8:45 p.m.
College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
ESPN

Saturday, January 2

Noon
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
TIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville, Florida
ESPN

12:30 p.m.
Outback Bowl
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
ABC

4 p.m.
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
ESPN

8 p.m.
Capital One Orange Bowl
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
ESPN

Monday, January 11

8 p.m.
College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
ESPN