College Football's Official Bowl Schedule

The match-ups have been finalized for all of college football’s 35 bowl games. 70 schools, an all time high for the sport, will be participating in postseason play this year.

The bowl games allow the schools, teams, departing seniors, fan bases, and coaching staffs a chance to celebrate a hard season’s worth of work with a nice week long trip filled with fun activities. The bowl season also offers the millions of college football fans around the nation a chance to catch some exciting games over a nonstop three week long period.

This year’s action kicks off with the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 18 and concludes with the BCS National Title Game in Glendale, Arizona on Jan. 10.

The highlight of the bowl season is of course the championship game pitting the No. 1-ranked Auburn Tigers against the No. 2 Oregon Ducks. But before Heisman hopefuls Cam Newton and LaMichael James can duke it out in the desert, we’ve got a stellar lineup of college football festivities to take in over the holiday season.

There are a few intriguing matchups sprinkled throughout the bowl season that are definitely worth watching.

Let’s take a quick look at the complete schedule.

New Mexico Bowl
BYU Cougars (6-6, Mountain West) vs. UTEP Miners (6-6, Conference USA)
Date: Dec. 18
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Channel: ESPN

Humanitarian Bowl
Fresno State Bulldogs (8-4, WAC) vs. Northern Illinois Huskies (10-3, MAC)
Date: Dec. 18
Time: 5:30 p.m. ET
Location: Boise, Idaho
Channel: ESPN

New Orleans Bowl
Troy Trojans (7-5, Sun Belt) vs. Ohio Bobcats (8-4, MAC)
Date: Dec. 18
Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Channel: ESPN

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg
Louisville Cardinals (6-6, Big East) vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (8-4, Conference USA)
Date: Dec. 21
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Tampa, Florida
Channel: ESPN

Maaco Bowl Las Vegas
Utah Utes (10-2, Mountain West) vs. Boise State Broncos (11-1, WAC)
Date: Dec. 22
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Channel: ESPN

Poinsettia Bowl
San Diego State Aztecs (8-4, Mountain West) vs. Navy Midshipmen (8-3, Independent)
Date: Dec. 23
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: San Diego, California
Channel: ESPN

Hawai’i Bowl
Hawai’i Warriors (10-3, WAC) vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (9-3, Conference USA)
Date: Dec. 24
Time:  8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Honlulu, Hawai’i
Channel: ESPN

Little Caesars Bowl
Toledo Rockets (8-4, MAC) vs. Florida International Golden Panthers (6-6, Sun Belt)
Date: Dec. 26
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Channel: ESPN

Independence Bowl
Air Force Falcons (8-4, Mountain West) vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-6, ACC)
Date: Dec. 27
Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Channel: ESPN2

Champs Sports Bowl
West Virginia Mountaineers (9-3, Big East) vs. North Carolina State Wolfpack (8-4, ACC)
Date: Dec. 28
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Location: Orlando, Florida
Channel: ESPN

Insight Bowl
Missouri Tigers (10-2, Big 12) vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (7-5, Big Ten)
Date: Dec. 28
Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Channel: ESPN

Military Bowl
Maryland Terrapins (8-4, ACC) vs. East Carolina Pirates (6-6, Conference USA)
Date: Dec. 29
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
Location: Washington D.C.
Channel: ESPN

Texas Bowl
Illinois Fighting Illini (6-6, Big Ten) vs. Baylor Bears (7-5, Big 12)
Date: Dec. 29
Time: 6:00 p.m. ET
Location: Houston, Texas
Channel: ESPN

Alamo Bowl
Oklahoma State Cowboys (10-2, Big 12) vs. Arizona Wildcats (7-5, Pac-10)
Date: Dec. 29
Time: 9:15 p.m. ET
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Channel: ESPN

Armed Forces Bowl
SMU Mustangs (7-6, Conference USA) vs. Army Black Knights (6-5, Independent)
Date: Dec. 30
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Channel: ESPN

Pinstripe Bowl
Syracuse Orange (7-5, Big East) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (7-5, Big 12)
Date: Dec. 30
Time: 3:20 p.m. ET
Location: New York City, New York
Channel: ESPN

Music City Bowl
North Carolina Tar Heels (7-5, ACC) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (6-6, SEC)
Date: Dec. 30
Time: 6:40 p.m. ET
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Channel: ESPN

Holiday Bowl
Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-3, Big 12) vs. Washington Huskies (6-6, Pac-10)
Date: Dec. 30
Time: 10 p.m. ET
Location: San Diego, California
Channel: ESPN

Meineke Car Care Bowl
South Florida Bulls (7-5, Big East) vs. Clemson Tigers (6-6, ACC)
Date: Dec. 31
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Channel: ESPN

Sun Bowl
Miami Hurricanes (7-5, ACC) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-5, Independent)
Date: Dec. 31
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
Location: El Paso, Texas
Channel: CBS

Liberty Bowl
Georgia Bulldogs (6-6, SEC) vs. Central Florida Knights (10-3, Conference USA)
Date: Dec. 31
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Channel: ESPN

Chick fil A Bowl
South Carolina Gamecocks (9-4, SEC) vs. Florida State Seminoles (9-4, ACC)
Date: Dec. 31
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Channel: ESPN

TicketCity Bowl
Northwestern Wildcats (7-5, Big Ten) vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders (7-5, Big 12)
Date: Jan. 1
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Location: Dallas, Texas
Channel: ESPNU

Outback Bowl
Florida Gators (7-5, SEC) vs. Penn State Nittany Lions (7-5, Big Ten)
Date: Jan. 1
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Tampa, Florida
Channel: ABC

Capital One Bowl
Alabama Crimson Tide (9-3, SEC) vs. Michigan State Spartans (11-1, Big Ten)
Date: Jan. 1
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Orlando, Florida
Channel: ESPN

Gator Bowl
Michigan Wolverines (7-5, Big Ten) vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs (8-4, SEC)
Date: Jan. 1
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Channel: ESPN2

Rose Bowl
Wisconsin Badgers (11-1, Big Ten) vs. TCU Horned Frogs (12-0, Mountain West)
Date: Jan. 1
Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
Location: Pasadena, California
Channel: ESPN

Fiesta Bowl
Oklahoma Sooners (11-2, Big 12) vs. UCONN Huskies (8-4, Big East)
Date: Jan. 1
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Location: Glendale, Arizona
Channel: ESPN

Orange Bowl
Stanford Cardinal (11-1, Pac-10) vs. Virginia Tech Hokies (11-2, ACC)
Date: Jan. 3
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Location: Miami, Florida
Channel: ESPN

Sugar Bowl
Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1, Big Ten) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (10-2, SEC)
Date: Jan. 4
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Channel: ESPN

GoDaddy.com Bowl
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (6-6, Sun Belt) vs. Miami-Ohio Red Hawks (9-4, MAC)
Date: Jan. 6
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Channel: ESPN

Cotton Bowl
Texas A&M Aggies (9-3, Big 12) vs. LSU Tigers (10-2, SEC)
Date: Jan. 7
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Dallas, Texas
Channel: FOX

BBVA Compass Bowl
Pittsburgh Panthers (7-5, Big East) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (6-6, SEC)
Date: Jan. 8
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Channel: ESPN

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Nevada Wolf Pack (12-1, WAC) vs. Boston College (7-5, ACC)
Date: Jan. 9
Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
Location: San Francisco, California
Channel: ESPN

BCS National Championship Game
Auburn Tigers (13-0, SEC) vs. Oregon Ducks (12-0, Pac-10)
Date: Jan. 10
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Location: Glendale, Arizona
Channel: ESPN

Congratulations to the Auburn and Oregon football programs for great seasons which turned out to be awesome journeys to follow. This should be a great National Championship game.

Let the build-up and hype begin!