2018–19 NCAA football bowl games

2018–19 NCAA football bowl games
Season	2018
Regular season	August 25, 2018 (2018-08-25) - December 8, 2018 (2018-12-08)
Number of bowls	40.
All-star games	3
Bowl games	December 15, 2018 (2018-12-15) – January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)
National Championship	2019 College Football Playoff National Championship
Location of Championship	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA
Bowl record by conference Conference Bowls Record Final AP poll AAC 0–0 (–) ACC 0–0 (–) Big Ten 0–0 (–) Big 12 0–0 (–) Conference USA 0–0 (–) MAC 0–0 (–) Mountain West 0–0 (–) Pac-12 0–0 (–) SEC 0–0 (–) Sun Belt 0–0 (–) Independents 0–0 (–)

The 2018–19 NCAA football games will be a series of college football bowl games which completes the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The games will begin on December 15, 2018, and aside from the all-star games that will end with the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship which will be played on January 7, 2019.

Schedule

The schedule for the 2018–19 bowl games is below

College Football Playoff and Championship Game

The College Football Playoff system is used to determine a national championship of Division I FBS college football. A 13-member committee of experts ranked the top 25 teams in the nation after each of the last seven weeks. The top four teams in the final ranking play in a single-eliminantion semifinal round, with the winners advancing to the National Championship game.

The semifinal games are the Cotton Bowl and the Orange Bowl. Both will be played on December 29, 2018. as part of a yearly rotation of three pairs of six bowls, commonly referred to as the CFP New Year's Six bowl games. The winners will advance to the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on January 7, 2019.

	Semifinals					Championship
	December 29 – Orange Bowl Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
	1	Alabama	45
	4	Oklahoma	34			January 7 – National Championship Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
						1	Alabama	16
	December 29 – Cotton Bowl AT&T Stadium, Arlington					2	Clemson	44
	2	Clemson	30
	3	Notre Dame	3

Date	Game	Site	Teams	Affiliations	Results
Dec 29	Chick-fli-A Peach Bowl	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 12:00 pm
	Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (Playoff Semifinal Game)	AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas 4:00 pm
	Capital One Orange Bowl (Playoff Semifinal Game)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida 8:00 pm
Jan 1	Playstation Fiesta Bowl	University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona 1:00 pm
	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 5:00 pm
	Allstate Sugar Bowl	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 8:30 pm
Jan 7	College Football Playoff National Championship (Cotton Bowl winner vs Orange Bowl Winner)	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, California 8:00 pm

Non CFP bowl games

Date	Game	Site	Television	Radio	Teams	Affiliations	Results
Dec 15	Gildan New Mexico Bowl	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico 2:00 p.m.	ESPN	ESPN Radio	Mountain West C–USA
	Autonation Cure Bowl	Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida 2:30 p.m.	CBSSN	Touchdown Radio	AAC Sun Belt
	Las Vegas Bowl	Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, Nevada 3:30 p.m.	ABC	Sports USA	Pac-12 Mountain West
	Cameila Bowl	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, Alabama 5:30 p.m.	ESPN	ESPN Radio	MAC Sun Belt
	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl	Mercedes-Benz Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana 9:00 p.m.	ESPN		C–USA Sun Belt
Dec 18.	Cheribundi Boac Raton Bowl	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida 7:00 p.m.	ESPN		AAC or C–USA MAC
Dec 19.	DXL Frisco Bowl	Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas 8:00 p.m.	ESPN	RedVoice, LLC	AAC At Large Conference
Dec 20.	Bad Boy Gasparilla Bowl	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 8:00 p.m.	ESPN		AAC C–USA
Dec 21	Bahamas Bowl	Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau, Bahamas 12:30 p.m.	ESPN		C–USA MAC
	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	Albertson's Stadium Boise, Idaho 4:00 p.m.	ESPN		MAC Mountain West
Dec 22.	Birmingham Bowl	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama 12:00 p.m.	ESPN		SEC AAC
	Lockhead Armed Forces Bowl	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas 3:30 p.m	ESPN		Big 12 AAC
	Dollar General Bowl	Ladd-Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama 7:00 p.m	ESPN	Nevada SN	MAC Sun Belt
	Hawaii Bowl	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii 10:30 p.m.	ESPN	ESPN Radio	C–USA Mountain West
Dec 26.	Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl	Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas, Texas 1:30 p.m.	ESPN	Redvoice, LLD	Big Ten C–USA
	Quick Lane Bowl	Ford Field Detroit, Michigan 5:15 p.m.	ESPN	WJR	Big Ten ACC
	Cactus Bowl	Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona 9:00 p.m	ESPN	ESPN Radio	Big 12 Pac-12
Dec 27.	Walk On's Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana 1:30 p.m	ESPN	Sports Radio	SEC ACC
	New Era Pinstripe Bowl	Yankee Stadium Bronx, New York 5:15 p.m.	ESPN	ESPN Radio	Big Ten ACC
	Foster Farms Bowl	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, California 8:30 p.m.	Fox	Fox Sports Radio	Big Ten Pac-12
	Academy Sports + Outdoor Texas Bowl	NRG Stadium Houston, Texas 9:00 p.m.	ESPN	ESPN Radio	Big 12 SEC
Dec 28.	Frankiln American Mortage Music City Bowl	Nissan Stadium Nashville, Tennessee 1:30 p.m	ESPN	ESPN Radio	SEC ACC or Big Ten
	Camping World Bowl	Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida 5:15 p.m.	ESPN		Big 12 ACC
	Valero Alamo Bowl	Alamodome San Antonio, Texas 9:00 p.m.	ESPN		Big 12 Pac-12
	San Diego Credit County Union Hoilday Bowl	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, California 9:00 p.m	FS1	Fox Sports Radio	Big Ten Pac-12
Dec 29.	Belk Bowl	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina 12:00 p.m	ABC	ESPN Radio	SEC ACC
	NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona 9:00 p.m.	CBSSN		Mountain West Sun Belt
Dec 31.	Military Bowl presented by Northrop Gunman	Navy-Marine Corps. Stadium Annapolis, Maryland 12:00 p.m.	ESPN	ESPN Radio	ACC AAC
	Hyundai Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas 2:30 p.m	CBS	Sports USA	Pac-12 ACC
	Autozone Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee 3:45 p.m.	ESPN	ESPN Radio	Big 12 SEC
	Taxslayer Gator Bowl	TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville, Florida 7:30 p.m.	ESPN	Touchdown Radio	SEC ACC or Big Ten
Jan.1	Outback Bowl	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida 12:00 p.m	ESPN2	Sports USA	Big Ten SEC
	Citrus Bowl	Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida 1:00 p.m.	ABC	ESPN Radio	Big Ten SEC

All Star Games

Date	Time	Site	Television	Participants	Results
Jan 19	East–West Shrine Game	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 3:00 pm	NFL Network	East Team West Team
	NFLPA Collegiate Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 4:00 pm	FS1	American Team National Team
Jan 26	Senior Bowl	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama 2:30 pm	NFL Network	North Team South Team