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ESPN releases complete 2017-18 college football bowl schedule

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 8:54 p.m. ET

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ESPN has released the final list of all of the bowl games that will be televised for the 2017-2018 season.

ESPN has released the college football bowl schedule for the upcoming season. I'm stoked–once this list comes out, it means that football season is not too far away. It's the only thing that gets me through the heinous summer in Atlanta, frankly. ESPN will televise 35 of the games, with their network partner ABC hosting some of the marquee bowl games.

There are a surprising number of mid-December games this season, kicking off with five games on Dec. 16, and a variety pack scattered throughout the month. The month of December is jam-packed, with a bowl game almost every day except Christmas Day.

Of course, the New Year's Six are always the ones that everyone keeps their eye on, but the smaller bowls usually bring the most drama. The Cotton Bowl starts off the big games on Dec. 29, followed by the Fiesta Bowl and the Orange Bowl on the 30th.

There are no New Year's Eve bowl games this year — the only reason I can think of for that is the utter debauchery that must have occurred. Just kidding. It is probably to avoid a scheduling conflict with the end of the NFL regular season.

However, New Year's Day boasts the Peach Bowl, the Outback Bowl, the Citrus Bowl and as tradition dictates, the Sugar Bowl and the Rose Bowl. The Sugar Bowl and the Rose Bowl will comprise the Playoff Semifinal games, and the CFP will take place a week later on Monday, Jan. 8. So without further ado, here is the complete list.

Here's the complete bowl schedule, released by ESPN's Derek Volner on Wednesday.

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Sat, Dec. 16	Noon	Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl	ABC
	1 p.m.	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	Las Vegas Bowl	ABC
	4:30 p.m.	Gildan New Mexico Bowl	ESPN
	8 p.m.	Raycom Media Camellia Bowl	ESPN
Tue, Dec. 19	7 p.m.	Boca Raton Bowl	ESPN
Thu, Dec. 21	8 p.m.	St. Petersburg Bowl	ESPN
Fri, Dec. 22	12:30 p.m.	Bahamas Bowl	ESPN
	4 p.m.	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	ESPN
Sat, Dec. 23	12 p.m.	Birmingham Bowl	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Dollar General Bowl	ESPN
Sun, Dec. 24	8:30 p.m.	Hawai'i Bowl	ESPN
Tue, Dec. 26	TBD	Quick Lane Bowl	ESPN
	TBD	Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl	ESPN
	TBD	Cactus Bowl	ESPN
Wed, Dec. 27	1:30 p.m.	Independence Bowl	ESPN
	5:15 p.m.	New Era Pinstripe Bowl	ESPN
	9 p.m.	Texas Bowl	ESPN
Thu, Dec. 28	1:30 p.m.	Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman	ESPN
	5:15 p.m.	Camping World Bowl	ESPN
	9 p.m.	Valero Alamo Bowl	ESPN
Fri, Dec. 29	1 p.m.	Belk Bowl	ESPN
	4:30 p.m.	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl	ESPN
	8:30 p.m.	Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic*	ESPN
Sat, Dec. 30	Noon	TaxSlayer Bowl	ESPN
	12:30 p.m.	AutoZone Liberty Bowl	ABC
	4 p.m.	PlayStation Fiesta Bowl*	ESPN
	8 p.m.	Capital One Orange Bowl*	ESPN
Mon, Jan 1	Noon	Outback Bowl	ESPN2
	12:30 p.m.	Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl*	ESPN
	1 p.m.	Citrus Bowl	ABC
	5 p.m.	College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual*	ESPN
	8:45 p.m.	College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl*	ESPN
Mon, Jan 8	8 p.m.	College Football Playoff National Championship Presented By AT&T	ESPN

*New Year's Six bowl game

Who do you think will make it to this year's College Football Playoff? We could see another rematch of Alabama and Clemson and there would be no complaints.