Championship weekend is officially over and the final regular season College Football Playoff rankings have been released with the top four not being what everyone expected. Clemson, Oklahoma, and Georgia are one through three, but Alabama took the fourth spot despite not appearing in the SEC Championship Game. Now, the college football bowl schedule has been released in full and here is how you know when, where, and who to watch.
There are always going to be those who believe the college football playoffs will never be fair until there is a full tournament-style version of it. As reported by ESPN , Alabama was awarded the fourth spot in the rankings over Ohio State and that has left a lot of fans angry and believing the whole thing is a sham.
Now, the Clemson Tigers will take on the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2018. On that same day, the Oklahoma Sooners will face off against the Georgia Bulldogs in the Rose Bowl. The winners of those two games will face off in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 8.
Ohio State ended up in the Cotton Bowl against USC in AT&T Stadium on Dec. 29, 2017.
The @CFBPlayoff matchups are set!
Sugar: Clemson vs Alabama Rose: Oklahoma vs Georgia pic.twitter.com/b2QHgHvmWc
— ESPN (@espn) December 3, 2017
As for the rest of the college football bowl season, there are going to be plenty of games for fans to enjoy throughout December and into early January. Here is the full schedule of all games to let you know who is playing where, when you can watch them, and on what channel.
All times listed below are Eastern.
College Football Playoff National Championship
Championship Game – Jan. 8, 2017 Rose Bowl winner vs. Sugar Bowl winner 8 p.m. on ESPN
Jan. 1, 2018
College Football Playoff at the Rose Bowl No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 5 p.m. on ESPN Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California
College Football Playoff at the Allstate Sugar Bowl No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 1 Clemson 8:45 p.m. on ESPN Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana
#CFBPlayoff Selection Day:
1?? Clemson 2?? Oklahoma 3?? Georgia 4?? Alabama 5?? Ohio State 6?? Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/ycbv6NmUWa
— College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) December 3, 2017
Dec. 16, 2017
Celebration Bowl North Carolina A&T vs. Grambling State Noon on ABC Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Troy vs. North Texas 1 p.m. on ESPN Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana
AutoNation Cure Bowl Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State 2:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida
Las Vegas Bowl Boise State vs. Oregon 3:30 p.m. on ABC Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV
GILDAN New Mexico Bowl Marshall vs. Colorado State 4:30 p.m. on ESPN Branch Field at Dreamstyle Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Middle Tennessee vs. Arkansas State 8 p.m. on ESPN Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama
Dec. 19, 2017
Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl Florida Atlantic University vs. Akron 7 p.m. on ESPN Howard Schnellenberger Field at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida
Dec. 20, 2017
DXL Frisco Bowl SMU vs. Louisiana Tech 8 p.m. on ESPN Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas
Dec. 21, 2017
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl FIU vs. Temple 8 p.m. on ESPN Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida
Dec. 22, 2017
Bahamas Bowl UAB vs. Ohio 12:30 p.m. on ESPN Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl CMU vs. Wyoming 4 p.m., ESPN Lyle Smith Field at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho
Dec. 23, 2017
Birmingham Bowl University of South Florida vs. Texas Tech Noon on ESPN Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl San Diego State vs. Army 3:30 p.m. on ESPN Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas
Dollar General Bowl Appalachian State vs. Toledo 7 p.m. on ESPN Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama
Dec. 24, 2017
Hawai’i Bowl Fresno State vs. Houston 8:30 p.m., ESPN Hawaiian Tel Federal Credit Union Field at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, HI
Dec. 26, 2017
Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl Utah vs. West Virginia 1:30 p.m. on ESPN Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX
Quick Lane Bowl Duke vs. NIU 5:15 p.m. on ESPN Ford Field in Detroit, MI
Cactus Bowl Kansas State vs. UCLA 9 p.m. on ESPN Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ
Dec. 27, 2017
Walk-On’s Independence Bowl Southern Miss vs. Florida State 1:30 p.m. on ESPN Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana
New Era Pinstripe Bowl Iowa vs. Boston College 5:15 p.m. on ESPN Yankee Stadium in New York, NY
Foster Farms Bowl Arizona vs. Purdue 8:30 p.m. on FOX Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California
Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl Texas vs. Missouri 9 p.m. on ESPN NRG Stadium in Houston, TX
Dec. 28, 2017
Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman Virginia vs. Navy 1:30 p.m. on ESPN Jack Stephens Field at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland
Camping World Bowl Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State 5:15 p.m. on ESPN Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida
Valero Alamo Bowl Stanford vs. TCU 9 p.m. on ESPN Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl Michigan State vs. Washington State 9 p.m., FOX Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA
Dec. 29, 2017
Belk Bowl Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M 1 p.m. on ESPN Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina
Hyundai Sun Bowl NC State vs. Arizona State 3 p.m. on CBS Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Kentucky vs. Northwestern 4:30 p.m. on ESPN Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee
NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl Utah State vs. New Mexico State 5:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic No. 8 Southern California vs. No. 5 Ohio State 8:30 p.m. on ESPN AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
Dec. 30, 2017
TaxSlayer Bowl Louisville vs. Mississippi State Noon on ESPN EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida
AutoZone Liberty Bowl Memphis vs. Iowa State 12:30 p.m. on ABC Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl No. 11 Washington vs. No. 9 Penn State 4 p.m. on ESPN University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
Capital One Orange Bowl No. 10 Miami vs. No. 6 Wisconsin 8 p.m. on ESPN Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida
Jan. 1, 2018
Outback Bowl Michigan vs. South Carolina Noon on ESPN2 Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl No. 12 UCF vs. No. 7 Auburn 12:30 p.m. on ESPN Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA
Citrus Bowl Presented by Overton’s Notre Dame vs. LSU 1 p.m. on ABC Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida
That’s a lot of football in a short period of time and this is the time of year that the college football fan hates to leave their TV unless they are heading to a stadium to watch one of the games. The College Football Playoffs are set and the four teams are set, but there is so much more to enjoy over the course of the next month.
