The 2020-2021 college football bowl season consists of 37 bowl games, of which the highest-profile are the College Football Playoff semifinal games, the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the Capital One Orange Bowl, the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and the College Football Playoff National Championship.


The following bowl games are scheduled to take place on January 1, 2021:


-Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual

-Allstate Sugar Bowl

-Citrus Bowl presented by Overton's

-Fiesta Bowl 

-Outback Bowl

-VRBO Citrus Bowl

-TaxSlayer Gator Bowl

-PlayStation Fiesta Bowl

-College Football Playoff Semifinals at the Rose Bowl Game and the Allstate Sugar Bowl

The following bowl games are scheduled to take place on January 2, 2021:

-LendingTree Bowl

-Cheez-It Bowl

-Valero Alamo Bowl 

-Duke's Mayo Bowl 

-College Football Playoff National Championship

The following bowl games are scheduled to take place on January 11, 2021:

-Cure Bowl

-New Era Pinstripe Bowl

-Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl

-AutoZone Liberty Bowl

-Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl

-Camellia Bowl

The following bowl games are scheduled to take place on January 2, 2021:

-Gasparilla Bowl

-Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl

-Marmot Boca Raton Bowl

-Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

-LendingTree Bowl

-New Mexico Bowl

-Camellia Bowl

-Frisco Bowl

-Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl

-SERVPRO First Responder Bowl

-Armed Forces Bowl

-Cheez-It Bowl


Important Points



1. There are currently four college bowl games occurring today: the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, the Orange Bowl, and the Cotton Bowl. 


2. The Rose Bowl is being held between the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide and the #4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. 


3. The Sugar Bowl is being held between the #2 Clemson Tigers and the #3 Ohio State Buckeyes. 


4. The Orange Bowl is being held between the #10 Oklahoma Sooners and the #5 Florida Gators. 


5. The Cotton Bowl is being held between the #6 Iowa State Cyclones and the #9 Oregon Ducks. 


6. All of the games are being broadcast on ESPN and ABC.


7. The Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl are part of the College Football Playoff semifinals. 


8. The winners of the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl will move on to the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, January 11th. 


9. The Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl are part of the College Football Playoff New Year's Six. 


10. The winners of the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl will move on to the College Football Playoff New Year's Six Bowls on January 2nd and 3rd, respectively.



The 2021 NCAA Football bowl season will begin on Saturday, December 19, 2020 and conclude with the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, January 11, 2021. On Saturday, December 19, the New Mexico Bowl will kick off the bowl season. Other notable bowl games include the Cotton Bowl Classic on December 30, the Fiesta Bowl on January 2, the Rose Bowl on January 1, and the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 11.


The other bowl games being played during the 2021 bowl season are:

1. Orange Bowl - January 2

2. Sugar Bowl - January 1

3. Peach Bowl - January 1

4. Outback Bowl - January 1

5. Alamo Bowl - December 29

6. Camping World Bowl - December 28

7. Gator Bowl - December 31

8. Liberty Bowl - December 31

9. Citrus Bowl - January 1

10. Holiday Bowl - December 30

11. Sun Bowl - December 31

12. Las Vegas Bowl - December 22

13. Music City Bowl - December 30

14. Armed Forces Bowl - December 31

15. Arizona Bowl - December 31

16. Texas Bowl - December 29

17. Hawaii Bowl - December 24

18. Independence Bowl - December 26

19. Birmingham Bowl - January 2

20. Belk Bowl - December 31

21. Military Bowl - December 31

22. Gasparilla Bowl - December 23

23. First Responder Bowl - December 26

24. Pinstripe Bowl - December 29

25. Redbox Bowl - December 31

26. Quick Lane Bowl - December 26

27. Cheez-It Bowl - December 29

28. Hawaii