2019–20 NCAA football bowl games

2019–20 NCAA football bowl games
2019–20 NCAA football bowl games
Season	2019
Regular season	August 24, 2019 – December 14, 2019
Number of bowls	41
All-star games	3
Bowl games	December 20, 2019 – January 13, 2020
National Championship	2020 College Football Playoff; National Championship
Location of Championship	Mercedes-Benz Superdome; New Orleans, LA
Conference
Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls
AAC
ACC
Big Ten
Big 12
Conference USA
MAC
Mountain West
Pac-12
SEC
Sun Belt
Independents
	←2018–19; Bowl game; 2020–21→;

The 2019–20 NCAA football games will be a series of college football bowl games which will complete the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The games will begin on December 20, 2019, and, aside from the all-star games that follow, will end with the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship which will be played on January 13, 2020.

Schedule

The schedule for the 2019–20 bowl games is below. All times are EST (UTC−5).

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 will rank the top 25 teams in the nation after each of the last seven weeks. The top four teams in the final ranking will play in a single-eliminantion semifinal round, with the winners advancing to the National Championship game.

The semifinal games for the 2019–20 season are the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl. Both will be played on December 28, 2019, as part of a yearly rotation of three pairs of six bowls, commonly referred to as the New Year's Six bowl games. The winners will advance to the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 13, 2020.

Mercedes-Benz Superdome, site of the National Championship game

Semifinals			Championship

December 28 – Peach Bowl Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
1	LSU	63
4	Oklahoma	28	January 13 – National Championship Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans

			1	LSU	42
December 28 – Fiesta Bowl State Farm Stadium, Glendale			3	Clemson	25
December 28 – Fiesta Bowl State Farm Stadium, Glendale
2	Ohio State	23
3	Clemson	29

Date	Game	Site	Affiliations
Dec 28	Cotton Bowl Classic	AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas 12:00 pm	At-large Group of 5
	Fiesta Bowl (Playoff Semifinal Game)	State Farm Stadium Glendale, Arizona 4:00 or 8:00 pm
	Peach Bowl (Playoff Semifinal Game)	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 4:00 or 8:00 pm
Dec 30	Orange Bowl	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida 8:00 pm	ACC Big Ten/SEC/ND
Jan 1	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 5:00 pm	Big Ten Pac-12
Jan 1	Sugar Bowl	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 8:45 pm	Big 12 SEC
Jan 13	College Football Playoff National Championship (Fiesta Bowl winner vs Peach Bowl Winner)	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 8:00 pm

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Non CFP bowl games

For the 2019–20 bowl season, the Dollar General Bowl changed sponsors to become the LendingTree Bowl.^[3] The Cure Bowl, previously held at Camping World Stadium, changes venues to Exploria Stadium—both are in Orlando, Florida.^[4] While the First Responder Bowl is usually held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, the 2019 edition will be played at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in nearby University Park, Texas, due to a scheduling conflict with the 2020 NHL Winter Classic.^[5]

Date	Game	Site	Television	Radio	Teams	Affiliations
Dec 20	Bahamas Bowl	Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau, Bahamas 2:00 p.m.	ESPN	Gameday Radio		C–USA MAC
Dec 20	Frisco Bowl	Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas 7:30 p.m.	ESPN2	Gameday Radio		American At-Large
Dec 21	New Mexico Bowl	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico 2:00 p.m.	ESPN			C–USA MWC
	Cure Bowl	Exploria Stadium Orlando, Florida 2:30 p.m.	CBSSN	Gameday Radio		American Sun Belt
	Boca Raton Bowl	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida 3:30 p.m.	ABC			MAC American
	Camellia Bowl	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, Alabama 5:30 p.m.	ESPN			MAC Sun Belt
	Las Vegas Bowl	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada 7:30 p.m.	ABC	Gameday Radio		Pac-12 MWC
	New Orleans Bowl	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 9:00 p.m.	ESPN			C–USA Sun Belt
Dec 23	Gasparilla Bowl	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida 2:30 p.m.	ESPN	Gameday Radio		C–USA ACC/American
Dec 24	Hawaii Bowl	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii 8:00 p.m.	ESPN		BYU Cougars	Independent MWC/American
Dec 26	Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana 4:00 p.m.	ESPN	Sports USA		SEC ACC/ND
Dec 26	Quick Lane Bowl	Ford Field Detroit, Michigan 8:00 p.m.	ESPN			Big Ten ACC/ND
Dec 27	Military Bowl	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland 12:00 p.m.	ESPN			American ACC/ND
	Pinstripe Bowl	Yankee Stadium The Bronx, New York 3:20 p.m.	ESPN			Big Ten ACC/ND
	Texas Bowl	NRG Stadium Houston, Texas 6:45 p.m.	ESPN			Big 12 SEC
	Holiday Bowl	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, California 8:00 p.m.	FS1			Big Ten Pac-12
	Cheez-It Bowl	Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona 10:15 p.m.	ESPN			Big 12 Pac-12
Dec 28	Camping World Bowl	Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida 12:00 p.m.	ABC			Big 12 ACC/ND
Dec 30	First Responder Bowl	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas 12:30 p.m.	ESPN	Gameday Radio		Big 12 C–USA
	Music City Bowl	Nissan Stadium Nashville, Tennessee 4:00 p.m.	ESPN			SEC ACC/Big Ten/ND
	Redbox Bowl	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, California 4:00 p.m.	Fox			Big Ten Pac-12
Dec 31	Belk Bowl	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina 12:00 p.m.	ESPN			SEC ACC
	Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas 2:00 p.m.	CBS	Sports USA		Pac-12 ACC/ND
	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee 3:45 p.m.	ESPN			Big 12 SEC
	Arizona Bowl	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona 4:30 p.m.	CBSSN			MWC Sun Belt
	Alamo Bowl	Alamodome San Antonio, Texas 7:30 p.m.	ESPN			Big 12 Pac-12
Jan 1	Citrus Bowl	Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida 1:00 p.m.	ABC			Big Ten SEC
Jan 1	Outback Bowl	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida 1:00 p.m.	ESPN	Sports USA		Big Ten SEC
Jan 2	Birmingham Bowl	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama 3:00 p.m.	ESPN	Gameday Radio		SEC American
Jan 2	Gator Bowl	TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville, Florida 7:00 p.m.	ESPN	Touchdown Radio		SEC ACC/Big Ten/ND
Jan 3	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	Albertsons Stadium Boise, Idaho 3:30 p.m.	ESPN	Gameday Radio		MAC MWC
Jan 4	Armed Forces Bowl	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas 11:30 a.m.	ESPN	Gameday Radio		MWC Big Ten
Jan 6	LendingTree Bowl	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama 7:30 p.m.	ESPN			MAC Sun Belt

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FCS bowl game

The FCS has one bowl game. They also have a championship bracket that will culminate in the 2020 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game.

Date	Game	Site	Television	Participants	Affiliations	Results
Dec. 21	Celebration Bowl	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 12:00 p.m.	ABC		MEAC SWAC

All-star games

Organizers renamed the East–West Shrine Game to East–West Shrine Bowl.^[8] The Hula Bowl returns for its first playing since January 2008.^[9]

Date	Game	Site	Television	Participants
Jan 18	East–West Shrine Bowl	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 3:00 pm	NFL Network	East Team West Team
Jan 18	NFLPA Collegiate Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 7:00 pm	FS1	American Team National Team
Jan 25	Senior Bowl	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama 2:30 pm	NFL Network	North Team South Team
Jan 26	Hula Bowl	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii 9:30 pm	CBS Sports Network	East (Aina) Team West (Kai) Team

Team selections

Generally, a team must have at least six wins to be considered bowl eligible. The College Football Playoff semi-final games are determined based on the top four seeds in the playoff committee's final rankings. The remainder of the bowl eligible teams are selected by each respective bowl based on conference tie-ins, order of selection, match-up considerations, and other factors.

However, six teams (Army, East Carolina, Florida, Hawaii, Liberty and Virginia Tech) will need to win seven games to be bowl eligible for the 2019–20 season—Hawaii because their regular season consists of 13 games, and the other five because they play two FCS teams during the season. Through games of November 9: Florida, Virginia Tech, and Hawaii have become bowl-eligible with seven wins; East Carolina has become bowl-ineligible with seven losses; Liberty needs one win in their final two games to become bowl-eligible; and Army needs to win both of their remaining games to be bowl-eligible.

Bowl–eligible teams

ACC (8): Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, Miami (FL), Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
American (7): Cincinnati, Memphis, Navy, SMU, Temple, Tulane, UCF
Big Ten (8): Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Big 12 (6): Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
C-USA (8): Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, FIU, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Southern Miss, UAB, Western Kentucky
MAC (6): Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Miami (OH), Toledo, Western Michigan
Mountain West (7): Air Force, Boise State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State, Wyoming
Pac-12 (6): California, Oregon, Utah, Washington, USC, Winner of Oregon State–Washington State game on November 23
SEC (7): Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Texas A&M
Sun Belt (5): Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Louisiana
Independent (2): BYU, Notre Dame

Number of bowl berths available: 78
Number of bowl–eligible teams: 70

Teams one win away from bowl eligibility

Big 12 (1): TCU
Pac-12 (3): Arizona State, Oregon State, Washington State
SEC (1): Tennessee

Number of teams one win from bowl eligibility: 5

Teams that must win their final game for bowl eligibility

Number of teams that must win their final game for bowl eligibility: 9

Teams one loss away from bowl ineligibility

Number of teams one loss from bowl ineligibility: 6

Bowl–ineligible teams

ACC (3): Georgia Tech, NC State, Syracuse
American (5): East Carolina, Houston, South Florida, Tulsa, UConn
Big Ten (4): Maryland, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers
Big 12 (3): Kansas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
C-USA (6): Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, UTEP, UTSA
MAC (4): Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Northern Illinois
Mountain West (4): Colorado State, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV
Pac-12 (2): Stanford, UCLA
SEC (5): Arkansas, Missouri^[c], Ole Miss, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
Sun Belt (3): Coastal Carolina, South Alabama, Texas State
Independent (2): New Mexico State, UMass

Number of bowl–ineligible teams: 41

Notes

^ 40 FBS bowl games, including the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, and 1 FCS bowl game.
^ Liberty needs seven wins to be bowl-eligible, as two of their wins are against Hampton and Maine, both FCS teams. As their current record is 6–5, they need to defeat New Mexico State on November 30 to become bowl-eligible.
^ In January 2019, Missouri's football program received a one-season postseason ban, due to misconduct by a tutor in completing coursework for student-athletes.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "2019-20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 College Football bowl schedule". The Tennessean. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
^ "Mobile's college bowl game renamed LendingTree Bowl". WALA-TV. November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
^ McElwain, John (May 1, 2019). "2019 Cure Bowl to be Played at Orlando City Stadium". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
^ Baby, Ben (May 23, 2019). "Conflict with Winter Classic forces First Responder Bowl to move from Cotton Bowl to SMU's Ford Stadium". dallasnews.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
^ "ESPN Events Reveals 2019-20 Bowl Season Slate". ESPN Events. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
^ "We don't know yet how we're going to start the @CFBONFOX season, but we know how we'll finish it. Dates and kickoff times for the @RedboxBowl and @HolidayBowl pic.twitter.com/iI1210XBwb". @FOXSportsPR. 29 May 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
^ "East-West Shrine football announces name change". shrinegame.com (Press release). September 12, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
^ Peterkin, Olivia (October 31, 2019). "HULA BOWL to reboot after 12 years as part of CBS Network partnership". bizjournals.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
^ Myerberg, Paul (January 31, 2019). "NCAA hits Missouri football, other sports with postseason ban for academic misconduct". USA TODAY. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

[1] 40 FBS bowl games, including the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, and 1 FCS bowl game.

[11] Liberty needs seven wins to be bowl-eligible, as two of their wins are against Hampton and Maine, both FCS teams. As their current record is 6–5, they need to defeat New Mexico State on November 30 to become bowl-eligible.

[13] In January 2019, Missouri's football program received a one-season postseason ban, due to misconduct by a tutor in completing coursework for student-athletes.^[10]

[CBS-2] "2019-20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.

[TN-3] "2019-20 College Football bowl schedule". The Tennessean. Retrieved June 7, 2019.

[4] "Mobile's college bowl game renamed LendingTree Bowl". WALA-TV. November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

[5] McElwain, John (May 1, 2019). "2019 Cure Bowl to be Played at Orlando City Stadium". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

[6] Baby, Ben (May 23, 2019). "Conflict with Winter Classic forces First Responder Bowl to move from Cotton Bowl to SMU's Ford Stadium". dallasnews.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

[ESPNevents-7] "ESPN Events Reveals 2019-20 Bowl Season Slate". ESPN Events. Retrieved June 7, 2019.

[8] "We don't know yet how we're going to start the @CFBONFOX season, but we know how we'll finish it. Dates and kickoff times for the @RedboxBowl and @HolidayBowl pic.twitter.com/iI1210XBwb". @FOXSportsPR. 29 May 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.

[NameChange-9] "East-West Shrine football announces name change". shrinegame.com (Press release). September 12, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[10] Peterkin, Olivia (October 31, 2019). "HULA BOWL to reboot after 12 years as part of CBS Network partnership". bizjournals.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

[12] Myerberg, Paul (January 31, 2019). "NCAA hits Missouri football, other sports with postseason ban for academic misconduct". USA TODAY. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

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