2017 -- 18 NCAA Football bowl games - wikipedia 2017 -- 18 NCAA Football bowl games 2017 -- 18 NCAA football bowl games Season 2017 Regular season August 26, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 26 ) -- December 9, 2017 ( 2017 - 12 - 09 ) Number of bowls 40 All - star games Bowl games December 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 12 - 16 ) -- January 8, 2018 ( 2018 - 01 - 08 ) National Championship 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship Location of Championship Mercedes - Benz Stadium Atlanta Bowl Challenge Cup winner Big Ten Bowl record by conference Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll SEC 11 5 -- 6 ( 0.455 ) 5 ACC 10 4 -- 6 ( 0.400 ) Conference USA 9 4 -- 5 ( 0.444 ) 0 Pac - 12 9 1 -- 8 ( 0.111 ) Big Ten 8 7 -- 1 ( 0.875 ) 5 Big 12 8 5 -- 3 ( 0.625 ) American 7 4 -- 3 ( 0.571 ) Mountain West 6 3 -- 3 ( 0.500 ) MAC 5 1 -- 4 ( 0.200 ) 0 Sun Belt 5 4 -- 1 ( 0.800 ) 0 Independents 2 -- 0 ( 1.000 ) ← 2016 -- 17 Bowl game 2018 -- 19 → The 2017 -- 18 NCAA football bowl games was a series of college football bowl games which completed the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The games began on December 16, 2017, and aside from the all - star games ended with the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship which was played on January 8, 2018. The total of 40 team - competitive bowls, including the national championship game, was one less than the previous year, with the folding of the Poinsettia Bowl. To fill the 78 available bowl slots, a total of 15 teams ( 19 % of all participants ) with non-winning ( 6 -- 6 ) seasons participated in bowl games. This marks only the second time in seven years that no teams with losing seasons ( 6 -- 7 or 5 -- 7 ) had to be invited to fill available bowl berths. Contents 1 Schedule 1.1 College Football Playoff and Championship Game 1.2 Non-CFP bowl games 1.3 All - star games 2 Selection of the teams 2.1 CFP top 25 teams 2.2 Bowl - eligible teams 2.3 Bowl - eligible teams that did not receive a berth 2.4 Bowl - ineligible teams 3 References Schedule The schedule for the 2017 -- 18 bowl games is below. All times are EST ( UTC − 5 ). College Football Playoff and Championship game The College Football Playoff system was used to determine a national champion 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 of the 2017 season. The top four teams in the final ranking played a single - elimination semifinal round, with the winners advancing to the National Championship game. The semifinal games were the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. Both were played on New Year 's Day, as part of a yearly rotation of three pairs of six bowls, commonly referred to as the CFP New Year 's Six bowl games. Their winners advanced to the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes - Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 8, 2018. Semifinals Championship January 1 -- Sugar Bowl Mercedes - Benz Superdome, New Orleans 1 Clemson 6 4 Alabama 24 January 8 -- National Championship Mercedes - Benz Stadium, Atlanta 4 Alabama ( OT ) 26 January 1 -- Rose Bowl Rose Bowl, Pasadena 3 Georgia 23 2 Oklahoma 48 3 Georgia ( 2OT ) 54 This bracket : view talk edit Date Game Site Teams Affiliations Results Dec 29 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas 8 : 30 pm # 5 Ohio State Buckeyes ( 11 -- 2 ) # 8 USC Trojans ( 11 -- 2 ) Big Ten Pac - 12 Ohio State 24 USC 7 Dec 30 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona 4 : 00 pm # 9 Penn State Nittany Lions ( 10 -- 2 ) # 11 Washington Huskies ( 10 -- 2 ) Big Ten Pac - 12 Penn State 35 Washington 28 Capital One Orange Bowl Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida 8 : 00 pm # 6 Wisconsin Badgers ( 12 -- 1 ) # 10 Miami Hurricanes ( 10 -- 2 ) Big Ten ACC Wisconsin 34 Miami 24 Jan 1 Chick - fil - A Peach Bowl Mercedes - Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 12 : 30 pm # 12 UCF Knights ( 12 -- 0 ) # 7 Auburn Tigers ( 10 -- 3 ) American SEC UCF 34 Auburn 27 Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual ( Playoff Semifinal Game ) Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 5 : 00 pm # 3 Georgia Bulldogs ( 12 -- 1 ) # 2 Oklahoma Sooners ( 12 -- 1 ) SEC Big 12 Georgia 54 Oklahoma 48 ( 2OT ) Allstate Sugar Bowl ( Playoff Semifinal Game ) Mercedes - Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 8 : 45 pm # 4 Alabama Crimson Tide ( 11 -- 1 ) # 1 Clemson Tigers ( 12 -- 1 ) SEC ACC Alabama 24 Clemson 6 Jan 8 College Football Playoff National Championship ( Rose Bowl winner vs. Sugar Bowl winner ) Mercedes - Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 8 : 00 pm # 4 Alabama Crimson Tide ( 12 - 1 ) # 3 Georgia Bulldogs ( 13 -- 1 ) SEC SEC Alabama 26 Georgia 23 ( OT ) Non-cfp bowl games On April 11, 2016, the NCAA announced a freeze on new bowl games until after the 2019 season. While bowl games had been the purview of only the very best teams for nearly a century, the NCAA had to lower its postseason eligibility criteria repeatedly ( 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013 ), eventually allowing teams with losing seasons ( 5 -- 7 ) to participate in bowls due to there being not enough bowl - eligible teams, while also having to allow teams from the same conference to meet in the 2015 Arizona Bowl due to the lack of eligible teams to meet its other tie - ins. For the 2017 -- 18 bowl season, 62 % of the 130 teams playing in Division I FBS were deemed eligible to participate in a bowl game, with 60 % actually receiving invites to fill the 78 available slots. For the 2017 -- 18 bowl season, changes from the prior season 's bowl games are the Frisco Bowl replacing the Miami Beach Bowl, and discontinuation of the Poinsettia Bowl. What was the Russell Athletic Bowl is now the Camping World Bowl, due to a sponsorship change and the St. Petersburg Bowl has been renamed as the Gasparilla Bowl, after mythical St. Petersburg area pirate José Gaspar. Date Game Site Television Radio Teams Affiliations Results Dec 16 R + L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Mercedes - Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 1 : 00 pm ESPN ESPN Radio Troy Trojans ( 10 -- 2 ) North Texas Mean Green ( 9 -- 4 ) Sun Belt C -- USA Troy 50 North Texas 30 AutoNation Cure Bowl Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida 2 : 30 pm CBSSN Touchdown Radio Georgia State Panthers ( 6 -- 5 ) Western Kentucky Hilltoppers ( 6 -- 6 ) Sun Belt C - USA Georgia State 27 Western Kentucky 17 Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, Nevada 3 : 30 pm ABC Sports USA # 25 Boise State Broncos ( 10 -- 3 ) Oregon Ducks ( 7 -- 5 ) Mountain West Pac -- 12 Boise State 38 Oregon 28 Gildan New Mexico Bowl Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico 4 : 30 pm ESPN ESPN Radio Marshall Thundering Herd ( 7 -- 5 ) Colorado State Rams ( 7 -- 5 ) C -- USA Mountain West Marshall 31 Colorado State 28 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Cramton Bowl Montgomery, Alabama 8 : 00 pm ESPN Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders ( 6 -- 6 ) Arkansas State Red Wolves ( 7 -- 4 ) C -- USA Sun Belt Middle Tennessee 35 Arkansas State 30 Dec 19 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida 7 : 00 pm ESPN Florida Atlantic Owls ( 10 -- 3 ) Akron Zips ( 7 -- 6 ) C -- USA MAC Florida Atlantic 50 Akron 3 Dec 20 DXL Frisco Bowl Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas 8 : 00 pm ESPN RedVoice, LLC Louisiana Tech Bulldogs ( 6 -- 6 ) SMU Mustangs ( 7 -- 5 ) C -- USA American Louisiana Tech 51 SMU 10 Dec 21 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 8 : 00 pm ESPN Temple Owls ( 6 -- 6 ) FIU Panthers ( 8 -- 4 ) American C -- USA Temple 28 FIU 3 Dec 22 Bahamas Bowl Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau, Bahamas 12 : 30 pm ESPN Ohio Bobcats ( 8 -- 4 ) UAB Blazers ( 8 -- 4 ) MAC C -- USA Ohio 41 UAB 6 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Albertsons Stadium Boise, Idaho 4 : 00 pm ESPN Wyoming Cowboys ( 7 -- 5 ) Central Michigan Chippewas ( 8 -- 4 ) Mountain West MAC Wyoming 37 Central Michigan 14 Dec 23 Birmingham Bowl Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama 12 : 00 pm ESPN South Florida Bulls ( 9 -- 2 ) Texas Tech Red Raiders ( 6 -- 6 ) American Big 12 South Florida 38 Texas Tech 34 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas 3 : 30 pm ESPN Army Black Knights ( 9 -- 3 ) San Diego State Aztecs ( 10 -- 2 ) Independents Mountain West Army 42 San Diego State 35 Dollar General Bowl Ladd -- Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama 7 : 00 pm ESPN Nevada SN Appalachian State Mountaineers ( 8 -- 4 ) Toledo Rockets ( 11 -- 2 ) Sun Belt MAC Appalachian State 34 Toledo 0 Dec 24 Hawaii Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii 8 : 30 pm ESPN ESPN Radio Fresno State Bulldogs ( 9 -- 4 ) Houston Cougars ( 7 -- 4 ) Mountain West American Fresno State 33 Houston 27 Dec 26 Zaxby 's Heart of Dallas Bowl Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas, Texas 1 : 00 pm ESPN RedVoice, LLC Utah Utes ( 6 -- 6 ) West Virginia Mountaineers ( 7 -- 5 ) Pac - 12 Big 12 Utah 30 West Virginia 14 Quick Lane Bowl Ford Field Detroit, Michigan 5 : 15 pm ESPN WJR Duke Blue Devils ( 6 -- 6 ) Northern Illinois Huskies ( 8 -- 4 ) ACC MAC Duke 36 Northern Illinois 14 Cactus Bowl Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona 9 : 00 pm ESPN ESPN Radio Kansas State Wildcats ( 7 -- 5 ) UCLA Bruins ( 6 -- 6 ) Big 12 Pac - 12 Kansas State 35 UCLA 17 Dec 27 Walk - On 's Independence Bowl Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana 1 : 30 pm ESPN Sports USA Florida State Seminoles ( 6 -- 6 ) Southern Miss Golden Eagles ( 8 -- 4 ) ACC C -- USA Florida State 42 Southern Miss 13 New Era Pinstripe Bowl Yankee Stadium Bronx, New York 5 : 15 pm ESPN ESPN Radio Iowa Hawkeyes ( 7 -- 5 ) Boston College Eagles ( 7 -- 5 ) Big Ten ACC Iowa 27 Boston College 20 Foster Farms Bowl Levi 's Stadium Santa Clara, California 8 : 30 pm Fox Fox Sports Radio Purdue Boilermakers ( 6 -- 6 ) Arizona Wildcats ( 7 -- 5 ) Big Ten Pac - 12 Purdue 38 Arizona 35 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl NRG Stadium Houston, Texas 9 : 00 pm ESPN ESPN Radio Texas Longhorns ( 6 -- 6 ) Missouri Tigers ( 7 -- 5 ) Big 12 SEC Texas 33 Missouri 16 Dec 28 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman Navy -- Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland 1 : 30 pm ESPN ESPN Radio Navy Midshipmen ( 6 -- 6 ) Virginia Cavaliers ( 6 -- 6 ) American ACC Navy 49 Virginia 7 Camping World Bowl Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida 5 : 15 pm ESPN # 19 Oklahoma State Cowboys ( 9 -- 3 ) # 22 Virginia Tech Hokies ( 9 -- 3 ) Big 12 ACC Oklahoma State 30 Virginia Tech 21 Valero Alamo Bowl Alamodome San Antonio, Texas 9 : 00 pm ESPN # 15 TCU Horned Frogs ( 10 -- 3 ) # 13 Stanford Cardinal ( 9 -- 4 ) Big 12 Pac - 12 TCU 39 Stanford 37 San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl SDCCU Stadium San Diego, California 9 : 00 pm FS1 Fox Sports Radio # 16 Michigan State Spartans ( 9 -- 3 ) # 18 Washington State Cougars ( 9 -- 3 ) Big Ten Pac - 12 Michigan State 42 Washington State 17 Dec 29 Belk Bowl Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina 1 : 00 pm ESPN ESPN Radio Wake Forest Demon Deacons ( 7 -- 5 ) Texas A&M Aggies ( 7 -- 5 ) ACC SEC Wake Forest 55 Texas A&M 52 Hyundai Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas 3 : 00 pm CBS Sports USA # 24 NC State Wolfpack ( 8 -- 4 ) Arizona State Sun Devils ( 7 -- 5 ) ACC Pac - 12 NC State 52 Arizona State 31 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Nissan Stadium Nashville, Tennessee 4 : 30 pm ESPN ESPN Radio # 21 Northwestern Wildcats ( 9 -- 3 ) Kentucky Wildcats ( 7 -- 5 ) Big Ten SEC Northwestern 24 Kentucky 23 Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona 5 : 30 pm CBSSN New Mexico State Aggies ( 6 -- 6 ) Utah State Aggies ( 6 -- 6 ) Sun Belt Mountain West New Mexico State 26 Utah State 20 ( OT ) Dec 30 TaxSlayer Bowl EverBank Field Jacksonville, Florida 12 : 00 pm ESPN Touchdown Radio # 23 Mississippi State Bulldogs ( 8 -- 4 ) Louisville Cardinals ( 8 -- 4 ) SEC ACC Mississippi State 31 Louisville 27 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee 12 : 30 pm ABC ESPN Radio Iowa State Cyclones ( 7 -- 5 ) # 20 Memphis Tigers ( 10 -- 2 ) Big 12 American Iowa State 21 Memphis 20 Jan 1 Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida 12 : 00 pm ESPN2 Sports USA South Carolina Gamecocks ( 8 -- 4 ) Michigan Wolverines ( 8 -- 4 ) SEC Big Ten South Carolina 26 Michigan 19 Citrus Bowl presented by Overton 's Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida 1 : 00 pm ABC ESPN Radio # 14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish ( 9 -- 3 ) # 17 LSU Tigers ( 9 -- 3 ) Independents SEC Notre Dame 21 LSU 17 All - star games Date Game Site Television Participants Results Jan 20 East -- West Shrine Game Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 3 : 00 pm NFL Network East Team West Team West 14 East 10 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 4 : 00 pm FS1 American Team National Team National 23 American 0 Jan 27 Senior Bowl Ladd -- Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama 2 : 30 pm NFL Network North Team South Team South 45 North 16 Selection of the teams CFP top 25 teams On December 3, 2017, the College Football Playoff selection committee announced their final team rankings for the year. In the fourth year of the College Football Playoff era, this was the first time that two of the four semifinalists ( Georgia and Alabama ) were from the same conference. Rank Team W -- L Conference and standing Bowl game Clemson Tigers 12 -- 1 ACC champions Sugar Bowl Oklahoma Sooners 12 -- 1 Big 12 champions Rose Bowl Georgia Bulldogs 12 -- 1 SEC champions Rose Bowl Alabama Crimson Tide 11 -- 1 SEC West Division co-champions Sugar Bowl 5 Ohio State Buckeyes 11 -- 2 Big Ten champions Cotton Bowl 6 Wisconsin Badgers 12 -- 1 Big Ten West Division champions Orange Bowl 7 Auburn Tigers 10 -- 3 SEC West Division co-champions Peach Bowl 8 USC Trojans 11 -- 2 Pac - 12 champions Cotton Bowl 9 Penn State Nittany Lions 10 -- 2 Big Ten East Division second place ( tie ) Fiesta Bowl 10 Miami Hurricanes 10 -- 2 ACC Coastal Division champions Orange Bowl 11 Washington Huskies 10 -- 2 Pac - 12 North Division co-champions Fiesta Bowl 12 UCF Knights 12 -- 0 AAC champions Peach Bowl 13 Stanford Cardinal 9 -- 4 Pac - 12 North Division co-champions Alamo Bowl 14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9 -- 3 Independent Citrus Bowl 15 TCU Horned Frogs 10 -- 3 Big 12 second place Alamo Bowl 16 Michigan State Spartans 9 -- 3 Big Ten East Division second place ( tie ) Holiday Bowl 17 LSU Tigers 9 -- 3 SEC West Division third place Citrus Bowl 18 Washington State Cougars 9 -- 3 Pac - 12 North Division third place Holiday Bowl 19 Oklahoma State Cowboys 9 -- 3 Big 12 third place Camping World Bowl 20 Memphis Tigers 10 -- 2 AAC West Division champions Liberty Bowl 21 Northwestern Wildcats 9 -- 3 Big Ten West Division second place Music City Bowl 22 Virginia Tech Hokies 9 -- 3 ACC Coastal Division second place Camping World Bowl 23 Mississippi State Bulldogs 8 -- 4 SEC West Division fourth place ( tie ) TaxSlayer Bowl 24 NC State Wolfpack 8 -- 4 ACC Atlantic Division second place Sun Bowl 25 Boise State Broncos 10 -- 3 MWC champions Las Vegas Bowl Bowl - eligible teams American ( 7 ) : Houston, Memphis, Navy, SMU, South Florida, Temple, UCF ACC ( 10 ) : Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest Big Ten ( 8 ) : Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin Big 12 ( 8 ) : Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia C - USA ( 10 ) : FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Southern Miss, UAB, UTSA, Western Kentucky Independent ( 2 ) : Army, Notre Dame MAC ( 7 ) : Akron, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan Mountain West ( 6 ) : Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, Wyoming Pac - 12 ( 9 ) : Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State SEC ( 9 ) : Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M Sun Belt ( 5 ) : Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, New Mexico State, Troy Number of teams going to bowl games : 78 Number of bowl - eligible teams : 81 In mid-December multiple media sources reported that Florida State might not have met its bowl eligibility requirements. The team had a record of 6 -- 6, with one of the wins -- their 77 -- 6 victory over Delaware State -- against an FCS team. For such a game to count towards bowl eligibility, the FCS opponent must have used at least 90 percent of its allotted scholarships, and it was not clear that Delaware State had done so. But a few days later the Florida State administration issued a statement saying that Delaware State did in fact meet that threshold, once non-athletic scholarship funds were factored in. Bowl - eligible teams that did not receive a berth As there are more bowl - eligible teams than bowl berths, three bowl - eligible teams did not receive a bowl berth : Buffalo ( 6 -- 6 ) UTSA ( 6 -- 5 ) Western Michigan ( 6 -- 6 ) Bowl - ineligible teams American ( 5 ) : Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Tulane, Tulsa ACC ( 4 ) : Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Syracuse Big Ten ( 6 ) : Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers Big 12 ( 2 ) : Baylor, Kansas C - USA ( 4 ) : Charlotte, Old Dominion, Rice, UTEP Independent ( 2 ) : BYU, Massachusetts MAC ( 5 ) : Ball State, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami ( OH ) Mountain West ( 6 ) : Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV Pac - 12 ( 3 ) : California, Colorado, Oregon State SEC ( 5 ) : Arkansas, Florida, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vanderbilt Sun Belt ( 7 ) : Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Idaho, Louisiana -- Lafayette, Louisiana -- Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State Notes Jump up ^ Despite winning six games for a. 500 ( 6 -- 6 ) regular - season record, Ole Miss is bowl - ineligible due to a self - imposed bowl ban. Jump up ^ Coastal Carolina is in the second year of its two - year transition from FCS to FBS and is bowl - ineligible due to NCAA regulations, but would have been ineligible based on record in any case. Number of bowl - ineligible teams : 49 References ^ Jump up to : `` 2017 -- 18 college football bowl schedule, dates, times, TV channels ''. CBS Sports. May 10, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` 2017 -- 18 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule ''. ESPN. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017. Jump up ^ Dinich, Heather ( June 28, 2016 ). `` College Football Playoff tweaks dates in upcoming seasons ''. ESPN. Retrieved July 28, 2016. Jump up ^ `` The full bowl schedule is here now ''. SB Nation. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Patterson, Chip ( December 3, 2017 ). `` 2017 Bowl Games : Announcements, schedule, College Football Playoff matchups ''. CBS Sports. Retrieved December 7, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nebraska, Minnesota, San Jose St. taking 5 -- 7 records to bowl ''. NCAA.com. Retrieved 18 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` NCAA approves three - year halt to new bowl games ''. ESPN.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` NCAA moratorium means no bowl game for Myrtle Beach, for now ''. Myrtle Beach Online. Associated Press. Retrieved 12 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` Selection Committee Rankings : Final Top 25 Rankings '' ( PDF ). College Football Playoff. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017. Jump up ^ Rollins, Khadrice ( December 21, 2017 ). `` Florida State Is Not Bowl Eligible but Will Still Play in Independence Bowl ''. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 31, 2017. Jump up ^ Knight, Joey ( December 22, 2017 ). `` FSU Says Reddit Is Wrong ; Seminoles Are Bowl Eligible After All ''. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved December 31, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Ole Miss announces self - imposed bowl ban for 2017 season ''. SI.com. February 22, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017. 2017 -- 18 NCAA football bowl game season New Mexico ( Dec. 16 ) Las Vegas ( Dec. 16 ) Camellia ( Dec. 16 ) Cure ( Dec. 16 ) New Orleans ( Dec. 16 ) Boca Raton ( Dec. 19 ) Frisco ( Dec. 20 ) Gasparilla ( Dec. 21 ) Famous Idaho Potato ( Dec. 22 ) Bahamas ( Dec. 22 ) Armed Forces ( Dec. 23 ) Birmingham ( Dec. 23 ) Dollar General ( Dec. 23 ) Hawaii ( Dec. 24 ) Quick Lane ( Dec. 26 ) Heart of Dallas ( Dec. 26 ) Cactus ( Dec. 26 ) Independence ( Dec. 27 ) Pinstripe ( Dec. 27 ) Texas ( Dec. 27 ) Foster Farms ( Dec. 27 ) Military ( Dec. 28 ) Camping World ( Dec. 28 ) Alamo ( Dec. 28 ) Holiday ( Dec. 28 ) Belk ( Dec. 29 ) Cotton ( Dec. 29 ) Sun ( Dec. 29 ) Music City ( Dec. 29 ) Arizona ( Dec. 29 ) Fiesta ( Dec. 30 ) Liberty ( Dec. 30 ) Orange ( Dec. 30 ) TaxSlayer ( Dec. 30 ) Citrus ( Jan. 1 ) Outback ( Jan. 1 ) Peach ( Jan. 1 ) College Football Playoff games : Rose ( semifinal ) ( Jan. 1 ) Sugar ( semifinal ) ( Jan. 1 ) National Championship Game ( Jan. 8 ) All - Star Games East -- West Shrine Game ( Jan. 20 ) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl ( Jan. 20 ) Senior Bowl ( Jan. 27 ) 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season Conference seasons The American ACC Big Ten Big 12 Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac - 12 SEC Sun Belt Inter-conference Bowl games Rankings All - Americans 2017 College Football All - America Team NCAA football bowl seasons 1934 -- 35 1935 -- 36 1936 -- 37 1937 -- 38 1938 -- 39 1939 -- 40 1940 -- 41 1941 -- 42 1942 -- 43 1943 -- 44 1944 -- 45 1945 -- 46 1946 -- 47 1947 -- 48 1948 -- 49 1949 -- 50 1950 -- 51 1951 -- 52 1952 -- 53 1953 -- 54 1954 -- 55 1955 -- 56 1956 -- 57 1957 -- 58 1958 -- 59 1959 -- 60 1960 -- 61 1961 -- 62 1962 -- 63 1963 -- 64 1964 -- 65 1965 -- 66 1966 -- 67 1967 -- 68 1968 -- 69 1969 -- 70 1970 -- 71 1971 -- 72 1972 -- 73 1973 -- 74 1974 -- 75 1975 -- 76 1976 -- 77 1977 -- 78 1978 -- 79 1979 -- 80 1980 -- 81 1981 -- 82 1982 -- 83 1983 -- 84 1984 -- 85 1985 -- 86 1986 -- 87 1987 -- 88 1988 -- 89 1989 -- 90 1990 -- 91 1991 -- 92 1992 -- 93 1993 -- 94 1994 -- 95 1995 -- 96 1996 -- 97 1997 -- 98 1998 -- 99 1999 -- 00 2000 -- 01 2001 -- 02 2002 -- 03 2003 -- 04 2004 -- 05 2005 -- 06 2006 -- 07 2007 -- 08 2008 -- 09 2009 -- 10 2010 -- 11 2011 -- 12 2012 -- 13 2013 -- 14 2014 -- 15 2015 -- 16 2016 -- 17 2017 -- 18 2018 -- 19 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2017 -- 18_NCAA_football_bowl_games&oldid = 834477743 '' Categories : 2017 -- 18 NCAA football bowl games Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 5 April 2018, at 22 : 58. 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