ESPN’s Bowl Season schedule for the 2026-27 college football season will feature an extensive lineup of 32 games on ESPN, ABC and the ESPN App. The postseason schedule, including 17 ESPN Events owned-and-operated bowls, starts Saturday, Dec. 12, and runs through Saturday, Jan. 2.
Coming off the most-watched Bowl Season in a decade, ESPN’s industry-leading lineup kicks off with the Cricket Celebration Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 12, at noon ET on ABC. Additional ABC matchups include tripleheaders on both Saturday, Dec. 26 and Saturday, Jan. 2. The Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl kicks off the post-Christmas slate on ABC at noon, followed by the Duke’s Mayo Bowl (3:30 p.m.) and the Cactus Bowl (7:30 p.m.) in primetime. The final day of Bowl Season showcases the Citrus Bowl (noon), the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (3:30 p.m.), and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl closing out the non-CFP bowl action at 7:30 p.m. on ABC.
ESPN will present 32 total bowl games during the 2026-27 Bowl Season. Additional highlights:
- Tuesday, Dec. 22: the inaugural Puerto Rico Bowl (1:30 p.m.) from Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Thursday, Dec. 24: a Christmas Eve doubleheader with the Isleta New Mexico Bowl at 2:30 p.m. and the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl at 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, Dec. 29 tripleheader: the JLab Birmingham Bowl at 2 p.m. the Pop-Tarts Bowl (which peaked at 10 million viewers in 2025) at 5:30 p.m. and the Valero Alamo Bowl at 9 p.m.
- Wednesday, Dec. 30 doubleheader: the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at 11:30 a.m. and the Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl at 3 p.m.
- Thursday, Dec. 31: a New Year’s Eve tripleheader with the ReliaQuest Bowl at noon, the Las Vegas Bowl at 3:45p.m., and the Kinder’s Texas Bowl at 7:30 p.m.
In addition to Bowl Season ringing in the New Year, ESPN will present two of the four 2026-27 College Football Playoff quarterfinal bowl games on New Year’s Day, as well as the CFP Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Friday, Jan. 15. ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes will each have comprehensive and robust postseason coverage, with full details to come in December.
Schedules are subject to change. Please continue to check @ESPNPR and ESPN Press Room for more information. Additional scheduling details, including commentator assignments for each bowl game, will be announced following bowl selections in December.
| Date | Time (ET) | Bowl | Where to Watch |
| Sat, Dec 12 | Noon | Cricket Celebration Bowl (Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, Ga.) | ABC |
| Tue, Dec 15 | 5:30 p.m. | IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl (Cramton Bowl – Montgomery, AL) | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | Frisco Football Classic (The Star – Frisco, TX) | ESPN | |
| Fri, Dec 18 | 11 a.m. | Boca Raton Bowl (Flagler Credit Union Stadium – Boca Raton, FL) | ESPN |
| 2:30 p.m. | Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl (Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL) | ESPN | |
| Mon, Dec 21 | 11 a.m. | Myrtle Beach Bowl (Brooks Stadium – Conway, SC) | ESPN |
| 2:30 p.m. | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Albertsons Stadium – Boise, ID) | ESPN | |
| Tue, Dec 22 | 1:30 p.m. | Puerto Rico Bowl (Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium — Bayamón, Puerto Rico) | ESPN |
| 5 p.m. | StaffDNA Cure Bowl (Acrisure Bounce House – Orlando, FL) | ESPN | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (Independence Stadium – Shreveport, LA) | ESPN | |
| Wed, Dec 23 | 2 p.m. | New Orleans Bowl (Caesars Superdome – New Orleans, LA) | ESPN |
| 5:30 p.m. | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Amon G. Carter Stadium – Fort Worth, TX) | ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | Frisco Bowl (The Star – Frisco, TX) | ESPN | |
| Thu, Dec 24 | 2:30 p.m. | Isleta New Mexico Bowl (University Stadium – Albuquerque, NM) | ESPN |
| 7 p.m. | Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex – Honolulu, HI) | ESPN | |
| Sat, Dec 26 | Noon | Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl (Yankee Stadium – Bronx, NY) | ABC |
| 2 p.m. | Wasabi Fenway Bowl (Fenway Park – Boston, MA) | ESPN | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Bank of America Stadium – Charlotte, NC) | ABC | |
| 5:30 p.m. | 68 Ventures Bowl (Hancock Whitney Stadium – Mobile, AL) | ESPN | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Cactus Bowl (Mountain America Stadium – Tempe, AZ) | ABC | |
| Mon, Dec 28 | 2 p.m. | Freedom Mortgage Military Bowl (Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium – Annapolis, MD) | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec 29 | 2 p.m. | JLab Birmingham Bowl (Protective Stadium – Birmingham, AL) | ESPN |
| 5:30 p.m. | Pop-Tarts Bowl (Camping World Stadium – Orlando, FL) | ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | Valero Alamo Bowl (Alamodome – San Antonio, TX) | ESPN | |
| Wed, Dec 30 | 11:30 a.m. | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (EverBank Stadium – Jacksonville, FL) | ESPN |
| 3 p.m. | Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl (Nissan Stadium – Nashville, TN) | ESPN | |
| Thu, Dec 31 | Noon | ReliaQuest Bowl (Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL) | ESPN |
| 3:45 p.m. | Las Vegas Bowl (Allegiant Stadium – Las Vegas, NV) | ESPN | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Kinder’s Texas Bowl (Reliant Stadium – Houston, TX) | ESPN | |
| Sat, Jan 2 | Noon | Citrus Bowl (Camping World Stadium – Orlando, FL) | ABC |
| 3:30 p.m. | SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Gerald J. Ford Stadium – Dallas, TX) | ABC | |
| 7:30 p.m. | AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium – Memphis, TN) | ABC |