ESPN released its industry-leading 38-game bowl schedule for the 2016-17 college football season Wednesday afternoon.
Here are the details from the release about the upcoming bowl season:
ESPN’s 2016-17 college football bowl schedule will consist of 38 games, including 13 owned and operated games by ESPN Events. The industry-leading slate will begin Saturday, Dec. 17, with a tripleheader on ESPN and a doubleheader on ABC, and continues through Monday, Jan. 2, with ESPN/ESPN2 televising 33 games and ABC airing four during the 17-action packed days. The season will conclude with the College Football Playoff National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 9, on ESPN.
The New Year’s Six begins on Friday, Dec. 30, with the Capital One Orange Bowl (8 p.m.) and continues on New Year’s Eve with the College Football Playoff Semifinals: the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (3 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET) and the Fiesta Bowl (3 p.m. or 7 p.m.). A tripleheader Monday, Jan. 2, will conclude the third year of the premier bowl series: Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (1 p.m.), the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual (5 p.m.) and the Allstate Sugar Bowl (8:30 p.m.). Each of the New Year’s Six games will be televised on ESPN and heard on ESPN Radio.
Here’s the 2016-17 ESPN and ABC bowl coverage schedule:
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Sat, Dec. 17 | Noon | Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl | ABC |
| 2 p.m. | Gildan New Mexico Bowl | ESPN | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Las Vegas Bowl | ABC | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | ESPN | |
| Mon, Dec. 19 | 2:30 p.m. | Miami Beach Bowl | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec. 20 | 7 p.m. | Marmot Boca Raton Bowl | ESPN |
| Wed, Dec. 21 | 9 p.m. | San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | ESPN |
| Thu, Dec. 22 | 7 p.m. | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | ESPN |
| Fri, Dec. 23 | 1 p.m. | Popeyes Bahamas Bowl | ESPN |
| 4:30 p.m. | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | ESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | GoDaddy Bowl | ESPN | |
| Sat, Dec. 24 | 8 p.m. | Hawai’i Bowl | ESPN |
| Mon, Dec. 26 | 11 a.m. | St. Petersburg Bowl | ESPN |
| 2:30 p.m. | Quick Lane Bowl | ESPN | |
| 5 p.m. | Camping World Independence Bowl | ESPN2 | |
| Tue, Dec. 27 | Noon | Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl | ESPN |
| 3:30 p.m. | Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman | ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | Holiday Bowl | ESPN | |
| 10:15 p.m. | Cactus Bowl | ESPN | |
| Wed, Dec. 28 | 2 p.m. | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | ESPN |
| 5:30 p.m. | Russell Athletic Bowl | ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl | ESPN | |
| Thur, Dec. 29 | 2 p.m. | Birmingham Bowl | ESPN |
| 5:30 p.m. | Belk Bowl | ESPN | |
| 9 p.m. | Valero Alamo Bowl | ESPN | |
| Fri, Dec. 30 | Noon | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | ESPN |
| 3:30 p.m. | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | ESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | Capital One Orange Bowl | ESPN | |
| Sat, Dec. 31 | 11 a.m. | Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl | ABC |
| 11 a.m. | TaxSlayer Bowl | ESPN | |
| 3 p.m. or 7 p.m. | College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | ESPN | |
| 3 p.m. or 7 p.m. | College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl | ESPN | |
| Mon, Jan. 2 | 1p.m. | Outback Bowl | ABC |
| 1 p.m. | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | ESPN | |
| 5 p.m. | Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual | ESPN | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Allstate Sugar Bowl | ESPN |
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.
