ESPN releases full 2018-19 college football postseason schedule
ESPN announced Wednesday its full schedule of 35 postseason games for the 2018-19 college football season.
ESPN’s bowl season kicks off December 15 with the Celebration Bowl and finishes Monday, January 7, 2019 for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
The release also detailed how wildly popular last year’s national championship game and Rose Bowl game were. The national title between Alabama and Georgia drew 29,932,000 viewers, while the The Rose Bowl Game delivered 28,311,000 viewers. Obviously, the SEC had its hand all over both games. That’s not likely to change in 2018-19, although it will certainly be tough to duplicate two SEC teams playing in the national title game again.
Here’s the full schedule from ESPN’s release:
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Sat, Dec. 15 | Noon | 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 | |
Tue, Dec. 18 | 7 p.m. | Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl | ESPN |
Wed, Dec. 19 | 8 p.m. | Frisco Bowl | ESPN |
Thu, Dec. 20 | 8 p.m. | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | ESPN |
Fri, Dec. 21 | 12:30 p.m. | Bahamas Bowl | ESPN |
4 p.m. | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | ESPN | |
Sat, Dec. 22 | Noon | Birmingham Bowl | ESPN |
3:30 p.m. | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | ESPN | |
7 p.m. | Dollar General Bowl | ESPN | |
10:30 p.m. | Hawai’i Bowl | ESPN | |
Wed, Dec. 26 | 1:30 p.m. | Heart of Dallas Bowl | ESPN |
5:15 p.m. | Quick Lane Bowl | ESPN | |
9 p.m. | Cactus Bowl | ESPN | |
Thu, Dec. 27 | 1:30 p.m. | Walk-On’s Independence Bowl | ESPN |
5:15 p.m. | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | ESPN | |
9 p.m. | Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl | ESPN | |
Fri, Dec. 28 | 1:30 p.m. | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | ESPN |
5:15 p.m. | Camping World Bowl | ESPN | |
9 p.m. | Valero Alamo Bowl | ESPN | |
Sat, Dec. 29 | Noon | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | ESPN |
Noon | Belk Bowl | ABC | |
4 or 8 p.m. | College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl | ESPN | |
4 or 8 p.m. | College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | ESPN | |
Mon, Dec. 31 | Noon | Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman | ESPN |
3:45 p.m. | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | ESPN | |
7:30 p.m. | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | ESPN | |
Tue, Jan 1 | Noon | Outback Bowl | ESPN2 |
1 p.m. | Citrus Bowl | ABC | |
1 p.m. | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | ESPN | |
5 p.m. | Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual | ESPN | |
8:30 p.m. | Allstate Sugar Bowl | ESPN | |
Mon, Jan. 7 | 8 p.m. | College Football Playoff National Championship Presented By AT&T | ESPN |