2020 Bowl Games: Schedule, College Football Playoff teams, kickoff times, cancellations for NCAA bowl games

College football bowl games were set on Sunday for the 2020-21 postseason slate

The wild process of college football bowl game selections has now concluded with 56 of the 127 FBS teams that were active in the 2020 season filling slots in 28 postseason contests. It all started with the announcement of the four College Football Playoff teams and continued with the release of the final CFP Rankings and the rest of the New Year's Six games.

After that, every bowl game trickled in as some teams opted out and some games were canceled until every last spot was filled. Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame -- in that order -- make up the playoff field. Texas A&M and Cincinnati were among the teams disappointed not to make it in, but both are in premier New Year's Six bowl games.

Oklahoma vs. Florida in the Cotton Bowl may be the best matchup of that New Year's Six grouping, while Auburn vs. Northwestern presents an intriguing matchup in the Citrus Bowl.

Check out the complete CFP field along with the New Year's Six bowls and the rest of the bowl games below. 

College Football Playoff

Date	Game / Loc.	Time (TV)	Matchup
Jan. 11	National Championship Miami	8 p.m. (ESPN)	Semifinal winners
Jan. 1	Rose Bowl Arlington, Texas	5 p.m. (ESPN)	(1) Alabama vs. (4) Notre Dame
Jan. 1	Sugar Bowl New Orleans	8:45 p.m. (ESPN)	(2) Clemson vs. (3) Ohio State

New Year's Six bowl games

Date	Bowl / Location	Time (TV)	Matchup
Jan. 2	Orange Miami	8 p.m. (ESPN)	(5) Texas A&M vs. (13) North Carolina
Jan. 2	Fiesta Glendale, Ariz.	4 p.m. (ESPN)	(25) Oregon vs. (10) Iowa State
Jan. 1	Peach Atlanta	12:30 p.m. (ESPN)	(8) Cincinnati vs. (9) Georgia
Dec. 30	Cotton Arlington, Tex.	8 p.m. (ESPN)	(6) Oklahoma vs. (7) Florida

Other bowl games

Date	Bowl	Time (TV)	Matchup
Jan. 2	Outback Tampa, Fla.	12:30 p.m. (ABC)	Ole Miss vs. Indiana
Jan. 2	Gator Jacksonville, Fla.	Noon (ESPN)	Kentucky vs. NC State
Jan. 1	Citrus Orlando, Fla.	1 p.m. (ABC)	Auburn vs.  Northwestern
Dec. 31	Texas Houston, Texas	8 p.m. (ESPN)	TCU vs. Arkansas
Dec. 31	Liberty Memphis, Tenn.	4 p.m. (ESPN)	West Virginia vs. Army
Dec. 31	Arizona Tucson, Ariz.	2 p.m. (CBS)	Ball State vs.  San Jose State
Dec. 31	Armed Forces Fort Worth, Texas	Noon (ESPN)	Mississippi State vs. Tulsa
Dec. 30	Music City Nashville, Tenn.	4 p.m. (ESPN)	Iowa vs. Missouri
Dec. 30	Duke's Mayo Charlotte, N.C.	Noon (ESPN)	Wake Forest vs. Wisconsin
Dec. 29	Alamo San Antonio, Texas	9 p.m. (ESPN)	Texas vs. Colorado
Dec. 29	Cheez-It Phoenix, Ariz.	5:30 p.m. (ESPN)	Miami (FL) vs. Oklahoma State
Dec. 26	LendingTree Mobile, Ala.	3:30 p.m. (ESPN)	Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State
Dec. 26	First Responder Dallas, Texas	3:30 p.m. p.m. (ABC)	Louisiana vs. UTSA
Dec. 26	Gasparilla Tampa, Fla.	Noon (ABC)	UAB vs. TBD
Dec. 26	Cure Orlando, Fla.	TBA (ESPN)	Coastal Carolina vs. Liberty
Dec. 25	Camellia Montgomery, Ala.	2:30 p.m. (ESPN)	Buffalo vs. Marshall
Dec. 24	New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M.	3:30 p.m. (ESPN)	Houston vs. Hawaii
Dec. 23	Montgomery Montgomery, Ala.	7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)	Memphis vs. FAU
Dec. 23	New Orleans New Orleans	3:30 p.m. (ESPN)	Louisiana Tech vs. Georgia Southern
Dec. 22	Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla.	7 p.m. (ESPN)	UCF vs. BYU
Dec. 22	Idaho Potato Boise, Idaho	3:30 p.m. (ESPN)	Tulane vs. Nevada
Dec. 21	Myrtle Beach Conway, S.C.	2:30 p.m. (ESPN)	Appalachian State 56, North Texas 28

Canceled bowls (16): Bahamas, Birmingham, Celebration, Fenway, Frisco, Guaranteed Rate, Hawai'i, Holiday, Independence, LA, Las Vegas, Military, Pinstripe, Quick Lane, Redbox, Sun

Teams that opted out (22): Tennessee, South Carolina, Boise State, Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Kansas State, Louisville, LSU (self-imposed bowl ban), Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Pittsburgh, San Diego State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Washington, Washington State

[Dec 20, 2020 at 4:51 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

Guaranteed Rate bowl will not be played this year

[Dec 20, 2020 at 4:10 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

Boise State will opt out of a bowl game, according to Brett McMurphy. That puts the number of bowls potentially getting canceled today up to 2

[Dec 20, 2020 at 3:42 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

could be costly for Notre Dame's defense

[Dec 20, 2020 at 3:07 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

Miami will play Oklahoma State in the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando

[Dec 20, 2020 at 3:04 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

Wake Forest making a short trip down I-85 to Charlotte for the Duke's Mayo Bowl

[Dec 20, 2020 at 3:03 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

NC State to the Gator Bowl

[Dec 20, 2020 at 3:03 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

https://twitter.com/ACCFootbal...

[Dec 20, 2020 at 2:55 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

Maryland also opts out of the bowl season

[Dec 20, 2020 at 2:52 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

sounds like it was an Iowa State vs. Indiana debate for the last at-large spot. Barta cites Iowa State's wins against Oklahoma and Texas as the reasons the Cyclones got a spot and Indiana did not.

[Dec 20, 2020 at 2:51 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

Barta says that after the Orange Bowl, the other three games were decided by geography and "looking for matchups"

[Dec 20, 2020 at 2:50 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

"statistics matter, but so does who is the better team" -- Gary Barta, CFP selection committee chair

[Dec 20, 2020 at 2:50 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

Cincinnati over Coastal Carolina ... "We look at all the undefeated teams. Cincinnati won its conference championship and they played five teams above .500" cites "discipline" and "the quarterback" aka Desmond Ridder as the reasons the Bearcats got the edge. Says it was a "football judgement" that made up the gap with Coastal having one more ranked win than Cincinnati

[Dec 20, 2020 at 2:48 pm ET · Chip Patterson]

now we've got Iowa AD Gary Barta, selection committee chair, answering questions