The official 2018 college football bowl schedule has been released and there will be no games on Christmas or Christmas eve. This makes a ton of sense because it puts too much stress on fans and players to travel during the holidays. No one wants to fly on Christmas day. I had to do it as a player at Utah in 2005 for the Emerald nut bowl and I hated it. Don’t make fans do it either. Here is the complete bowl schedule.
| 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 |
