2018–19 NCAA football bowl games
| 2018–19 NCAA football bowl games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular season | August 25, 2018 - December 8, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of bowls | 40[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All-star games | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl games | December 15, 2018 – January 7, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Championship |
2019 College Football Playoff National Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location of Championship |
Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018–19 NCAA football games will be a series of college football bowl games which will complete the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The games will begin on December 15, 2018, and, aside from the all-star games that follow, will end with the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship which will be played on January 7, 2019.
Bowl changes
Effective this bowl season:[2]
| Old name | New name |
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| TaxSlayer Bowl | Gator Bowl |
| Foster Farms Bowl | Redbox Bowl |
| Cactus Bowl | Cheez-It Bowl |
| Heart of Dallas Bowl | First Responder Bowl |
Additionally, the Gasparilla Bowl, which has been played in St. Petersburg, Florida, will now be played in the Tampa Bay Area.
Schedule
The schedule for the 2018–19 bowl games is below. All times are EST (UTC−5).
College Football Playoff and Championship Game
The College Football Playoff system is used to determine a national championship of Division I FBS college football. A 13-member committee of experts ranked the top 25 teams in the nation after each of the last seven weeks. The top four teams in the final ranking play in a single-eliminantion semifinal round, with the winners advancing to the National Championship game.
The semifinal games for the 2018–19 season are the Cotton Bowl and the Orange Bowl. Both will be played on December 29, 2018. as part of a yearly rotation of three pairs of six bowls, commonly referred to as the CFP New Year's Six bowl games. The winners will advance to the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on January 7, 2019.
| Semifinals | Championship | |||||||
| December 29 – Orange BowlHard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens | ||||||||
| January 7 – National ChampionshipLevi's Stadium, Santa Clara | ||||||||
| December 29 – Cotton BowlAT&T Stadium, Arlington | ||||||||
| Date | Game | Site | Teams | Affiliations | Results |
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| Dec 29 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 12:00 pm |
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| Capital One Orange Bowl
(Playoff Semifinal Game) |
Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida 4:00 pm |
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| Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
(Playoff Semifinal Game) |
AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas 8:00 pm |
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| Jan 1 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | State Farm Stadium Glendale, Arizona 1:00 pm |
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| Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 5:00 pm |
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| Allstate Sugar Bowl | Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 8:30 pm |
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| Jan 7 | College Football Playoff National Championship
(Cotton Bowl winner vs Orange Bowl Winner) |
Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, California 8:00 pm |
Non CFP bowl games
All Star Games
| Date | Game | Site | Television | Participants | Results |
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| Jan 19 | East–West Shrine Game | Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 3:00 pm |
NFL Network | East Team West Team |
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| NFLPA Collegiate Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 4:00 pm |
FS1 | American Team National Team |
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| Jan 26 | Senior Bowl | Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama 2:30 pm |
NFL Network | North Team South Team |
Selections of the teams
Bowl–eligible teams
- ACC (1): Clemson
- American (3): Cincinnati, South Florida, UCF
- Big Ten (1): Ohio State
- Big 12 (1): Texas
- C-USA (1): North Texas
- Independent (1): Notre Dame
- MAC (1): Buffalo
- Mountain West (1): Hawaii
- SEC (4): Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU
Number of bowl berths available: 78
Number of bowl-eligible teams: 14
Teams one win away from bowl eligibility
- ACC (4): Boston College, Duke, Miami, NC State
- American (1): Houston
- Big Ten (2): Iowa, Michigan
- Big 12 (2): Oklahoma, West Virginia
- C-USA (1): UAB
- MAC (1): Western Michigan
- Mountain West (2): San Diego State, Utah State
- Pac-12 (4): Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Washington State
- SEC (2): Kentucky, Texas A&M
- Sun Belt (2): Georgia Southern, Troy
Number of teams one win from bowl eligibility: 21
Bowl–ineligible teams
- Independent (1): Liberty – not bowl eligible until 2019, due to their transition from FCS to FBS unless they have at least 6 eligible wins and there are not enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all the spots.[3]
- SEC (1): Ole Miss - not bowl eligible until 2019 due to the two year bowl ban.
Number of bowl-ineligible teams: 2
Teams one loss away from bowl ineligibility
- Big Ten (2): Nebraska, Rutgers
- C-USA (3): Old Dominion, Rice, UTEP
- MAC (3): Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Kent State
- Mountain West (1): San Jose State
- SEC (1): Arkansas
Number of teams one loss from bowl ineligibility: 10
References
- ↑ "College Football Bowl Schedule For The 2018-19 Season". USAToday.com. May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ↑ McGuire, Kevin (July 1, 2018). "It's July 1, so Liberty is now officially college football's newest FBS program; Idaho drops to FCS". NBC Sports. Retrieved September 9, 2018.