2015-2016 College Bowl Season Schedule

2015-2016 College Bowl Season Schedule

In the College Football Playoff Semifinals (December 31), No. 1 Clemson faces No. 4 Oklahoma in the Capital One Orange Bowl at 4 p.m. ET. The Goodyear Cotton Bowl follows at 8 p.m. ET as No. 2 Alabama plays No. 3 Michigan State.

The winner of the Orange Bowl faces the winner of the Cotton Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, at University of Phoenix Stadium, for the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, January 11.

New Year's Six bowl match-ups

Leading into the Playoff Semifinals on New Year's Eve day, the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl will feature No. 9 Florida State versus No. 18 Houston.

On January 1, 2016, the excitement continues as the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl matches No. 7 Ohio State against No. 8 Notre Dame, followed by the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual featuring No. 5 Iowa versus No. 6 Stanford. On New Year's night, No. 12 Ole Miss will face No. 16 Oklahoma State in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Check out the full slate of college bowl games and matchups

2015-16 College Football Bowl Games

Bowl	Teams	Date	Location
Celebration	N.C. A&T (9-2) vs Alcorn St. (9-3)	December 19	Atlanta
New Mexico	Arizona (6-6) vs New Mexico (7-5)	December 19	Albuquerque
Las Vegas	Utah (9-3) vs Brigham Young (9-3)	December 19	Las Vegas
Camellia	Ohio (8-4) vs Appalachian St. (9-2)	December 19	Montgomery
Cure	San Jose St. (5-7) vs Georgia St. (6-6)	December 19	Orlando
New Orleans	Louisiana Tech (8-4) vs Arkansas St. (8-3)	December 19	New Orleans
Miami Beach	South Florida (8-4) vs Western Kentucky (11-2)	December 21	Miami
Idaho Potato	Akron (7-5) vs Utah St. (6-6)	December 22	Boise
Boca Raton	Temple (10-3) vs Toledo (9-2)	December 22	Boca Raton
Poinsettia	Northern Illinois (8-5) vs Boise St. (8-4)	December 23	San Diego
GoDaddy	Bowling Green (10-3) vs Georgia Southern (8-3)	December 23	Mobile
Bahamas	Middle Tennessee (7-5) vs Western Michigan (7-5)	December 24	Nassau
Hawaii	Cincinnati (7-5) vs San Diego St. (10-3)	December 24	Honolulu
St. Petersburg	Marshall (9-3) vs Connecticut (6-6)	December 26	St. Petersburg
Sun	Washington St. (8-4) vs Miami (8-4)	December 26	El Paso
Heart of Dallas	Washington (6-6) vs Southern Miss (9-4)	December 26	Dallas
Pinstripe	Duke (7-5) vs Indiana (6-6)	December 26	Bronx
Independence	Virginia Tech (6-6) vs Tulsa (6-6)	December 26	Shreveport
Foster Farms	UCLA (8-4) vs Nebraska (5-7)	December 26	Santa Clara
Military	Navy (9-2) vs Pittsburgh (8-4)	December 28	Annapolis
Quick Lane	Central Michigan (7-5) vs Minnesota (5-7)	December 28	Detroit
Armed Forces	California (7-5) vs Air Force (8-5)	December 29	Fort Worth
Russell Athletic	North Carolina (11-2) vs Baylor (9-3)	December 29	Orlando
Arizona	Nevada (6-6) vs Colorado St. (7-5)	December 29	Tucson
Texas	Louisiana St. (8-3) vs Texas Tech (7-5)	December 29	Houston
Birmingham	Memphis (9-3) vs Auburn (6-6)	December 30	Birmingham
Belk	North Carolina St. (7-5) vs Mississippi St. (8-4)	December 30	Charlotte
Music City	Texas A&M (8-4) vs Louisville (7-5)	December 30	Nashville
Holiday	USC (8-5) vs Wisconsin (9-3)	December 30	San Diego
Peach	Houston (12-1) vs Florida St. (10-2)	December 31	Atlanta
Orange	Clemson (13-0) vs Oklahoma (11-1)	December 31	Miami Gardens
Cotton	Alabama (12-1) vs Michigan St. (12-1)	December 31	Arlington
Outback	Northwestern (10-2) vs Tennessee (8-4)	January 1	Tampa
Citrus	Florida (10-3) vs Michigan (9-3)	January 1	Orlando
Fiesta	Ohio St. (11-1) vs Notre Dame (10-2)	January 1	Glendale
Rose	Stanford (11-2) vs Iowa (12-1)	January 1	Pasadena
Sugar	Oklahoma St. (10-2) vs Mississippi (9-3)	January 1	New Orleans
TaxSlayer	Georgia (9-3) vs Penn St. (7-5)	January 2	Jacksonville
Liberty	Arkansas (7-5) vs Kansas St. (6-6)	January 2	Memphis
Alamo	Oregon (9-3) vs Texas Christian (10-2)	January 2	San Antonio
Cactus	Arizona St. (6-6) vs West Virginia (7-5)	January 2	Phoenix
Championship	Cotton winner vs Orange winner	January 11	Glendale

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