It's the most wonderful time of year for college football bettors! The winter season means that there are bowl games virtually every single day from Saturday, December 17 through Monday, January 2, and teams from all over the country get pitted against each other in what are often once-in-a-lifetime matchups. The first 39 bowl games of the year are all giant appetizers for the CFP National Championship Game on January 9 between the winner of the Fiesta Bowl and the winner of the Peach Bowl in Tampa.
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New Mexico Bowl – New Mexico ( -7 ) vs. UTSA
Las Vegas Bowl – Houston ( -3.5 ) vs. San Diego State
Camellia Bowl – Appalachian State vs. Toledo ( -1.5 )
Cure Bowl – UCF ( -6.5 ) vs. Arkansas State
New Orleans Bowl – Southern Miss ( -2 ) vs. Louisiana Lafayette
Miami Beach Bowl – Central Michigan vs. Tulsa ( -12 )
Boca Raton Bowl – Memphis vs. Western Kentucky ( -5 )
Poinsettia Bowl – BYU ( -8 ) vs. Wyoming
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl – Idaho vs. Colorado State ( -13 )
Bahamas Bowl – Eastern Michigan vs. Old Dominion ( -3.5 )
Armed Forces Bowl – Louisiana Tech vs. Navy ( -1.5 )
Dollar General Bowl – Ohio vs. Troy ( -4 )
Hawaii Bowl – Hawaii vs. Middle Tennessee State ( OTB )
St. Petersburg Bowl – Miami ( OH ) vs. Mississippi State ( -13.5 )
Quick Lane Bowl – Maryland vs. Boston College ( PK )
Independence Bowl – N.C. State ( -3.5 ) vs. Vanderbilt
Heart of Dallas Bowl – Army ( -8.5 ) vs. North Texas
Military Bowl – Temple ( -13 ) vs. Wake Forest
Holiday Bowl – Minnesota vs. Washington State ( -5.5 )
Cactus Bowl – Boise State ( -8 ) vs. Baylor
Pinstripe Bowl – Pittsburgh ( -4 ) vs. Northwestern
Russell Athletic Bowl – West Virginia vs. Miami ( -1.5 )
Foster Farms Bowl – Indiana vs. Utah ( -8 )
Texas Bowl – Texas A&M ( -2.5 ) vs. Kansas State
Birmingham Bowl – South Florida ( -11 ) vs. South Carolina
Belk Bowl – Arkansas vs. Virginia Tech ( -6.5 )
Alamo Bowl – Oklahoma State vs. Colorado ( -2.5 )
Liberty Bowl – Georgia vs. TCU ( PK )
Sun Bowl – Stanford ( -3 ) vs. North Carolina
Music City Bowl – Nebraska vs. Tennessee ( -3.5 )
Arizona Bowl – South Alabama vs. Air Force ( -12.5 )
Orange Bowl – Michigan ( -7 ) vs. Florida State
Citrus Bowl – LSU ( -2.5 ) vs. Louisville
Taxslayer Bowl – Georgia Tech ( -4.5 ) vs. Kentucky
Peach Bowl – Washington vs. Alabama ( -14.5 )
Fiesta Bowl – Ohio State ( -3.5 ) vs. Clemson
Outback Bowl – Florida ( -2 ) vs. Iowa
Cotton Bowl – Western Michigan vs. Wisconsin ( -7 )
Rose Bowl – USC ( -6.5 ) vs. Penn State
Sugar Bowl – Auburn vs. Oklahoma ( -6 )
New Year's Six Bowl Games
Florida State vs. Michigan – December 30, 8 p.m. ET
Michigan is still irked about losing to Ohio State and ultimately losing its shot at playing in the Big Ten Championship Game. The team didn't deserve to play in the Final Four though after losing two of its last three games. This isn't a bad spot to land in though, as the Orange Bowl is the site of so many of the biggest games in the history of college football, including Florida State's first National Championship.
Washington vs. Alabama – December 31, 3 p.m. ET
The Crimson Tide are huge favorites here at -14.5, and they immediately have jumped up with no sign of buyback happening yet. Of course, at some point, there will be some Washington money in the first national semifinal, but where does that happen? Is it at +17? +20? We'll find out by the end of the year.
Ohio State vs. Clemson – December 31, 7 p.m. ET
The Buckeyes and Tigers have both been here before, and they both won their first semifinal appearance. OSU is the first non-conference champion to earn a spot in the playoff, but can it make that stick? Clemson is going to be a tough out for sure even though it looked suspect over the course of so much of this season.
Western Michigan vs. Wisconsin – January 2, 1 p.m. ET
The Broncos have bucked the trend and have won the MAC with a spotless record at 13-0. Wisconsin finished second best in the Big Ten, and it finished as the fourth best team in the conference in the final CFP rankings. The Badgers are favorites in this game by a comfortable margin at -7, but this is a tough game to handicap without much in the way of comparable games.
USC vs. Penn State – January 2, 5 p.m. ET
The biggest talk between the Big Ten Championship Game and the release of the College Football Playoff was that Penn State would be "appreciative" of wherever it landed in the bowl games. We'll see whether that talk is backed up with the Nittany Lions ending up in the Rose Bowl instead of the College Football Playoff. The Trojans are favored in this game by a TD because of the way they ended this season, a tremendous accomplishment for a team that had three losses in September.
Auburn vs. Oklahoma – January 2, 8:30 p.m. ET
The Big XII champs never had a shot to get into the playoff this year because of losing in two of their first three games. The Sooners though, are the real deal, especially if Dede Westbrook gets through his concussion before this game. Auburn is representing the SEC as the mandatory entrant for the conference. There's no reason to put the Tigers into the New Year's Six aside from the fact that they have to, but they'll have their chance to put together their worth against the Sooners.
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