College football bowl games 2021: Picking the winner for every bowl game, including the National Championship

Nick Saban, Alabama Crimson Tide. (Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)
Nick Saban, Alabama Crimson Tide. (Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports) /
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It’s bowl season and there are dozens of college football games to watch and enjoy.

The college football season might almost be over, but bowl season is about to begin.

Conference champions have been crowned. The College Football Playoff field has been set. While the always interesting coaching carousel continues to make one crazy revolution after another into madness, bowl season will be here in only a handful of days. No matter the game, the location or the opponent, congratulations to these kids for getting to play in a bowl game this season.

Here is the college football bowl season schedule and the winner of each game bolded.

College football bowl schedule 2021: Picking the winner of every bowl game

Bahamas Bowl (Friday, Dec. 17, 12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo

Tailgreeter Cure Bowl (Friday, Dec. 17, 6:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

  • Coastal Carolina vs. Northern Illinois

RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 18, 11:00 a.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Western Kentucky vs. Appalachian State

Cricket Celebration Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 18, 12:00 p.m. ET, ABC)

  • South Carolina State vs. Jackson State

PUBG New Mexico Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 18, 2:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • UTEP vs. Fresno State

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 18, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)

  • UAB vs. BYU

LendingTree Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 18, 5:45 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Liberty vs. Eastern Michigan

Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC)

  • Utah State vs. Oregon State

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 18, 9:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Marshall vs. Louisiana

Myrtle Beach Bowl (Monday, Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Tulsa vs. Old Dominion

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Tuesday, Dec. 21, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Kent State vs. Wyoming

Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl (Tuesday, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • UTSA vs. San Diego State

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Wednesday, Dec. 22, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Missouri vs. Army

Frisco Bowl Classic (Thursday, Dec. 23, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Miami (OH) vs. North Texas

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl (Thursday, Dec. 23, 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • UCF vs. Florida

EasyPost Hawaii Bowl (Friday, Dec. 24, 8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Memphis vs. Hawaii

Camelia Bowl (Saturday, Dec. 25, 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Ball State vs. Georgia State

Quick Lake Bowl (Monday, Dec. 27, 11:00 a.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Nevada vs. Western Michigan

Military Bowl presented by Peraton (Monday, Dec. 27, 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • East Carolina vs. Boston College

TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl (Tuesday, Dec. 28, 12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Houston vs. Auburn

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Tuesday, Dec. 28, 3:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Air Force vs. Louisville

AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Tuesday, Dec. 28, 6:45 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Texas Tech vs. Mississippi State

San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl (Tuesday, Dec. 28, 8:00 p.m. ET, FOX)

  • North Carolina State vs. UCLA

Guaranteed Rate Bowl (Tuesday, Dec. 28, 10:15 p.m. ET, FOX)

  • West Virginia vs. Minnesota

Wasabi Fenway Bowl (Wednesday, Dec. 29, 11:00 a.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Virginia vs. SMU

New Era Pinstripe Bowl (Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Virginia Tech vs. Maryland

Cheez-It Bowl (Wednesday, Dec. 29, 5:45 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Clemson vs. Iowa State

Valero Alamo Bowl (Wednesday, Dec. 29, 9:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Oklahoma vs. Oregon

Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Thursday, Dec. 30, 11:30 a.m. ET, ESPN)

  • North Carolina vs. South Carolina

TransPerfect Music City Bowl (Thursday, Dec. 30, 3:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Purdue vs. Tennessee

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl (Thursday, Dec. 30, 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Wisconsin vs. Arizona State

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (Friday, Dec. 31, 11:00 a.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (Friday, Dec. 31, 12:30 p.m. ET, CBS)

  • Miami vs. Washington State

Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl (Friday, Dec. 31, 2:00 p.m. ET, Barstool Sports)

  • Central Michigan vs. Boise State

Outback Bowl (Saturday, Jan. 1, 12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

  • Penn State vs. Arkansas

Vrbo Citrus Bowl (Saturday, Jan. 1, 1:00 p.m. ET, ABC)

  • Iowa vs. Kentucky

Mercari Texas Bowl (Tuesday, Jan. 4, 9:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Kansas State vs. LSU

New Year’s Six Bowl Schedule

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Thursday, Dec. 30, 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Michigan State vs. Pittsburgh

Playstation Fiesta Bowl (Saturday, Jan. 1, 1:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State

Rose Bowl Game (Saturday, Jan. 1, 5:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Ohio State vs. Utah

Allstate Sugar Bowl (Saturday, Jan. 1, 8:45 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Baylor vs. Ole Miss

College Football Playoff Schedule

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (Friday, Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Alabama vs. Cincinnati

Capital One Orange Bowl (Friday, Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

  • Michigan vs. Georgia

College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T (Monday, Jan. 10, ESPN, 8:00 p.m. ET)

  • Alabama vs. Georgia

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