Yahoo Sports College football bowl game results: How the entire postseason played out through playoff
This college football postseason will be unlike any other in the sport's history. With the first year of the expanded playoff format, the season will run through the third week of January. Along the way, there will be 11 games that decide the national champion with contests being played on campus for the first time and including the six major bowls.
Those first-round games will take place Dec. 20 and 21 and are followed by the quarterfinals on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. The semifinals will be played at the Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10, respectively. The national championship game will be held Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
But there's also more than just the chase for the national championship. A full lineup of bowl games will kickoff on Dec. 14 and run concurrently with the playoff until the Bahamas Bowl on Jan. 4.
A look at the entire 46-game postseason schedule with dates, times and television details along with all the matchups that will take you through the holiday season and beyond:
Salute to Veterans Bowl
MATCHUP: South Alabama 30, Western Michigan 23
Frisco Bowl
MATCHUP: Memphis 42, West Virginia 37
Boca Raton Bowl
MATCHUP: James Madison 27, Western Kentucky 17
LA Bowl
MATCHUP: UNLV 24, California 13
New Orleans Bowl
MATCHUP: Sam Houston State 31, Georgia Southern 26
Cure Bowl
MATCHUP: Ohio 30, Jacksonville State 27
Gasparilla Bowl
MATCHUP: Florida 33, Tulane 8
College Football Playoff
MATCHUP: Notre Dame 27, Indiana 17
College Football Playoff
MATCHUP: Penn State 38, SMU 10
College Football Playoff
MATCHUP: Texas 38, Clemson 24
College Football Playoff
MATCHUP: Ohio State 42, Tennessee 17
Myrtle Beach Bowl
MATCHUP: Texas-San Antonio 44, Coastal Carolina 15
Idaho Potato Bowl
MATCHUP: Northern Illinois 28, Fresno State 20 (2OT)
Hawaii Bowl
MATCHUP: South Florida 41, San Jose State 39 (5OT)
GameAbove Sports Bowl
MATCHUP: Toledo 48, Pittsburgh 46 (6OT)
Rate Bowl
MATCHUP: Kansas State 44, Rutgers 42
68 Ventures Bowl
MATCHUP: Arkansas State 38, Bowling Green 31
Armed Forces Bowl
MATCHUP: Navy 21, Oklahoma 20
Birmingham Bowl
MATCHUP: Vanderbilt 35, Georgia Tech 27
Liberty Bowl
MATCHUP: Arkansas 39, Texas Tech 26
Holiday Bowl
MATCHUP: Syracuse 52, Washington State 35
Las Vegas Bowl
MATCHUP: Southern California 35, Texas A&M 31
Fenway Bowl
MATCHUP: Connecticut 27, North Carolina 14
Pinstripe Bowl
MATCHUP: Nebraska 20, Boston College 15
New Mexico Bowl
MATCHUP: TCU 34, Louisiana-Lafayette 3
Pop-Tarts Bowl
MATCHUP: Iowa State 42, Miami (Fla.) 41
Arizona Bowl
MATCHUP: Miami (Ohio) 43, Colorado State 17
Military Bowl
MATCHUP: East Carolina 26, North Carolina State 21
Alamo Bowl
MATCHUP: Brigham Young 36, Colorado 14
Independence Bowl
MATCHUP: Army 27, Louisiana Tech 6
Music City Bowl
MATCHUP: Missouri 27, Iowa 24
ReliaQuest Bowl
MATCHUP: Michigan 19, Alabama 13
Sun Bowl
MATCHUP: Louisville 35, Washington 34
Citrus Bowl
MATCHUP: Illinois 21, South Carolina 17
Texas Bowl
MATCHUP: LSU 44, Baylor 31
Fiesta Bowl
MATCHUP: Penn State 31, Boise State 14
Peach Bowl
MATCHUP: Texas 39, Arizona State 31 (OT)
Rose Bowl
MATCHUP: Ohio State 41, Oregon 21
Sugar Bowl
MATCHUP: Notre Dame 23, Georgia 10
Gator Bowl
MATCHUP: Mississippi 52, Duke 20
First Responder Bowl
MATCHUP: Texas State 30, North Texas 28
Duke's Mayo Bowl
MATCHUP: Minnesota 24, Virginia Tech 10
Bahamas Bowl
MATCHUP: Buffalo 26, Liberty 7
Orange Bowl
MATCHUP: Notre Dame 27, Penn State 24
Cotton Bowl
MATCHUP: Ohio State 28, Texas 14
College Football Playoff championship game
MATCHUP: Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 23
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