The following is a list of current, defunct, and proposed college football bowl games. Six bowl games are currently part of the College Football Playoff , a selection system that creates bowl matchups involving twelve of the top-ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.

There are also a number of other college football postseason invitationals, as well as several all-star games. For nearly a century, bowl games were the purview of only the very best teams , but a steady proliferation of new bowl games required more teams, with 70 participating teams by the —11 bowl season , then 80 participating teams by the —16 bowl season. As a result, the NCAA has steadily reduced the criteria for bowl eligibility, allowing teams with a non-winning 6—6 record in , further reducing requirements to allow teams with outright losing records to be invited since Of the teams with losing records, the team with the best Academic Progress Rate score would be chosen first.

The tables below College Football Playoff games , Other current Division I FBS bowl games reflect the changes for the —17 bowl season. Bowl games are not limited to the Bowl Subdivision; teams in the three lower divisions of the NCAA the championship subdivision, and Divisions II and III are also allowed to participate in bowl games. The playoff structure in those three divisions discourages most high-caliber teams from participating in bowl games, as teams would rather contest for the national championship than play in a bowl game.

The same basic guidelines for bowl eligibility apply for those contests. As of , one bowl game exists for the championship subdivision, three bowls serve Division II and none exist for teams in Division III with the exception of the Stagg Bowl, which is not a bowl in the same sense but a name for the Division III playoff tournament's championship game.

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Six major bowl games, known as the New Year's Six, rotate the hosting of the two semifinal games which determine the teams that play in the final College Football Playoff National Championship game. These six games focus on the top 12 teams in the rankings, with only five teams ranked lower than 12th all five were still ranked in the top 20 having ever played in the New Year's Six since the College Football Playoff system was inaugurated.

Unlike other bowls, which give the sponsor's name precedence ahead of the bowl's name effectively changing the title of the game , the Rose Bowl adds the sponsor as "presented by", after the words Rose Bowl. Besides the six bowl games that are part of the College Football Playoff, there are a number of other postseason invitationals. Generally, two conferences will agree to send teams of a particular standing to a game beforehand.

For instance, the Rose Bowl traditionally features the Big Ten and Pac conference champions. Generally, the payout to the participating teams in a bowl game is closely correlated to its prestige. The number of bowl games have risen steadily, reaching 41 including the national championship game by the bowl season.

To fill the 80 available bowl slots, a record 15 teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—including three with a record of 5—7. This situation led directly to the NCAA Division I Council imposing a three-year moratorium on new bowl games in April Since , organizers and boosters have continued to propose other bowl games—some of these proposals have since been dropped, while others are active proposals that have been placed on hold during the NCAA moratorium.

Two proposed games, the Cure Bowl and Christmas Bowl, were turned down by the NCAA for In August , the Detroit Lions announced that it would hold a new bowl game at Ford Field beginning in , holding Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference tie-ins, despite the existence of the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl [19] [20] While Pizza Bowl organizers attempted to move the game to Comerica Park a baseball stadium across the street from Ford Field , these plans never came to fruition.

In a statement to Crain's Detroit Business , Motor City Bowl co-founder Ken Hoffman confirmed that there would be no Little Caesars Pizza Bowl for In June , ESPN.

This move was driven by a trend for the "Power Five" conferences ACC, Big Ten , Big 12 , Pac , and SEC to play one another in bowl games. The season, the last of the current four-year bowl cycle, will have 16 bowls that involve two teams from "Power Five" leagues.

The season, the first of a new six-year bowl cycle, will have at least 19, and possibly more, matchups of "Power Five" teams. The "Group of Five" was apparently concerned that this trend would mean that its teams might not have available bowl slots. According to reports, the Christmas Bowl proposal would have involved a Mountain West team against an opponent from either the Pac or The American. As for The American, it has suggested a new bowl game, most likely at Marlins Park in Miami.

Two other venues of "Group of Five" schools in Florida— Spectrum Stadium UCF , Orlando and FAU Stadium Florida Atlantic , Boca Raton —are being considered for other potential bowls. A possible bowl in Little Rock would pit C-USA and the Sun Belt.

Finally, the director of the current Little Caesars Bowl indicated that he had been in contact with officials from all of the "Group of Five" about starting new bowl games in Ireland most likely Dublin , Dubai , and either Toronto or Nassau. The first new bowl to be confirmed for was the Camellia Bowl , a game created by ESPN that will be played in Montgomery, Alabama.

It will have tie-ins with the MAC and Sun Belt, and the contract for the game will run through the season.

ESPN was also reported to be in negotiations to take over ownership of the existing Heart of Dallas Bowl and establish a new bowl game in Boca Raton. Another ownership group interested in starting a Montgomery-based bowl at Alabama State's stadium has reportedly switched focus to Charleston, South Carolina. In the face of obstacles related to a NCAA ban on playing postseason games at predetermined locations in South Carolina due to the Confederate battle flag being flown at a civil war monument on the State House grounds, the ownership group instead chose to stage the Medal of Honor Bowl all-star game at Johnson Hagood Stadium beginning in The all-star game format was not played that year as a result.

All-star games predominantly featuring players from the FBS-level or historical equivalents, such as Division I-A. All-star games no longer being played are included in a segment above. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Past and present community college bowl games, not sanctioned by the NCAA, are also listed. Heart of Dallas Bowl. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. New Year's Six matchups announced". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 27 August Be Part of The History:: Be Part of The Game:: Be Part of The Cure".

Air Force headed to the Arizona Bowl". Retrieved April 11, The Post and Courier. Retrieved August 29, Retrieved June 11, Detroit Lions to host bowl game with Big Ten tie-in, Pizza Bowl getting dumped". You could be without a team". Retrieved September 6, Retrieved August 20, Confederate flag, NAACP, NCAA".

Retrieved July 13, Retrieved May 20, — via newspapers.

Retrieved October 28, College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 25, — via Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 25, Current NCAA Division I FBS bowl game stadiums. Alamodome Alamo Albertsons Stadium Famous Idaho Potato Aloha Stadium Hawaii Amon G. Petersburg , East—West Shrine University of Phoenix Stadium Fiesta Yankee Stadium Pinstripe.

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Tournament East-West football game; Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl Game presented by: Hard Rock Stadium 75, Miami Gardens, Florida —, Orange Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl, Discover Orange Bowl. Cotton Bowl, Mobil Cotton Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic, SBC Cotton Bowl Classic.

Peach Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Chick-fil-A Bowl. University of Phoenix Stadium 63, Sun Bowl Stadium 51, Sun Bowl, John Hancock Sun Bowl, John Hancock Bowl, Norwest Bank Sun Bowl, Norwest Corporation Sun Bowl, Wells Fargo Sun Bowl, Vitalis Sun Bowl, Brut Sun Bowl. Gator Bowl, Mazda Gator Bowl, Outback Gator Bowl, Toyota Gator Bowl, Konica Minolta Gator Bowl, Progressive Gator Bowl, TaxSlayer.

Camping World Stadium 65, Tangerine Bowl, Florida Citrus Bowl, CompUSA Florida Citrus Bowl, Ourhouse. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 61, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jude Liberty Bowl, AXA Liberty Bowl. Independence Bowl, Poulan Independence Bowl, Poulan Weed Eater Independence Bowl, Sanford Independence Bowl, MainStay Independence Bowl, PetroSun Independence Bowl, AdvoCare V Independence Bowl, AdvoCare V Bowl, Duck Commander Independence Bowl, Camping World Independence Bowl.

San Diego County Credit Union. Holiday Bowl, Sea World Holiday Bowl, Thrifty Car Rental Holiday Bowl, Plymouth Holiday Bowl, Culligan Holiday Bowl, Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, National University Holiday Bowl, National Funding Holiday Bowl.

Raymond James Stadium 65, Sun Devil Stadium 71, Tucson, Arizona ; — Copper Bowl, Domino's Pizza Copper Bowl, Weiser Lock Copper Bowl, Insight.

Sunshine Classic, Blockbuster Bowl, Carquest Bowl, MicronPC Bowl, MicronPC. Sam Boyd Stadium 36, Las Vegas Bowl, EA Sports Las Vegas Bowl, Sega Sports Las Vegas Bowl, Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl, Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl, MAACO Bowl Las Vegas, Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl.

Builders Square Alamo Bowl, Sylvania Alamo Bowl, Alamo Bowl Presented By MasterCard , MasterCard Alamo Bowl, Alamo Bowl. Sports Humanitarian Bowl, Humanitarian Bowl, Crucial. Music City Bowl, American General Music City Bowl, homepoint. Ladd Peebles Stadium 33, Mobile Alabama Bowl, GMAC Mobile Alabama Bowl, GMAC Bowl, GoDaddy. New Orleans Bowl, Wyndham New Orleans Bowl. Santa Clara, California — San Francisco Bowl, Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl, Emerald Bowl, Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Fight Hunger Bowl.

ConAgra Foods Hawai'i Bowl, Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl. Bank of America Stadium 73, Queen City Bowl, Continental Tire Bowl, Meineke Car Care Bowl. Fort Worth, Texas — PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl, Fort Worth Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. Texas Bowl, Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas. Navy—Marine Corps Memorial Stadium 34, Congressional Bowl, EagleBank Bowl, Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman. Petersburg Bowl, magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl, Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl, Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Bitcoin St.

Yankee Stadium [6] 54, Dallas Football Classic, TicketCity Bowl, Heart of Dallas Bowl presented by PlainsCapital Bank.

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Thomas Robinson Stadium 15, Boca Raton Bowl, Marmot Boca Raton Bowl. Quick Lane Bowl [7] [8].

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Cure Bowl [9] [10]. United States Air Force Reserve. Legacy Bowl proposed Heritage Bowl —99 Pelican Bowl — Heart of Texas Bowl. Dean Barry, agent; United Way. Texarkana Bowl Replaced Kanza Bowl , which ran from — Darrell K Royal—Texas Memorial Stadium , Medal of Honor Bowl [14]. Johnson Hagood Stadium 21, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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Christmas Bowl Los Angeles [15] [16] [17]. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93, Unnamed Dubai bowl game [17]. Dubai , United Arab Emirates. Unnamed Ireland bowl game [17]. Unnamed Little Rock bowl game [17]. War Memorial Stadium 53, Unnamed Toronto bowl game [17]. Birmingham , Camellia , Dollar General. Liberty , Music City. San Francisco — multiple locations — St.

Jacksonville, Florida Mobile, Alabama —present. Montgomery, Alabama Troy, Alabama. Casino del Sol College All-Star Game. Tempe, Arizona Tucson, Arizona — Chicago College All-Star Game. Chicago —42, —76 Evanston, Illinois — Orlando, Florida — The Villages, Florida — Honolulu —97, —08 Wailuku, Hawaii — Tokyo —79, —93 Yokohama — Las Vegas All-American Classic.

Saint George, Utah —03 Las Vegas — Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic. El Paso, Texas —10 San Antonio, Texas Allen, Texas Miami — Daytona Beach —present.

Allentown, PA — Miami — Daytona Beach —present. Fargo, North Dakota — Kingsville, Texas — This section needs expansion with: You can help by adding to it. East Rutherford, New Jersey. Little Caesars Pizza Bowl [30]. Also known as the Ford Motor City Bowl and the Motor City Bowl. Was replaced by the Quick Lane Bowl in Los Angeles Christmas Festival. San Diego East-West Christmas Classic. Silicon Valley Football Classic.

A regular season matchup, originally at Korakuen Stadium , later at Olympic Stadium , and finally at the Tokyo Dome.

A regular season game called a "bowl", now a home game for Old Dominion University to raise money for the Kedive Shriner's charities. A regular season game called a "bowl" that featured a team from the Mid-American Conference and originally one of the United States service academies.

South Boston, Virginia Richmond, Virginia. Little Rock, Arkansas Richmond, Virginia. Played on Thanksgiving Day each year. Lafayette, Louisiana Sacramento, California. Greenville, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina.

Yokohama, Japan Tokyo, Japan Nishinomiya, Japan.

Festival of Palms Bowl. Would become the Orange Bowl for the season [32]. Murfreesboro, Tennessee Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Bridgeport, Connecticut Atlantic City, New Jersey. College of the Pacific was coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg. Orangeburg, South Carolina Abilene, Texas Arlington, Texas. HBCU matchup in s, then a College Division regional final. Durham, North Carolina New Orleans, Louisiana. Ellinwood, Kansas Great Bend, Kansas. Pre-season NAIA bowl [33].