Schedule: Full college football bowl game slate

The argument against bowl games is that they are relatively meaningless exhibition games designed to make money — mostly for Disney, which not only broadcasts but actually owns many of them.

Yes, but: "There's something nostalgic and fun about sitting down around the holidays and binge-watching football games between obscure teams you wouldn't have watched otherwise," writes FiveThirtyEight's Neil Paine.

Dec. 20-21:

• Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl: Buffalo vs. Charlotte
• Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl: Utah State vs. Kent State
• Celebration Bowl: Alcorn State vs. North Carolina A&T
• New Mexico Bowl: Central Michigan vs. San Diego State
• Cure Bowl: Liberty vs. Georgia Southern
• Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl: SMU vs. Florida Atlantic
• Camellia Bowl: Florida International vs. Arkansas State
• Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl: Boise State vs. Washington
• R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. UAB

Dec 23-26:

• Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl: UCF vs. Marshall
• SoFi Hawai'i Bowl: Hawai'i vs. BYU
• Walk-On's Independence Bowl: Louisiana Tech vs. Miami
• Quick Lane Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Eastern Michigan

Dec. 27:

• Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman: North Carolina vs. Temple
• New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Michigan State vs. Wake Forest
• Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M
• San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl: USC vs. Iowa
• Cheez-It Bowl: Air Force vs. Washington State

Dec. 28:

• PlayStation Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State vs. Clemson (playoff semifinal)
• Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl: LSU vs. Oklahoma (playoff semifinal)
• Camping World Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Iowa State
• Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic: Memphis vs. Penn State

Dec. 30:

• SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. Western Michigan

• Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Louisville
• Redbox Bowl: Cal vs. Illinois
• Capital One Orange Bowl: Florida vs. Virginia

Dec. 31:

• Belk Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Kentucky
• Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl: Florida State vs. Arizona State
• AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Navy vs. Kansas State
• NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl: Wyoming vs. Georgia State
• Valero Alamo Bowl: Utah vs. Texas

Jan. 1:

• Vrbo Citrus Bowl: Michigan vs. Alabama
• Outback Bowl: Minnesota vs. Auburn
• Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual: Oregon vs. Wisconsin
• Allstate Sugar Bowl: Georgia vs. Baylor

Jan. 2:

• TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl: Boston College vs. Cincinnati
• TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: Indiana vs. Tennessee

Jan. 3-6:

• Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Ohio vs. Nevada
• Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Southern Mississippi vs. Tulane
• LendingTree Bowl: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Miami (Ohio)

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