2015-2016 College Football Bowl Schedule

The 2015-2016 college football bowl schedule was released on Sunday, with 40 games scheduled between December 19 and January 2, prior to the College Football National Championship Game, which is set for January 11.

Clemson, Alabama, Michigan St., and Oklahoma are the four teams that will be vying for the title this year, and all will be involved in semifinal action on New Year's Eve.

Clemson will take on Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, while Alabama meets Michigan St. in the Cotton Bowl.

The two winners advance to the title game, which will be played in Glendale, Arizona on Monday, January 11.

The LSU Tigers are headed to the Texas Bowl, where they will play the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

LSU will enter the game at 8-3, while Texas Tech will bring an overall record of 7-5 in the match-up.

Kickoff time for the Texas Bowl is set for 8 o'clock on Tuesday, December 29, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Four Sun Belt Conference schools will be involved in bowl play this year, including regular season league champion Arkansas St., who will be taking on Louisiana Tech in the New Orleans Bowl on Saturday, December 19.

That same day, Appalachian St. will make their first-ever bowl appearance, which they play Ohio in the Camellia Bowl.

Another team making their bowl debut, Georgia St., is headed to Orlando, Florida to take on San Jose St. in the Cure Bowl on that Saturday as well.

Finally, a third league school appearing in a bowl game for the first time, Georgia Southern, will play Bowling Green in the GoDaddy Bowl, which will take place on Wednesday, December 23.

Due to a lack of bowl-eligible team, three teams with losing records (Nebraska, Minnesota, and San Jose St.) will be playing in bowl games.

One other bowl note; Nevada and Colorado St., two teams from the Mountain West Conference, will play in the inaugural Arizona Bowl, set for Tuesday, December 29.

Again, the match-up is happening because of the lack of bowl-eligible teams.

The bowl will mark the first time since Nebraska and Oklahoma met in the 1979 Orange Bowl that two teams from the same conference will play in a non-BCS bowl game.

The complete 2015-2016 college football bowl schedule is below:

All times are Central:

Saturday, Dec. 19
Gildan New Mexico Bowl (1 pm, ESPN): New Mexico vs. Arizona
Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl (2:30 pm, ABC): BYU vs. No. 22 Utah
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (4 pm, ESPN): Ohio vs. Appalachian St.
AutoNation Cure Bowl (6 pm, CBS Sports Network): Georgia St. vs. San Jose St.
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (8 pm, ESPN): Arkansas St. vs. Louisiana Tech

Monday, Dec. 21
Miami Beach Bowl (1:30 pm, ESPN): South Florida vs. Western Kentucky

Tuesday, Dec. 22
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (2:30 pm, ESPN): Akron vs. Utah State
Marmot Boca Raton Bowl (6 pm, ESPN): Toledo vs. No. 24 Temple

Wednesday, Dec. 23
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl (3:00 pm, ESPN): Northern Illinois vs. Boise St.
GoDaddy Bowl (7 pm, ESPN): Bowling Green vs. Georgia Southern

Thursday, Dec. 24
Popeyes Bahamas Bowl (11 am, ESPN): Western Michigan vs. Middle Tennessee
Hawai’i Bowl (7 pm, ESPN): Cincinnati vs. San Diego St.

Saturday, Dec. 26
St. Petersburg Bowl (10 am, ESPN): Marshall vs. Connecticut
Hyndai Sun Bowl (1 pm, CBS): Miami vs. Washington St.
Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas B0wl (1:20 pm, ESPNU): Southern Miss vs. Washington
New Era Pinstripe Bowl (2:30 pm, ESPN): Duke vs. Indiana
Camping World Independence Bowl (4:45 pm, ESPN): Virginia Tech vs. Tulsa
Foster Farms Bowl (8:15 pm, ESPN): UCLA vs. Nebraska

Monday, Dec. 28
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman (1:30 pm, ESPN): No. 21 Navy vs. Pittsburgh
Quick Lane Bowl (4 pm, ESPN): Central Michigan vs. Minnesota

Tuesday, Dec. 29
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (1 pm, ESPN): Air Force vs. California
Russell Athletic Bowl (4:30 pm, ESPN): No. 10 North Carolina vs. No. 17 Baylor
Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl (6:30 pm, Campus Insiders): Colorado St. vs. Nevada
Advocare V100 Texas Bowl (8 pm, ESPN): Texas Tech vs. No. 20 LSU

Wednesday, Dec. 30
Birmingham Bowl (11 am, ESPN): Auburn vs. Memphis
Belk Bowl (2:30 pm, ESPN): N.C. State vs. Mississippi St.
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (6 pm, ESPN): Louisville vs. Texas A&M
National University Holiday Bowl (9:30 pm, ESPN): No. 25 USC vs. Wisconsin

Thursday, Dec. 31
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (11 am, ESPN): No. 18 Houston vs. No. 9 Florida St.
Capital One Orange Bowl (3 pm, ESPN): No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 1 Clemson
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (7 pm, ESPN): No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 2 Alabama

Friday, Jan. 1
Outback Bowl (11 am, ABC): Tennessee vs. No. 13 Northwestern
Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl (Noon, ESPN2): No. 19 Florida vs. No. 14 Michigan
BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl (Noon, ESPN): No. 8 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Ohio St.
Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual (4 pm, ESPN): No. 6 Stanford vs. No. 5 Iowa
Allstate Sugar Bowl (7:30 pm, ESPN): No. 16 Oklahoma St. vs. No. 12 Ole Miss

Saturday, Jan. 2
TaxSlayer Bowl (11 am, ESPN): Penn St. vs. Georgia
AutoZone Liberty Bowl (2:20 pm, ESPN): Arkansas vs. Kansas St.
Valero Alamo Bowl (5:45 pm, ESPN): No. 15 Oregon vs. No. 11 TCU
Cactus Bowl (9:15 pm, ESPN): Arizona St. vs. West Virginia

Monday, Jan. 11
College Football Playoff Championship Game presented by AT&T (7:30 pm, ESPN): Oklahoma/Clemson vs. Michigan St./Alabama