The 2024-25 college football bowl season begins Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 and continues through Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 with the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. It's the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff.

In addition to the CFP, there will be 36 bowl games in all. (The date and time for the Holiday Bowl will be announced later.) Here's a look at this season's games (all times ET). CFP Quarterfinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona) 7:30 p.m., ESPN

The Hawai'i Bowl marks just the second matchup between the Spartans and Bulls. South Florida won the first game between the two programs, a 44–22 game played in San Jose to open the 2017 season. San Jose State returns to the game for the second year in a row, after losing to Coastal Carolina last season, 24–14.