With the regular season wrapped up and the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP) bracket set, it’s time for bowl season excitement. Thirteen out of the 16 Southeastern Conference (SEC) teams are bowl-eligible following the 2024 season. The teams missing out on bowl games this year are Kentucky, Mississippi State, and Auburn. Kentucky finished with a 4-8 record, Mississippi State ended at 2-10, and Auburn had a 5-7 season.
This year, only three SEC teams are headed to the College Football Playoff: No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Texas, and No. 7 Tennessee.
College Football Playoff Games:
- CFP First Round – Clemson at Texas (Austin) – Dec. 21, 4 pm ET – TNT and MAX
- CFP First Round – Tennessee at Ohio State (Columbus) – Dec. 21, 8 pm ET – ESPN and ABC
- Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) – Georgia vs. Indiana/Notre Dame winner – Jan. 1, 8:45 pm ET – ESPN
For the 11th consecutive year, the SEC will be represented in a bowl pool featuring six key games, including the Kinder’s Texas Bowl in Houston, the TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Nashville, the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, the Reliaquest Bowl in Tampa, and the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl. The Duke’s Mayo Bowl alternates with the Las Vegas Bowl in the pool.
SEC Bowl Pool Games:
- AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Memphis) – Dec. 27, Arkansas vs. Big 12, 7 pm ET – ESPN
- SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas) – Dec. 27, Texas A&M vs. Current/Former Pac-12, 10:30 pm ET – ESPN
- TransPerfect Music City Bowl (Nashville) – Dec. 30, Missouri vs. Big Ten, 2:30 pm ET – ESPN
- Reliaquest Bowl (Tampa) – Dec. 31, Alabama vs. Big Ten, Noon ET – ESPN
- Kinder’s Texas Bowl (Houston) – Dec. 31, LSU vs. Big 12, 3:30 pm ET – ESPN
- TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (Jacksonville) – Jan. 2, Ole Miss vs. ACC, 7:30 pm ET – ESPN
Other Bowl Games:
- Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa) – Dec. 20, Florida vs. American, 3:30 pm ET – ESPN
- Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth) – Dec. 27, Oklahoma vs. American, 12 pm ET – ESPN
- Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham) – Dec. 27, Vanderbilt vs. ACC or Big 12, 3:30 pm ET – ESPN
- Cheez-It Citrus Bowl (Orlando) – Dec. 31, South Carolina vs. Illinois, 3 pm ET – ABC
