Throughout the day, the final selection committee announced Playoff Semifinal matchups, New Year’s bowl pairings and the final Top 25. See below for the details and a full list of college bowl game matchups for the 2017 season.
2017-2018 Bowl Game Schedule
| College Football Playoff | ||
| Rose Bowl Jan. 1, Pasadena, California | Georgia | Oklahoma |
| Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana | Alabama | Clemson |
| National Championship Jan. 8, Atlanta, Georgia | Rose Bowl winner | Allstate Sugar Bowl winner |
| Other New Year’s Six Bowls | ||
| Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic Dec. 29, Arlington, Texas | USC | Ohio State |
| Chik-fil-A Peach Bowl Jan. 1, Atlanta, Georgia | UCF | Auburn |
| PlayStation Fiesta Bowl Dec. 30, Glendale, Arizona | Washington | Penn State |
| Capital One Orange Bowl Dec. 30, Miami Gardens, Florida | Miami | Wisconsin |
| And Everything Else | ||
| Outback Bowl Jan. 1, Tampa, Florida | Michigan | South Carolina |
| Citrus Bowl Presented by Overton’s Jan. 1, Orlando, Florida | Notre Dame | LSU |
| TaxSlayer Bowl Dec. 30, Jacksonville | Louisville | Mississippi State |
| Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Dec. 29, Nashville, Tennessee | Kentucky | Northwestern |
| AutoZone Liberty Bowl Dec. 30, Memphis, Tennessee | Iowa State | Memphis |
| Hyundai Sun Bowl Dec. 29, El Paso, TX | NC State | Arizona State |
| NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl Dec. 29, Tucson, Arizona | Utah State | New Mexico State |
| Valero Alamo Bowl Dec. 28, San Antonio, Texas | Stanford | TCU |
| Belk Bowl Dec. 29, Charlotte, North Carolina | Wake Forest | Texas A&M |
| Birmingham Bowl Dec. 23, Birmingham, Alabama | Texas Tech | South Florida |
| Foster Farms Bowl Dec. 27, Santa Clara, California | Arizona | Purdue |
| New Era Pinstripe Bowl Dec. 27, New York, New York | Iowa | Boston College |
| Camping World Bowl Dec. 28, Orlando, Florida | Virginia Tech | Oklahoma State |
| Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl Dec. 27, Houston, Texas | Texas | Missouri |
| Cactus Bowl Dec. 26, Phoenix, Arizona | Kansas State | UCLA |
| Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl Dec. 26, Dallas, Texas | Utah | West Virginia |
| San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl Dec. 28, San Diego, California | Washington State | Michigan State |
| Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman Dec. 28, Annapolis, Maryland | Virgina | Navy |
| Walk-On’s Independence Bowl Dec. 27, Shreveport, Louisiana | Southern Miss | Florida State |
| Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl Dec. 21, St. Petersburg, Florida | Temple | Florida International |
| Quick Lane Bowl Dec. 26, Detroit, Michigan | Duke | Northern Illinois |
| Hawai’i Bowl Dec. 24, Honolulu, Hawaii | Fresno State | Houston |
| Dollar General Bowl Dec. 23, Mobile, Alabama | Appalachian State | Toledo |
| Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Dec. 23, Fort Worth, Texas | San Diego State | Army |
| Bahamas Bowl Dec. 22, Nassau, Bahamas | UAB | Ohio |
| Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Dec. 22, Boise, Idaho | Central Michigan | Wyoming |
| Celebration Bowl Dec. 16, Atlanta, Georgia | Grambling | North Carolina A&T |
| Cheribundi Tart Boca Raton Bowl Dec. 19, Boca Raton, Florida | Akron | Florida Atlantic |
| DXL Frisco Bowl Dec. 20, Frisco, Texas | Louisiana Tech | SMU |
| Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 16, Las Vegas, Nevada | Boise State | Oregon |
| Raycom Media Camelia Bowl Dec. 16, Montgomery, Alabama | Middle Tennessee | Arkansas State |
| AutoNation Cure Bowl Dec. 16, Orlando, Florida | Western Kentucky | Georgia State |
| GILDAN New Mexico Bowl Dec. 17, Albuquerque, New Mexico | Marshall | Colorado State |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Dec. 16, New Orleans, Louisiana | Troy | North Texas |
| National Championship Jan. 9, Tampa | Rose Bowl winner | Allstate Sugar Bowl winner |