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Is there a College Football Playoff game today? Full schedule, times, TV channels to watch bowl games this weekend<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With Christmas come and gone, we’re deep into college football bowl season as the New Year approaches.<\/p>\n

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Full slates of bowl games are on tap Friday and Saturday, including the first matchup of ranked teams outside the College Football Playoff as No. 12 BYU meets No. 22 Georgia Tech in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.<\/p>\n

Three other games featuring ranked teams also are on the docket, including an ACC-SEC matchup between No. 19 Virginia and Missouri in the Gator Bowl, No. 21 Houston facing an LSU team in flux in the Texas Bowl, and No. 25 North Texas closing out a strong season against San Diego State in the New Mexico Bowl.<\/p>\n

Here’s a full rundown of the upcoming CFP quarterfinals and this weekend’s bowl games.<\/p>\n

Is there a College Football Playoff game today?<\/p>\n

There are no CFP games scheduled for this weekend. Due to the way the calendar fell, traditional bowl games get Friday and Saturday to themselves while we wait until New Year’s Eve for the CFP quarterfinals to begin. The schedule for those games is below, followed by all of the other college games on tap this weekend.<\/p>\n

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CFP quarterfinals scheduleWednesday, Dec. 31<\/p>\n

Game<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

CFP Quarterfinal (Cotton Bowl)<\/p>\n

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Miami (Fla.)<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN,\u00a0ESPN app<\/a>,\u00a0Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, Jan. 1<\/p>\n

Game<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

CFP Quarterfinal (Orange Bowl)<\/p>\n

No. 4 Texas Tech vs. No. 5 Oregon<\/p>\n

Noon<\/p>\n

ESPN,\u00a0ESPN app<\/a>,\u00a0Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n

CFP Quarterfinal (Rose Bowl)<\/p>\n

No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 9 Alabama<\/p>\n

4 p.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN, ESPN app, Fubo<\/p>\n

CFP Quarterfinal (Sugar Bowl)<\/p>\n

No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 6 Ole Miss<\/p>\n

8 p.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN, ESPN app, Fubo<\/p>\n

College football games on TV today<\/p>\n

The full slate of post-Christmas bowl games is listed below, with football on TV most of the day Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

Friday, Dec. 26<\/p>\n

Bowl<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

GameAbove Sports Bowl<\/p>\n

Northwestern vs. Central Michigan<\/p>\n

1 p.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN,\u00a0Fubo<\/a>,\u00a0ESPN app<\/a><\/p>\n

Rate Bowl<\/p>\n

Minnesota vs. New Mexico<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN,\u00a0Fubo,\u00a0ESPN app<\/p>\n

First Responder Bowl<\/p>\n

UTSA vs. Florida International<\/p>\n

8 p.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN,\u00a0Fubo,\u00a0ESPN app<\/p>\n

Saturday, Dec. 27<\/p>\n

Bowl<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

Military Bowl<\/p>\n

East Carolina vs. Pitt<\/p>\n

11 a.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN,\u00a0Fubo<\/a>,\u00a0ESPN app<\/a><\/p>\n

Pinstripe Bowl<\/p>\n

Clemson vs. Penn State<\/p>\n

Noon<\/p>\n

ABC,\u00a0Fubo,\u00a0ESPN app<\/p>\n

Fenway Bowl<\/p>\n

Army vs. UConn<\/p>\n

2:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN,\u00a0Fubo,\u00a0ESPN app<\/p>\n

Pop-Tarts Bowl<\/p>\n

BYU vs. Georgia Tech<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

ABC,\u00a0Fubo,\u00a0ESPN app<\/p>\n

Arizona Bowl<\/p>\n

Fresno State vs. Miami (Ohio)<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The CW Network,\u00a0DIRECTV<\/a><\/p>\n

New Mexico Bowl<\/p>\n

San Diego State vs. North Texas<\/p>\n

5:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN,\u00a0Fubo,\u00a0ESPN app<\/p>\n

Gator Bowl<\/p>\n

Missouri vs. Virginia<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

ABC,\u00a0Fubo,\u00a0ESPN app<\/p>\n

Texas Bowl<\/p>\n

Houston vs. LSU<\/p>\n

9:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN,\u00a0Fubo,\u00a0ESPN app<\/p>\n

How to watch college football games today: TV channels, live streams<\/p>\n

TV channels: ABC\u00a0| ESPN | The CW Network<\/p>\n

This weekend’s college football games will be spread across ABC, ESPN and The CW. Cord-cutters can stream games on the\u00a0ESPN app<\/a>,\u00a0Fubo<\/a>\u00a0and DIRECTV<\/a>\u00a0throughout the day.<\/p>\n

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