ESPN announces kickoff times, TV designations for its 2023-24 college football bowl game lineup

It’s that time of the year when college football starts to feel right around the corner again. On Wednesday, ESPN announced its 2023-24 bowl schedule, complete with kickoff times and TV designations.

It’s a reminder that we’re not that far away from the official start of the season. Eighty-seven days, to be exact.

And the stakes will be high this bowl season. It’s the last bowl season before the College Football Playoff officially expands to 12 teams, which will likely put more of a spotlight on those playoff games, perhaps dimming the outlook for some of the other bowls.

Not so in 2023, though.

And if the last bowl season was any indication, college football fans will be in for a treat again with the 2023-24 bowl schedule.

Last bowl season saw some absolute dandies, like a thrilling Tulane comeback to beat USC 46-45 in the Cotton Bowl, or tightly contested 35-32 win over Oklahoma by Florida State in the Cheez-It Bowl. There was the 28-27 Oregon win over North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl and the 55-53 Arkansas shootout win over Kansas.

Even the College Football Playoff semifinals were elite in 2022, with Georgia hanging on by a thread to beat Ohio State 42-41 and TCU outlasting Michigan 51-45.

Many of the same favorites to win the national title last year will be gunning for it again in 2023, and as last season showed us, newcomers can always emerge. So without further ado, here’s the 2023-24 bowl schedule as released by ESPN.

2023-24 Bowl Schedule – Kickoff Times, TV Designations

Dec. 16, 11 a.m. – HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 16, 12 p.m. – Cricket Celebration Bowl (ABC)
Dec. 16, 2:15 p.m. – R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 16, 3:30 p.m. – Cure Bowl (ABC)
Dec. 16, 5:45 p.m. – New Mexico Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m. – LA Bowl (ABC)
Dec. 16, 9:15 p.m. – Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 18, 2:30 p.m. – Myrtle Beach Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 19, 9 p.m. – Frisco Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 21, 8 p.m. – RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 22, 6:30 p.m. – Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 23, 12 p.m. – Birmingham Bowl (ABC)
Dec. 23, 12 p.m. – Camellia Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 23, 3:30 p.m. – Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (ABC)
Dec. 23, 3:30 p.m. – Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 23, 7 p.m. – 68 Ventures Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 23, 7:30 p.m. – SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl (ABC)
Dec. 23, 10:30 p.m. – Easy Post Hawaii Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 26, 5:30 p.m. – SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 26, 9 p.m. – Guaranteed Rate Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 27, 2 p.m. – Military Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 27, 5:30 p.m. – Duke’s Mayo Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 27, 9 p.m. – TaxAct Texas Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 28, 11 a.m. – Wasabi Fenway Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 28, 2:15 p.m. – Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 28, 5:45 p.m. – Pop-Tarts Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 28, 9:15 p.m. – Valero Alamo Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 29, 12 p.m. – TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 29, 2 p.m. – Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (CBS)
Dec. 29, 3:30 p.m. – AutoZone Liberty Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 29, 8 p.m. – Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (ESPN)
Dec. 30, 12 p.m. – Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 30, 2 p.m. – Transperfect Music City Bowl (ABC)
Dec. 30, 4 p.m. – Capital One Orange Bowl (ESPN)
Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m. – Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl
Jan. 1, 12 p.m. – Reliaquest Bowl (ESPN2)
Jan. 1, 1 p.m. – Cheez-It Citrus Bowl (ABC)
Jan. 1, 1 p.m. – VRBO Fiesta Bowl (ESPN)
Jan. 1, 5 p.m. – Rose Bowl Game [CFP Semifinal] (ESPN)
Jan. 1, 8:45 p.m. – AllState Sugar Bowl [CFP Semifinal] (ESPN)
Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m. – College Football National Championship Presented by AT&T (ESPN)