ESPN announces 32-game college football Bowl Season schedule for 2026-27
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Courtney Clawson
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ESPN has announced its Bowl Season schedule for the 2026-27 college football season, featuring 32 games across ESPN, ABC, and the ESPN App. The postseason lineup includes 17 ESPN Events owned-and-operated bowls, starting with the Cricket Celebration Bowl on December 12, 2026, and running through January 2, 2027. ABC will broadcast tripleheaders on December 26 and January 2. This comes after the most-watched Bowl Season in a decade.
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The postseason schedule, including 17 ESPN Events owned-and-operated bowls, starts Saturday, Dec. 12, and runs through Saturday, Jan. 2.
Coming off the most-watched Bowl Season in a decade, ESPN's industry-leading lineup kicks off with the Cricket Celebration Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 12, at noon ET on ABC.
Additional ABC matchups include tripleheaders on both Saturday, Dec. 26 and Saturday, Jan. 2.
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