2018-19 College football: Playoff and bowl schedule

Atlanta's 2018-19 college football games

There will be some 40 bowl games on the schedule for the 2018-19 college football season.

The bowl season starts Dec. 15 with six games, beginning at noon with the Celebration Bowl from Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Here’s the full postseason game schedule:

Saturday, Dec. 15
Noon, ABC: Celebration Bowl
2 p.m., ESPN: Gildan New Mexico Bowl
2:30 p.m., CBSSN: AutoNation Cure Bowl
3:30 p.m., ABC: Las Vegas Bowl
5:30 p.m., ESPN: Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
9 p.m., ESPN: R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Tuesday, Dec. 18
7 p.m., ESPN: Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl

Wednesday, Dec. 19
8 p.m., ESPN: Frisco Bowl

Thursday, Dec. 20
8 p.m., ESPN: Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl

Friday, Dec. 21
12:30 p.m., ESPN: Bahamas Bowl
4 p.m., ESPN: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Saturday, Dec. 22
Noon, ESPN: Birmingham Bowl
3:30 p.m., ESPN: Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
7 p.m., ESPN: Dollar General Bowl
10:30 p.m., ESPN: Hawai'i Bowl

Wednesday, Dec. 26
1:30 p.m., ESPN: Heart of Dallas Bowl
5:15 p.m., ESPN: Quick Lane Bowl
9 p.m., ESPN: Cactus Bowl

Thursday, Dec. 27
1:30 p.m., ESPN: Walk-On's Independence Bowl
5:15 p.m., ESPN: New Era Pinstripe Bowl
9 p.m., ESPN: Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl

Friday, Dec. 28
1:30 p.m., ESPN: Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
5:15 p.m., ESPN: Camping World Bowl
9 p.m., ESPN: Valero Alamo Bowl

Saturday, Dec. 29
Noon, ESPN: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Noon, ABC: Belk Bowl
1:15 p.m., CBSSN: NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl
4 or 8 p.m., ESPN: College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl
4 or 8 p.m., ESPN: College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

Monday, Dec. 31

Noon, ESPN: Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman
Noon, FOX: Foster Farms Bowl
3:45 p.m., ESPN: AutoZone Liberty Bowl
4 p.m., FS1: SDCCU Holiday Bowl
7:30 p.m., ESPN: TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
TBD, CBS: Hyundai Sun Bowl

Tuesday, Jan. 1
Noon, ESPN2: Outback Bowl
1 p.m., ABC: Citrus Bowl
1 p.m., ESPN: PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
5 p.m., ESPN: Rose Bowl Game 
8:30 p.m., ESPN: Allstate Sugar Bowl

Monday, Jan. 7
8 p.m., ESPN: College Football Playoff National Championship