Full Big Ten bowl game and College Football Playoff schedule for 2023

Nov 29, 2023

A season after getting two teams into the College Football Playoff, the Big Ten is looking to once again send a handful of teams to New Years Six bowl games in the 2023 season. And maybe this time around, pick up a playoff win or two along the way. Ohio State and Michigan each lost their playoff matchups a year ago, but in doing so left Penn State as a team to take advantage of a Rose Bowl invite. Those three schools could once again be playing in a New Years Six bowl game of some capacity this upcoming bowl season.

The Big Ten has a healthy lineup of bowl agreements in place once again this season and will hope to be able to fill every spot while also occupying a few spots in the coveted New Years Six lineup. The Rose Bowl will be hosting a College Football Playoff semifinal this season, so the Big Ten champion isn't necessarily guaranteed a trip to Pasadena this season. But if all works out the way it should, the Big Ten champion will be playing in the playoff, which would result in a trip to the Rose Bowl anyway.

Here is a look at the full Big Ten bowl game schedule as well as the College Football Playoff schedule for the 2023 college football season. For every bowl game on the schedule this bowl season, College Sports Wire has the full bowl season schedule.

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Date: Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023

Where: Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas, NV)

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ET

TV: ABC

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Date: Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023

Where: Ford Field (Detroit, MI)

Kickoff: 2:00 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

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Date: Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023

Where: Chase Field (Phoenix, AZ)

Kickoff: 9:00 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

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Date: Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023

Where: Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)

Kickoff: 2:15 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

Syndication: Florida Times-Union

Date: Friday, Dec. 29, 2023

Where: TIAA Bank Field (Jacksonville, FL)

Kickoff: 12:00 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

The Gator Bowl pairs a team from the SEC against a team from the Big Ten or ACC (an ACC team can be replaced by Notre Dame, which was the case in last season's Gator Bowl).

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Date: Friday, Dec. 29, 2023

Where: AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX)

Kickoff: 8:00 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

The Cotton Bowl will host two at-large teams in the New Years Six bowl lineup this season.

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Date: Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023

Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA)

Kickoff: 12:00 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

The Peach Bowl will host two at-large teams in the New Years Six bowl lineup this season. It was a College Football Playoff semifinal last season, which Ohio State played in.

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Date: Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023

Where: Nissan Stadium (Nashville, TN)

Kickoff: 2:00 p.m. ET

TV: ABC

Syndication: The Knoxville News-Sentinel

Date: Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023

Where: Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL)

Kickoff: 4:00 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

The Orange Bowl gets the ACC champion or the highest-ranked available team from the ACC after the College Football Playoff is filled. The other spot will be filled by the highest-ranked available team from the Big Ten or SEC or Notre Dame after all spots in the College Football Playoff are filled. Tennessee represented the SEC last season.

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