Welcome to Bowl Season!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! From the Myrtle Beach Bowl on Dec. 16 to the College Football Playoff national championship on Jan. 8, we’ve got 42 FBS postseason games to enjoy.
We’ve ranked all 41 bowl games from worst to best (excluding the national title game). There are so many exciting matchups to look forward to in the coming weeks!
(Full 2023 bowl game schedule with dates, times, and TV channels)
41. Quick Lane Bowl (Dec. 26, 2 p.m., ESPN)
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Minnesota (5-7) vs. Bowling Green (7-5)
Minnesota is the only sub-.500 team in a bowl game due to its Academic Progress Rate. The Gophers will play without QB Athan Kaliakmanis after he entered the transfer portal. Minnesota averages just 303 yards a game and gives up six yards a play. Bowling Green won five of its last six to get bowl eligible, with its only loss in that span coming to Toledo as the Rockets scored a 59-yard TD to go ahead with 1:45 to go.
40. Boca Raton Bowl (Dec. 21, 8 p.m., ESPN)
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South Florida (6-6) vs. Syracuse (6-6)
The Bulls are bowling for the first time since 2018 under first-year coach Alex Golesh after winning just eight games over the last four seasons. One of USF’s six losses this season came by a score of 17-3 to Alabama in a game that was the catalyst for QB Jalen Milroe’s emergence after he didn’t play at all against the Bulls. Syracuse fired coach Dino Babers before the final week of the season, and interim coach Nunzio Campanile got a 35-31 win over Wake Forest to get the Orange into a bowl game.
39. 68 Ventures Bowl (Dec. 23, 7 p.m., ESPN)
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South Alabama (6-6) vs. Eastern Michigan (6-6)
South Alabama also gets to host a bowl game this season. The Jaguars had a 26-point win at Oklahoma State in Week 3 before losing to Central Michigan the following week. South Alabama has outscored its opponents by a combined 108 points thanks to midseason blowout wins over Louisiana-Monroe and Southern Miss. Eastern Michigan also lost to CMU and won its final two games of the season to qualify for the postseason.
38. Potato Bowl (Dec. 23, 3:30 p.m., ESPN)
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Georgia State (6-6) vs. Utah State (6-6)
QB Levi Williams’ powerful run in overtime got the Aggies a win over New Mexico in Week 13 to get to a bowl game. This will be Williams’ last game before he begins training to become a Navy SEAL. Georgia State lost its final five games and was outscored by at least three possessions in four of them before that dramatic defeat to Old Dominion.