2018-2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE....

bowles link:  http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/cfpbowls2018/2018-19-college-football-playoff-bowl-schedule

It's time to most wonderful time of the year. Yeah, there's the holidays. But there is also the college football bowl season to entertain us. A total of 40 postseason games in the Football Bowl Subdivision are set to take place in December and January.

The action kicks off with the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque. It's the first among five games scheduled for Dec. 15.

The College Football Playoff semifinals will be held on Dec. 29 at the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, and Orange Bowl at Miami Gardens, Fla.

The national championship game will wrap up the bowl season extravaganza on Jan. 7 in Santa Clara, Calif. - more about this:  Link 1....

A rundown of the bowl lineup:

Dec. 15  — New Mexico Bowl: North Texas vs. Utah State, ESPN, 2 p.m. Result

Dec. 15  — Cure Bowl: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Tulane, CBSSN, 2:30 p.m. Result

Dec. 15  — Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona State vs. Fresno State, ABC, 3:30 p.m. Result

Dec. 15  — Camellia Bowl: Eastern Michigan vs. Georgia Southern, ESPN, 5:30 p.m. Result

Dec. 15  — New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. Middle Tenn., ESPN, 9 p.m. Result

Dec. 18  — Boca Raton Bowl: Alabama-Birmingham vs. Northern Illinois, ESPN, 7 p.m. Result

Dec. 19 — Frisco Bowl: Ohio vs. San Diego State, ESPN, 8 p.m. Result

Dec. 20 — Gasparilla Bowl: Marshall vs. South Florida, ESPN, 8 p.m. Result

Dec. 21 — Bahamas Bowl: Florida International vs. Toledo, ESPN, 12:30 p.m. Result

Dec. 21 — Idaho Potato Bowl: Brigham Young vs. Western Michigan, ESPN, 4 p.m. Result

Dec. 22 — Birmingham Bowl: Memphis vs. Wake Forest, ESPN, noon Result

Dec. 22 — Armed Forces Bowl: Army vs. Houston, ESPN, 3:30 p.m. Result

Dec. 22 — Dollar General Bowl: Buffalo vs. Troy, ESPN, 7 p.m. Result

Dec. 22 — Hawai’i Bowl: Hawaii vs. Louisiana Tech, ESPN, 10:30 p.m. Result

Dec. 26 — First Responder Bowl: Boise State vs. Boston College, ESPN, 1:30 pm. Cancel Result

Dec. 26 — Quick Lane Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Minnesota, ESPN, 5:15 p.m. Result

Dec. 26 — Cheez-It Bowl: California vs. TCU, ESPN, 9 p.m. Result

Dec. 27 — Independence Bowl: Duke vs. Temple, ESPN, 1:30 p.m. Result

Dec. 27 — Pinstripe Bowl: Miami (Fla.) vs. Wisconsin, ESPN, 5:15 p.m. Result

Dec. 27 — Texas Bowl: Baylor vs. Vanderbilt, ESPN, 9 p.m. Result

Dec. 28 — Music City Bowl: Auburn vs. Purdue, ESPN, 1:30 p.m. Result

Dec. 28 — Camping World Bowl: Syracuse vs. West Virginia, ESPN, 5:15 p.m. Result

Dec. 28 — Alamo Bowl: Iowa State vs. Washington State, ESPN, 9 p.m. Result

Dec. 29 — Peach Bowl: Florida vs. Michigan, ESPN, noon Result

Dec. 29 — Belk Bowl: South Carolina vs. Virginia, ABC, noon Result

Dec. 29 — Arizona Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Nevada, CBSSN, 1 p.m. Result

Dec. 29 — Cotton Bowl: Clemson vs. Notre Dame, ESPN, 4 p.m.  Link Result:  usatoday 1,  

Dec. 29 — Orange Bowl: Alabama vs. Oklahoma, ESPN, 8 p.m. Result.  

Dec. 31 — Military Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech, ESPN, noon  Result

Dec. 31 — Sun Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Stanford, CBS, 2 p.m.  Result

Dec. 31 — Redbox Bowl: Michigan State vs. Oregon, Fox, 3 p.m.  Result

Dec. 31 — Liberty Bowl: Missouri vs. Oklahoma State, ESPN, 3:45 p.m.  Result

Dec. 31 — Holiday Bowl: Northwestern vs. Utah, FS1, 7 p.m.  Result

Dec. 31 — Gator Bowl: North Carolina State vs. Texas A&M, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.  Result

Jan. 1, 2019 — Outback Bowl: Iowa vs. Mississippi State, ESPN2, noon  Result

Jan. 1, 2019 — Citrus Bowl: Kentucky vs. Penn State, ABC, 1 p.m.  Result

Jan. 1, 2019 — Fiesta Bowl: Central Florida vs. LSU, ESPN, 1 p.m.  Result

Jan. 1, 2019 — Rose Bowl: Ohio State vs. Washington, ESPN, 5 p.m.  Result

Jan. 1, 2019 — Sugar Bowl: Georgia vs. Texas, ESPN, 8:30 p.m.  Result

Jan. 7, 2019 — College Football Playoff title game: Semifinal winners - Clemson vs. Alabama, ESPN, 8 p.m. at Levi's Stadium.  Result

Rankings before the bowls:  

Amway Coaches Poll 

HOW THE POLL WORKS 

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TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 15

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	1ST PLACE VOTES	PREV	CHANGE	HI/LOW
1	Alabama	13-0	1598	62	1	–	1/1
2	Clemson	13-0	1538	2	2	–	2/4
3	Notre Dame	12-0	1460	0	3	–	3/11
4	Oklahoma	12-1	1375	0	5	1	4/11
5	Ohio State	12-1	1326	0	6	1	2/10
6	Georgia	11-2	1316	0	4	-2	2/6
7	Central Florida	12-0	1218	0	7	–	7/23
8	Michigan	10-2	1122	0	8	–	4/22
9	Washington	10-3	1046	0	11	2	6/19
10	Florida	9-3	976	0	10	–	10/NR
11	Louisiana State	9-3	899	0	14	3	4/24
12	Penn State	9-3	889	0	12	–	8/20
13	Washington State	10-2	856	0	13	–	7/NR
14	Texas	9-4	776	0	9	-5	7/NR
15	Kentucky	9-3	696	0	15	–	12/NR
16	West Virginia	8-3	683	0	16	–	6/20
17	Syracuse	9-3	505	0	18	1	12/NR
18	Mississippi State	8-4	501	0	19	1	14/NR
19	Utah	9-4	411	0	17	-2	16/NR
20	Texas A&M	8-4	388	0	22	2	17/NR
21	Fresno State	11-2	357	0	23	2	17/NR
22	Northwestern	8-5	159	0	21	-1	21/NR
23	Utah State	10-2	125	0	24	1	13/NR
24	Boise State	10-3	122	0	20	-4	17/NR
25	Army	9-2	114	0	25	–	24/NR

*Hi/Low Rankings 

Hi/Low = The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a "NR" (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

Others Receiving Votes

Iowa State 87; NC State 63; Cincinnati 62; Missouri 61; Appalachian State 32; Iowa 19; Stanford 9; Oregon 5; UAB 4; Buffalo 1; Georgia Southern 1. 

List of Voters

The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2018 season: Blake Anderson, Arkansas State; Major Applewhite, Houston; Dino Babers, Syracuse; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; John Bonamego, Central Michigan; Terry Bowden, Akron; Jeff Brohm, Purdue; Neal Brown, Troy; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Bill Clark, Alabama-Birmingham; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Geoff Collins, Temple; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Bob Davie, New Mexico; Butch Davis, Florida International; Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; Herm Edwards, Arizona State; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M; Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern; P.J. Fleck, Minnesota; James Franklin, Penn State; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech; Turner Gill, Liberty; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bryan Harsin, Boise State; Clay Helton, Southern California; Tom Herman, Texas; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Mike Jinks, Bowling Green; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Brad Lambert, Charlotte; Mike Leach, Washington State; Lance Leipold, Buffalo; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Mike MacIntyre, Colorado; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Doug Martin, New Mexico State; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Jeff Monken, Army; Dan Mullen, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Jay Norvell, Nevada; Barry Odom, Missouri; Ed Orgeron, LSU; Gary Patterson, TCU; Chris Petersen, Washington; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Charlie Strong, South Florida; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, Fresno State; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Everett Withers, Texas State.

AP Top 25 Poll - Week 15

Poll Released: Dec 02

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Rank	Trend	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Game scores	Share
1	-	Alabama	SEC	13-0	1,525(61)	@ Georgia W35-28	Share
2	-	Clemson	ACC	13-0	1,460	@ Pittsburgh W 42-10	Share
3	-	Notre Dame	Division I FBS Ind	12-0	1,405	_	Share
4	1	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-1	1,327	vs Texas W39-27	Share
5	1	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-1	1,254	vs Northwestern W 45-24	Share
6	2	Georgia	SEC	11-2	1,247	vs Alabama L35-28	Share
7	-	UCF	The American	12-0	1,158	vs Memphis W 56-41	Share
8	-	Michigan	Big Ten	10-2	1,076	_	Share
9	1	Washington	Pac-12	10-3	992	vs Utah W10-3	Share
10	1	Florida	SEC	9-3	894	_	Share
11	1	LSU	SEC	9-3	847	_	Share
12	-	Washington State	Pac-12	10-2	845	_	Share
13	1	Penn State	Big Ten	9-3	773	_	Share
14	5	Texas	Big 12	9-4	763	@ Oklahoma L 39-27	Share
15	-	West Virginia	Big 12	8-3	694	_	Share
16	-	Kentucky	SEC	9-3	639	_	Share
17	1	Syracuse	ACC	9-3	516	_	Share
18	2	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4	375	_	Share
19	6	Fresno State	Mountain West	11-2	373	@ Boise State W 19-16	Share
20	3	Utah	Pac-12	9-4	362	@ Washington L10-3	Share
21	1	Texas A&M	SEC	8-4	359	_	Share
22	1	Army	Division I FBS Ind	9-2	209	_	Share
23	4	Boise State	Mountain West	10-3	144	vs Fresno State L 19-16	Share
24	-	Missouri	SEC	8-4	133	_	Share
25	1	Iowa State	Big 12	8-4	110	vs Drake W27-24	Share

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes:Northwestern 109, Utah St. 86, NC State 54, Cincinnati 39, Stanford 28, Appalachian St. 19, UAB 4, Iowa 4, Troy 1, Oregon 1.

Poll Methodology

The AP Top 25 Poll is determined by a simple points system based on how each voter ranks college football's best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first place vote, 24 for second place and so on through to the 25th team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the teams' point totals from highest to lowest. The mathematical formula is the same as the one used for the AP Pro 32 rankings and the AP Top 25 rankings for men's and women's basketball.

History Of The Poll

The Associated Press began its college football poll on Oct. 19, 1936, and it is now the longest-running poll of those that award national titles at the end of the season. The preseason poll was started in 1950. A panel of 61 sports writers and broadcasters from around the country votes on the poll weekly. All of the voters have an extensive background in covering college football. Alabama's ten AP national titles lead the way, with Notre Dame sitting second with eight. Oklahoma has seven, while Miami and Southern California have five each. Each team's ranking will be mentioned in AP stories throughout the preseason and the regular season, along with a link to the Top 25: collegefootball.ap.org/poll