ESPN - The most wonderful time of the year for college football fans -- bowl season -- is upon us.

And this year, there’s more to get excited about than ever with the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff.

In addition to the CFP, there will be 36 bowl games in all.

Here’s a look at this season’s games (all times ET).

Monday, Dec. 23

Myrtle Beach Bowl Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina) 11 a.m., ESPN Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho) 2:30 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 24

Hawai’i Bowl South Florida vs. San José State Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Honolulu) 8 p.m., ESPN

Thursday, Dec. 26

GameAbove Sports Bowl Pittsburgh vs. Toledo Ford Field (Detroit) 2 p.m., ESPN Rate Bowl Rutgers vs. Kansas State Chase Field (Phoenix) 5:30 p.m., ESPN 68 Ventures Bowl Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green Hancock Whitney Stadium (Mobile, Alabama) 9 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Dec. 27

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Oklahoma vs. Navy Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas) Noon, ESPN Birmingham Bowl Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt Protective Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama) 3:30 p.m., ESPN AutoZone Liberty Bowl Texas Tech vs. Arkansas Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee) 7 p.m., ESPN DirecTV Holiday Bowl Syracuse vs. Washington State Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, CA 8 p.m., Fox SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl Texas A&M vs. USC Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas) 10:30 p.m., ESPN Saturday, Dec. 28

Wasabi Fenway Bowl UConn vs. North Carolina Fenway Park (Boston) 11 a.m., ESPN Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl Boston College vs. Nebraska Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York) Noon, ABC Isleta New Mexico Bowl Louisiana vs. TCU University Stadium (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 2:15 p.m., ESPN Pop-Tarts Bowl Iowa State vs. Miami Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida) 3:30 p.m., ABC Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Miami (OH) vs. Colorado State Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona) 4:30 p.m., CW Network Go Bowling Military Bowl East Carolina vs. NC State Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland) 5:45 p.m., ESPN Valero Alamo Bowl BYU vs. Colorado Alamodome (San Antonio) 7:30 p.m., ABC Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Louisiana Tech vs. Army Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana) 9:15 p.m., ESPN

Monday, Dec. 30

TransPerfect Music City Bowl Iowa vs. Missouri Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee) 2:30 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 31

ReliaQuest Bowl Alabama vs. Michigan Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida) Noon, ESPN Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Louisville vs. Washington Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, Texas) 2 p.m., CBS Cheez-It Citrus Bowl South Carolina vs. Illinois Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida) 3 p.m., ABC Kinder’s Texas Bowl Baylor vs. LSU NRG Stadium (Houston) 3:30 p.m., ESPN

Thursday, Jan. 2

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Duke vs. Ole Miss EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida) 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Friday, Jan. 3

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl North Texas vs. Texas State Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas) 4 p.m., ESPN Duke’s Mayo Bowl Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina) 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Jan. 4

Bahamas Bowl pres. by Atlantis Resorts Buffalo vs. Liberty Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium (Nassau, Bahamas) 11 a.m., ESPN2

College Football Playoff schedule Friday, Dec. 20 College Football Playoff First Round Pres. by Allstate No. 10 Indiana @ No. 7 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium (South Bend, Indiana) 8 p.m., ABC/ESPN Saturday Dec. 21

College Football Playoff First Round Pres. by Allstate No. 11 SMU @ No. 6 Penn State Beaver Stadium (State College, Pennsylvania) 12 p.m., TNT No. 12 Clemson @ No. 5 Texas Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas) 4 p.m., TNT No. 9 Tennessee @ No. 8 Ohio State Ohio Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) 8 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 31

CFP Quarterfinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl TBD vs. No. 3 Boise State State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona) 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Wednesday, Jan. 1

CFP Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl TBD vs. No. 4 Arizona State Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta) 1 p.m., ESPN CFP Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential TBD vs. No. 1 Oregon Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California) 5 p.m., ESPN CFP Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl TBD vs. No. 2 Georgia Caesars Superdome (New Orleans) 8:45 p.m., ESPN

Thursday, Jan. 9

CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida) 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Jan. 10

CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas) 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Monday, Jan. 20

CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta) 7:30 p.m., ESPN