All eyes will be on the College Football Playoff in the coming weeks, but when the selection committee finalized the playoff bracket Sunday, it allowed the rest of the bowls to slot teams into their games as well.That process is now complete, with a full slate of compelling games for fans to sink their teeth into this holiday season.Leading into the first weekend of playoff matchups, several Power-4 teams have games as well. Interestingly, in two of those higher-profile games the ranked team is not the Power-4 representative, as No. 25 Memphis takes on West Virginia in the Frisco Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 17 and No. 24 UNLV faces California in the LA Bowl the next night.Tulane travels to the state of Florida to take on the Florida Gators that Friday, leading into the first-ever game in the new 12-team playoff format (No. 8 Indiana at No. 5 Notre Dame). The other playoff games are the next day.The Hawai’i Bowl returns to its traditional Christmas Eve time slot as South Florida will face San Jose State, and after a break for Christmas, the bowls kick into high gear starting on Dec. 26 with 16 games over three days. A pair of P4 teams in Rutgers and Kansas State face off in the Rate Bowl on that first day, before Dec. 27 sees four more of those matchups, including No. 21 Syracuse taking on Washington State in the Holiday Bowl.Nebraska ends the longest bowl drought among power conference teams when it takes on Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 28 as part of a huge slate of eight games. That date also features the season’s first non-playoff ranked vs. ranked matchups: No. 13 Miami vs. No. 18 Iowa State (Pop-Tarts Bowl) and No. 17 BYU vs. No. 23 Colorado (Alamo Bowl). No. 22 Army provides the nightcap in the Independence Bowl vs. Marshall.Dec. 30 will give fans another ranked team in action as No. 19 Missouri battles Iowa in the Music City Bowl.No. 11 Alabama, which was left out of the playoff field, will be in action on New Year’s Eve in the ReliaQuest Bowl against last year’s national champion, Michigan. Another ranked matchup occurs that evening when the Citrus Bowl hosts No. 15 South Carolina and No. 20 Illinois.Following CFB Quarterfinal action on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, No. 14 Ole Miss takes on Duke in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 2.The final non-playoff game of bowl season will be the Bahamas Bowl between Liberty and Buffalo, on Saturday, Jan. 4.Bowl season concludes with the Semifinals on Jan. 9-10, and the National Championship Game on Jan. 20.Full 2024-25 college football bowl game schedule:Saturday, Dec. 14Celebration Bowl (Atlanta) — South Carolina State vs. Jackson StateSalute to Veterans Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.) — South Alabama vs. Western MichiganTuesday, Dec. 17Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas) — No. 25 Memphis vs. West VirginiaWednesday, Dec. 18Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Fla.) — James Madison vs. Western KentuckyLA Bowl (Inglewood, Calif.) — No. 24 UNLV vs. CaliforniaThursday, Dec. 19New Orleans Bowl — Sam Houston vs. Georgia SouthernFriday, Dec. 20Cure Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) — Ohio vs. Jacksonville StateGasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Fla.) — Florida vs. TulaneCollege Football Playoff First Round Game — No. 8 Indiana at No. 5 Notre DameSaturday, Dec. 21College Football Playoff First Round Game — No. 10 SMU at No. 4 Penn StateCollege Football Playoff First Round Game — No. 16 Clemson at No. 3 TexasCollege Football Playoff First Round Game — No. 7 Tennessee at No. 6 Ohio StateMonday, Dec. 23Myrtle Beach Bowl (Conway, S.C.) — Coastal Carolina vs. UTSAFamous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, Idaho) — Northern Illinois vs. Fresno StateTuesday, Dec. 24Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu, Hawai’i) — South Florida vs. San Jose StateThursday, Dec. 26GameAbove Sports Bowl (Detroit) — Pitt vs. ToledoRate Bowl (Phoenix) — Rutgers vs. Kansas State68 Ventures Bowl (Mobile, Ala.) — Arkansas State vs. Bowling GreenFriday, Dec. 27Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas) — Navy vs. OklahomaBirmingham Bowl — Georgia Tech vs. VanderbiltLiberty Bowl (Memphis) — Arkansas vs. Texas TechHoliday Bowl (San Diego) — No. 21 Syracuse vs. Washington StateLas Vegas Bowl — USC vs. Texas A&MSaturday, Dec. 28Fenway Bowl (Boston) — UConn vs. North CarolinaPinstripe Bowl (Bronx, N.Y.) — Boston College vs. Nebraska