2023–24 NCAA football bowl games

The College Football Playoff system is used to determine a national championship of Division I FBS college football. A committee of experts will rank the top 25 teams in the nation after each of the last seven weeks of the regular season. The top four teams[lower-alpha 3] in the final ranking are then seeded in a single-elimination semifinal round, with the winners advancing to the National Championship game.

The semifinal games for the 2023 season are the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. Both will be played on January 1, 2024, as part of a yearly rotation of three pairs of two bowls, commonly referred to as the New Year's Six bowl games. The winners will advance to the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 8, 2024. Each of the games in the following table is scheduled to be televised by ESPN.

† Semifinal teams are chosen by the selection committee

‡ Semifinal winners advance to the championship game

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• Due to a change in sponsorship, the LendingTree Bowl became the 68 Ventures Bowl.[3]
• Kellogg's changed their branding of the Cheez-It Bowl to become the Pop-Tarts Bowl.[4]
• The East–West Shrine Bowl all-star game changed venues, from Allegiant Stadium near Las Vegas to Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.[5]

The "affiliations" column reflects conference tie-ins for each bowl; the conference affiliations of teams actually invited may vary based on bowl eligibility and other factors.

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The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) has one bowl game. The FCS also has a postseason bracket tournament that culminates in the 2024 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game.

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Each of these games features college seniors, or players whose college football eligibility is ending, who are individually invited by game organizers. These games are scheduled to follow the team-competitive bowls, to allow players selected from bowl teams to participate. The all-star games may include some players from non-FBS programs.

Generally, a team must have at least six wins to be considered bowl eligible, with at least five of those wins being against FBS opponents. The College Football Playoff semifinal games are determined based on the top four seeds in the playoff committee's final rankings. The remainder of the bowl-eligible teams are selected by each respective bowl based on conference tie-ins, order of selection, match-up considerations, and other factors.

• ACC (3): Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina
• American (1): Tulane
• Big Ten (5): Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers
• Big 12 (2): Oklahoma, Texas
• C–USA (1): Liberty
• MAC (3): Miami (OH), Ohio, Toledo
• Mountain West (3): Air Force, Fresno State, UNLV
• Pac-12 (5): Oregon, Oregon State, USC, Utah, Washington
• SEC (6): Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, winner of Tennessee–Kentucky game on October 28
• Sun Belt (2): Georgia State, winner of Troy–Texas State game on October 28
• Independent (1): Notre Dame

Number of bowl berths available: 82
Number of bowl-eligible teams: 32

• ACC (3): Duke, Miami (FL), winner of Clemson–NC State game on October 28
• American (2): Memphis, SMU
• Big Ten (2): Maryland, Wisconsin
• Big 12 (4): BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
• C–USA (1): New Mexico State[lower-alpha 4]
• MAC (1): Winner of Northern Illinois–Central Michigan game on October 31
• Mountain West (1): Wyoming
• Pac-12 (1): UCLA
• SEC (3): Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee
• Sun Belt (5): Georgia Southern, Texas State, Troy, winner of Louisiana–South Alabama game on October 28, winner of Marshall–Coastal Carolina game on October 28
• Independent:

• ACC (5): Boston College, Clemson, NC State, Syracuse, Wake Forest
• American (3): Rice, South Florida, UTSA
• Big Ten (2): Minnesota, Nebraska
• Big 12 (3): Iowa State, TCU, West Virginia
• C–USA (2): FIU, Western Kentucky
• MAC (4): Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois
• Mountain West (1): Winner of Utah State–San Diego State game on November 4
• Pac-12 (3): Arizona, Colorado, Washington State
• SEC (2): Mississippi State, Texas A&M
• Sun Belt (5): Coastal Carolina, Louisiana, Marshall, Old Dominion, South Alabama
• Independent:

• ACC (2): Pittsburgh, Virginia
• American (1): Charlotte
• Big Ten (4): Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Purdue
• Big 12 (2): Cincinnati, Texas Tech
• C–USA (1): FIU
• MAC (2): Buffalo, loser of Northern Illinois–Central Michigan game on October 31
• Mountain West (4): Hawai'i,[lower-alpha 5] San Diego State, San Jose State, Utah State
• Pac-12 (1): Stanford
• SEC (1): South Carolina
• Sun Belt (1): Louisiana–Monroe
• Independent:

• ACC:
• American (3): East Carolina, Temple, UAB
• Big Ten:
• Big 12:
• C–USA (3): Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, UTEP
• MAC (2): Ball State, Western Michigan
• Mountain West (2): Nevada, loser of Utah State–San Diego State game on November 4
• Pac-12:
• SEC (2): Arkansas, Vanderbilt
• Sun Belt (1): Southern Miss
• Independent (2): Army[lower-alpha 6], UConn

• ACC:
• American:
• Big Ten:
• Big 12:
• C–USA (2): Jacksonville State[lower-alpha 7], Sam Houston[lower-alpha 8]
• MAC (2): Akron, Kent State
• Mountain West:
• Pac-12 (1): Arizona State[10]
• SEC:
• Sun Belt (1): James Madison[lower-alpha 7]
• Independent (1): UMass

Number of bowl-ineligible teams: 7