2016's college football bowl schedule is now complete

 

College football's bowl season is set.

The College Football Playoff is finalized, the New Year's just Six fell into place based on the Playoff, and other bowl matchups elsewhere along the calendar came into focus.

Below, everything from the New Orleans Bowl through the National Championship.

College Football Playoff
Fiesta Dec. 31, Glendale, AZ	No. 2 Clemson	No. 3 Ohio State	Playoff rankings top 4
Peach Dec. 31, Atlanta	No. 1 Alabama	No. 4 Washington	Playoff rankings top 4
National Championship Jan. 9, Tampa	Alabama	Ohio State	Fiesta winner vs. Peach winner

 

Bama's in at 13-0, Clemson's in at 12-1, and I think Ohio State's already in (explained here).

Washington's committee-disapproved schedule made it less than a lock, but a 31-point Friday night win in the Pac-12 Championship likely sealed a spot. Big Ten champ Penn State had a solid case. More on how I think Penn State vs. Washington went.

New Year's Six bowls
Cotton Jan. 2, Arlington, TX	Western Michigan	Wisconsin	At-large
Rose Jan. 2, Pasadena, CA	Penn State	USC	Big Ten 1 vs. Pac-12 1
Sugar Jan. 2, New Orleans	Oklahoma	Auburn	Big 12 1 vs. SEC 1
Orange Dec. 30, Miami	Florida State	Michigan	ACC vs. Big Ten/SEC/ND

 

Navy entered the weekend only two spots behind Western Michigan for the automatic mid-major spot. But then Navy lost. Row the boat.

Penn State can't fall beyond the Rose, while Wisconsin should slip past Michigan and into the Cotton.

Colorado's big loss to Washington and head-to-head loss to USC earlier in the year should put the Trojans in the Rose.

Michigan's in the Orange. Florida State entered the weekend ranked one spot ahead of Louisville, but a big win by Bama over Florida could've devalue FSU's best win enough for Louisville's 43-point win over FSU to matter. Personally surprised it didn't, but that's fine.

			Conference selection order, not based on standings
Outback Jan. 2, Tampa	Iowa	Florida	Big Ten 2-4 vs. SEC 3-8
Citrus Dec. 31, Orlando	Louisville	LSU	Big Ten 2-4/ACC vs. SEC 2
TaxSlayer Dec. 31, Jacksonville	Georgia Tech	Kentucky	ACC 3-6/Big Ten 5-7 vs. SEC 3-8
Music City Dec. 30, Nashville	Nebraska	Tennessee	ACC 3-6/Big Ten 5-7 vs. SEC 3-8
Liberty Dec. 30, Memphis	TCU	Georgia	Big 12 5 vs. SEC 3-8
Sun Dec. 30, El Paso, TX	North Carolina	Stanford	ACC 3-6 vs. Pac-12 5
Arizona Dec. 30, Tucson	Air Force	South Alabama	MWC vs. Sun Belt
Alamo Dec. 29, San Antonio	Oklahoma State	Colorado	Big 12 2 vs. Pac-12 2
Belk Dec. 29, Charlotte	Virginia Tech	Arkansas	ACC 3-6 vs. SEC 3-8
Birmingham Dec. 29	USF	South Carolina	American vs. SEC 9
Foster Farms Dec. 28, Santa Clara, CA	Indiana	Utah	Big Ten 5-7 vs. Pac-12 4
Pinstripe Dec. 28, New York City	Pitt	Northwestern	ACC 3-6 vs. Big Ten 5-7
Russell Athletic Dec. 28, Orlando	Miami	West Virginia	ACC 2 vs. Big 12 3
Texas Dec. 28, Houston	Kansas State	Texas A&M	Big 12 4 vs. SEC 3-8
Cactus Dec. 27, Tempe, AZ	Baylor	Boise State*	Big 12 6 vs. Pac-12 7
Heart of Dallas Dec. 27	Army	North Texas	Big Ten vs. C-USA
Holiday Dec. 27, San Diego	Minnesota	Washington State	Big Ten 2-4 vs. Pac-12 3
Military Dec. 27, Annapolis, MD	Wake Forest	Temple	ACC vs. American
Independence Dec. 26, Shreveport, LA	NC State	Vanderbilt	ACC vs. SEC
St. Petersburg Dec. 26	Mississippi State**	Miami (Ohio)*	ACC vs. American
Quick Lane Dec. 26, Detroit, MI	Boston College	Maryland	ACC vs. Big Ten
Hawaii Dec. 24, Honolulu	MTSU	Hawaii	C-USA vs. MWC
Dollar General Dec. 23, Mobile, AL	Ohio	Troy	MAC 1 vs. Sun Belt 2
Armed Forces Dec. 23, Fort Worth, TX	LA Tech*	Navy	Big 12 vs. Navy
Bahamas Dec. 23, Nassau	Old Dominion*	EMU	American vs. MAC
Potato Dec. 22, Boise, ID	Idaho*	Colorado State	MAC 2 vs. MWC
Poinsettia Dec. 21, San Diego	BYU	Wyoming	BYU vs. MWC
Boca Raton Dec. 20	Memphis	WKU	American vs. C-USA
Miami Beach Dec. 19	Tulsa	CMU	American vs. MAC
Las Vegas Dec. 17	San Diego State	Houston*	MWC 1 vs. Pac-12 6
Camellia Dec. 17, Montgomery, AL	Toledo	Appalachian State	MAC 3 vs. Sun Belt 3
Cure Dec. 17, Orlando	UCF	Arkansas State	American vs. Sun Belt
New Mexico Dec. 17, Albuquerque	UTSA	New Mexico	C-USA vs. MWC
New Orleans Dec. 17	UL Lafayette	Southern Miss	Sun Belt 1 vs. C-USA
* = Filling another conference's spot ** = Here at 5-7, thanks to APR scores