Season 2014 All-star games 3 | Number of bowls 39 | |
Regular season August 30, 2014 – December 13, 2014 Bowl games December 20, 2014 – January 12, 2015 National Championship 2015 College Football PlayoffsNational Championship | ||
The 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games. They completed the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and included 39 team-competitive games and four all-star games. The games began on December 20, 2014 and, aside from the all-star games, ended with the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship which was played on January 12, 2015.
Contents
- Schedule
- Playoff
- CFP bowl games and Championship Game
- Non CFP bowl games
- CFP top 25 teams
- Bowl eligible teams
- Bowl eligible teams that did not receive a berth
- Bowl ineligible teams
- References
A record total of 39 postseason games were played, including the national championship game. To fill the 76 available bowl slots, a total of 13 teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—12 with a .500 (6-6) season and one sub-.500 team (6-7).
Schedule
The schedule for the 2014–15 bowl games is below. All times are EST (UTC−5). The rankings used are the CFP rankings.
Playoff
The 2014–15 postseason was the first to feature a College Football Playoff (CFP) to determine a national champion of Division I FBS college football. Four teams were selected by a 13-member committee to participate in a single-elimination tournament, whose semifinals were held at the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl as part of a yearly rotation of six bowls. Their winners advanced to the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
CFP bowl games and Championship Game
Starting with the 2014–15 postseason, six College Football Playoff (CFP) bowl games will host two semifinal playoff games on a rotating basis—the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Peach Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl. The games will be played on two days, on or around January 1. The winners of the two semifinal games will advance to the College Football Playoff National Championship. These six bowl games are also known as the New Year's Six. All games will be televised by ESPN and broadcast on the radio by ESPN Radio.
Non-CFP bowl games
For the 2014–15 postseason, four new bowl games were added — the Camellia Bowl, Miami Beach Bowl, Boca Raton Bowl, and Bahamas Bowl — bringing the total number of bowl games to 39. Additionally, the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl was replaced by the Quick Lane Bowl.
CFP top 25 teams
On December 7, 2014, the 13-member College Football Playoff selection committee announced their final team rankings for the year.
Bowl-eligible teams
Number of bowl berths available: 76
Number of bowl-eligible teams: 81
Bowl-eligible teams that did not receive a berth
Ohio, Texas State, Temple, UAB, Middle Tennessee
Bowl-ineligible teams
Number of bowl-ineligible teams: 47
† – Appalachian State (7–5), Georgia Southern (9–3, Sun Belt champions), and Old Dominion (6–6) were conditionally eligible based on win/loss record. However, under FCS-to-FBS transition rules, they are not eligible because enough teams qualified under normal circumstances.
‡ – Idaho was ineligible for postseason play due to an insufficient Academic Progress Rate. However, the Vandals would not have been eligible without the ban, as they finished with a 1-10 record.