College Football on TV This Weekend: 12-Team Playoffs, Championships and Bowls

From Staff Reports

The college football postseason begins in earnest this weekend with the start of the new 12-team College Football Playoffs.

Add in the FCS Semifinals, NCAA Division II National Championship – featuring Georgia’s Valdosta State – along with the NCAA Division III Semifinals and some bowl games and college football fans will have a lot of must-see TV in store.

Below is this weekend’s schedule beginning tonight with Georgia Southern in the New Orleans Bowl.

Thursday, December 19

Ga. Southern (8-4) vs. Sam Houston (9-3), 7 pm – ESPN2 / New Orleans Bowl

Friday, December 20

Ohio (10-3) vs. Jacksonville State (9-4), Noon – ESPN / Cure Bowl
Tulane (9-4) vs. Florida (7-5), 3:30 pm – ESPN2 / Gasparilla Bowl
Indiana (11-1) at Notre Dame (11-1), 8 pm – ABC / ESPN / CFB Playoffs

Saturday, December 21

SMU (11-2) at Penn State (11-2), Noon – TNT / CFB Playoffs
South Dakota State (12-2) at North Dakota State (12-2), Noon – ABC / FCS Semifinals
Johns Hopkins (12-1) at Mount Union, OH (13-0), Noon / ESPN+ / NCAA Division III Semifinals
Ferris State (13-1) vs. Valdosta State (13-0), 2 pm – ESPN2 / NCAA Division II National Championship
South Dakota (11-2) at Montana State (14-0), 3:30 pm – ABC / FCS Semifinals
Susquehanna (12-1) at North Central College (13-0), 3:30 pm – ESPN+ / NCAA Division III Semifinals
Clemson (10-3) at Texas (11-2), 4 pm – TNT / CFB Playoffs
Tennessee (10-2) at Ohio State (10-2), 8 pm – ABC / ESPN / College FB Playoffs