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Take a breath. You did it. College football’s finish line following a robust bowl season slate is a few steps away. Ohio State and Notre Dame will cap the 2024-25 season in the national championship on Jan. 20 in Atlanta.
Who knows how the bowl slate will look in the coming years, but December and early January provided ample overtimes and two scintillating College Football Playoff semifinal contests that kept us captivated throughout the postseason.
People tend to look sideways when you mention a continued desire for “too many bowl games,” even the contests involving teams with interim coaches and rosters depleted by opt-outs and transfer portal departures. The narrative surrounding these games outside of the playoff falls flat when you speak with the coaches and players involved: they want to win them all, as do the diehards.
We hope you enjoyed bowl season’s 41 matchups as much as we did. Let’s rank ’em!
TCU 34, Louisiana 3: Four touchdown passes from Josh Hoover was more than enough for TCU to paste Louisiana in one of bowl season’s most lopsided matchups. It’s hard to believe the Ragin’ Cajuns won 10 games this season considering their failure to score a touchdown in the Sun Belt Championship Game and then this stinker to end it. Lou Groza Award winner Kenneth Almendares avoided the shutout with a field goal late in the fourth.
Pregame ranking: No. 39
Miami (Ohio) 43, Colorado State 17: The RedHawks scored 19 points off four turnovers to bash the Rams, who were making their first bowl appearance since a 2017 loss to Marshall in New Mexico. Miami (Ohio) moved to 9-7 all-time in bowl games, and its ninth win of the season was fueled by two touchdowns each from Kevin Davis and Jordan Brunson.
Pregame ranking: No. 33
