2017–18 NCAA football bowl games
The 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games was a series of college football bowl games which completed the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The games began on December 16, 2017, and aside from the all-star games ended with the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, which was played on January 8, 2018.
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| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular season | August 26, 2017 – December 9, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of bowls | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All-star games | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl games | December 16, 2017 – January 8, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Championship | 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location of Championship | Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | Alabama Crimson Tide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl Challenge Cup winner | Big Ten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The total of 40 team-competitive bowls in FBS, including the national championship game, was one less than the previous year, with the folding of the Poinsettia Bowl. To fill the 78 available bowl slots, a total of 15 teams (19% of all participants) with non-winning (6–6) seasons participated in bowl games. This marks only the second time in seven years that no teams with losing seasons (6–7 or 5–7) had to be invited to fill available bowl berths.