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NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision postseason takes shape, including over 100 U.S. National Team alums

By Brent Glasgow | Posted 12/6/2017

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On Sunday, 78 Football Bowl Subdivision teams, 138 U.S. National Team alums and two Football Championship Subdivision squads found out where they'll spend part of December or early January, as the full postseason field was announced. The headliner, of course, the College Football Playoff, filled by the top four teams in the final rankings:

The playoff will begin with the following New Year's Day semifinal contests: 

Rose Bowl: No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Georgia, 5 p.m., ESPN

Sugar Bowl: No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 Alabama, 8:45 p.m., ESPN

The semifinal winners will meet in the National Championship in Atlanta Jan. 8 at 8 p.m.

The College Football Playoff selection committee also set four other bowl matchups:

USA Football U.S. National Team alumni competing in committee-selected games include Alex Spence of Clemson; Kahlil Haughton, Prentice McKinney and Jordan Parker of Oklahoma; Isaiah Wynn, Mecole Hardman, Malik Herring, Justin Shaffer, Netori Johnson and D'Andre Swift of Georgia; Richie Petitbon, Trevon Diggs, Jared Mayden, Christopher Allen and Mac Jones of Alabama; Paul James III, Kamryn Pettway and Nick Ruffin of Auburn; Jake Zembiec, Saeed Blacknall, Jake Cooper and Fred Hansard of Penn State; Taylor Rapp of Washington; Chikwe Obasih, Patrick Johnson, Billy Hirschfeld, David Moorman and Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin; Hayden Mahoney, Bar Milo, Trajan Bandy and DJ Johnson of Miami; Dwayne Haskins, Brady Taylor, Dylan Thompson and Chase Young of Ohio State; and Frank Martin II, Trevon Sidney, Randal Grimes and Jalen McKenzie of USC.

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Here's a chronological rundown of the remaining bowl games, and participating U.S. National Team alumni:

Dec. 16

Celebration Bowl: Grambling vs. North Carolina A&T, 12 p.m., ABC

New Orleans Bowl: Troy vs. North Texas, 1 p.m., ESPN

- Sidney Davis of Troy; Jason Pirtle and Bryce English of North Texas

Cure Bowl: Georgia State vs. Western Kentucky, 2:30 p.m., CBSSN

Las Vegas Bowl: Boise State vs. Oregon, 3:30 p.m., ABC

- DeAndre Pierce of Boise State; Jawaan Williams, Jalen Jelks, Charles Nelson, Drayton Carlberg, Brady Breeze, La'Mar Winston Jr., Johnny Johnson III, Deommodore Lenoir and Nick Pickett of Oregon

RELATED CONTENT: Boise State’s DeAndre Pierce earns National Team top player honors

New Mexico Bowl: Marshall vs. Colorado State, 4:30 p.m., ESPN

Camellia Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Middle Tennessee, 8 p.m., ESPN

Dec. 19

Boca Raton Bowl: Florida Atlantic vs. Akron, 7 p.m., ESPN

Dec. 20

Frisco Bowl: SMU vs. Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m., ESPN

Dec. 21

Gasparilla Bowl: Florida International vs. Temple, 8 p.m. ESPN

Deion Eakins and Austin Maloney of FIU; Matt Hennessy of Temple

Dec. 22

Bahamas Bowl: Ohio vs. UAB, 12:30 p.m., ESPN

Potato Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Wyoming, 4 p.m., ESPN

Dec. 23

Birmingham Bowl: South Florida vs. Texas Tech, 12 p.m., ESPN

- Tony Morales, Derrick Willies, Jamile Johnson, Joseph Wallace and Riko Jeffers of Texas Tech

Armed Forces Bowl: Army vs. San Diego State, 3:30 p.m., ESPN

- Peyton Reeder of Army; Grady Vazquez and Daishawn Dixson of San Diego State

Dollar General Bowl: Appalachian State vs. Toledo, 7 p.m., ESPN

Dec. 24

Hawaii Bowl: Houston vs. Fresno State, 8:30 p.m., ESPN

- Alex Leslie of Houston

Dec. 26

Heart of Dallas Bowl: Utah vs. West Virginia, 1:30 p.m., ESPN

- Christian Drews of Utah and Alec Shriner of West Virginia 

Quick Lane Bowl: Northern Illinois vs. Duke, 5:15 p.m., ESPN

- Tommy Mister of Northern Illinois; Mark Birmingham, Alonzo Saxton II, Zach Baker and Axel Nyembwe of Duke

Cactus Bowl: Kansas State vs. UCLA, 9 p.m., ESPN

- Matthew McCrane, Mitch Lochbihler and Dalton Risner of Kansas State

RELATED CONTENT: Kansas State's Dalton Risner recalls his National Team experience fondly

Dec. 27

Independence Bowl: Florida State vs. Southern Miss, 1:30 p.m., ESPN

- Calvin Brewton, Jacob Pugh, Khalan Laborn and Alex Marshall of Florida State

Pinstripe Bowl: Boston College vs. Iowa, 5:15 p.m., ESPN

- Anthony Brown and Ben Glines of Boston College; Tyler Wieger, Ryan Boyle, Chauncey Golston and Cedrick Lattimore of Iowa

Foster Farms Bowl: Arizona vs. Purdue, 8:30 p.m., FOX

Texas Bowl: Texas vs. Missouri, 9 p.m., ESPN

- Alec Abeln, Eric Beisel and Jordan Harold of Missouri

Dec. 28

Military Bowl: Virginia vs. Navy, 1:30 p.m., ESPN

- Steven Moss of Virginia and Micah Thomas of Navy

Camping World Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Virginia Tech, 5:15 p.m., ESPN

- Ben Hughes and Johnny Wilson of Oklahoma State; Parker Osterloh, Braxton Pfaff and Wyatt Teller of Virginia Tech

Holiday Bowl: Michigan State vs. Washington State, 9 p.m., FS1

- T.J. Harrell, Tyson Smith and Matt Dotson of Michigan State; and Noah Osur-Myers of Washington State

Alamo Bowl: Stanford vs. TCU, 9 p.m., ESPN

- Dorian Maddox, Trevor Speights, Denzel Franklin and Harrison Phillips of Stanford; Sammy Douglas and Jalen Reagor of TCU

Dec. 29

Belk Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M, 1 p.m., ESPN

- Paris Black and A'Lique Terry of Wake Forest; Santino Marchiol and Nick Starkel of Texas A&M

Hyundai Sun Bowl: Arizona State vs. North Carolina State, 3 p.m., CBS

- Renell Wren, Ryan Jenkins, Loren Mondy, N'Keal Harry, Evan Fields and Christian Zendejas of Arizona State; Jackson Maples, Jalan McClendon and Will Eason of N.C. State

Music City Bowl: Kentucky vs. Northwestern, 4:30 p.m., ESPN

- Jacob Hyde and Kendall Randolph of Kentucky; Justin Jackson, Parrker Westphal and TJ Green of Northwestern

Arizona Bowl: New Mexico State vs. Utah State, 5:30 p.m. CBSSN

Dec. 30

TaxSlayer Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Louisville, 12 p.m., ESPN

Liberty Bowl: Memphis vs. Iowa State, 12:30 p.m., ABC

- Bobby McMillen III and Jake Campos of Iowa State

Jan. 1 

Outback Bowl: Michigan vs. South Carolina, 12 p.m., ESPN2

- Khalid Hill, Lawrence Marshall, Grant Newsome, Chris Evans and Ron Johnson of Michigan; Jared Washington, Rashad Fenton and A.J. Turner of South Carolina

Citrus Bowl: Notre Dame vs. LSU, 1 p.m., ABC

- Jay Hayes, Greer Martini and Jonathan Jones of Notre Dame; Kary Vincent Jr., Deondre Clark and Arden Key of LSU

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