The Big Ten Conference is set for bowl season.
A dozen programs will be represented in bowl games, with four of those teams taking part in the College Football Playoff. Three other teams missed the postseason by one game.
Indiana, Penn State and Ohio State will all play in the first round of the playoff. The Hoosiers are at Notre Dame on Dec. 20 while the Nittany Lions and Buckeyes host SMU and Tennessee, respectively, on Dec. 21.
Oregon will take on the winner of Ohio State and Tennessee in the quarterfinal round of the playoff at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.
The other Big Ten teams to make the bowl season are Rutgers, USC, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, Washington, Illinois and Minnesota.
You can see the full schedule of bowl games involving Big Ten Conference teams below.
Asterisk indicates playoff game. All times Central.
• Friday, Dec. 20: Indiana* at Notre Dame at 7 p.m. on ABC/ESPN
• Saturday, Dec. 21: SMU at Penn State* at 11 a.m. on TNT; Tennessee at Ohio State* at 7 p.m. on ESPN
• Thursday, Dec. 26: Rutgers vs Kansas State in the Rate Bowl at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN
• Friday, Dec. 27: USC vs. Texas A&M in the Las Vegas Bowl at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN
• Saturday, Dec. 28: Boston College vs. Nebraska in the Pinstripe Bowl at 11 a.m. on ABC
• Monday, Dec. 30: Missouri vs. Iowa in the Music City Bowl at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN
• Tuesday, Dec. 31: Michigan vs. Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl at 11 a.m. on ESPN; Louisville vs. Washington in the Sun Bowl at 1 p.m. on CBS; South Carolina vs. Illinois in the Citrus Bowl at 2 p.m. on ABC
• Wednesday, Jan. 1: Oregon* vs. Ohio State/Tennessee in the Rose Bowl at 4 p.m. on ESPN
• Friday, Jan. 3: Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN
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