The penultimate Friday of the calendar year features two college football bowl games ahead of a playoff first-round game. We break down the matchups.

The College Football Playoff is the main attraction of the college football postseason, but there are a handful of other fascinating matchups in regular bowl games.

Here’s the full schedule for today’s games: The College Football Playoff looms with Alabama and Oklahoma set to play on Dec. 19 while Texas A&M hosts Miami, Ole Miss welcomes Tulane and Oregon squares off against James Madison on Dec. 20.

Get in the holiday spirit and grab your remote. This one's for the college football purists out there. All times below Eastern.