The college football bowl season kicks off on Dec. 19 with a full slate of six games. It begins a run of 40 bowl games in 15 days to be followed by the National Championship game nine days later.

The NCAA has approved two new bowl games for the 2015–16 season, bringing the total number of games to 41. The complete schedule can be found below.

The College Football Playoff kicks off on January 1 with four teams battling in two games to determine what will happen on January 12 at AT&T Stadium. If that still feels like a long way away ...

Here are the dozen highest-rated college games of last season using full Nielsen ratings service figures (not merely the early overnight numbers), ranked by the average viewership (in millions ...