2016–17 NCAA football bowl games

The top four teams in the final ranking then played a single-elimination semifinal round, with the winners advancing to the National Championship game.

Their winners advanced to the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on January 9, 2017.

[4][5] In July 2016, Hancock announced that future semi-finals, when not hosted by the Rose and Sugar Bowl games, will generally be held on the final Saturday of the year.

[8][9][10] For the 2016–17 bowl season, 63% of the 128 teams playing in Division I FBS were deemed eligible and received invites to fill the 80 available slots.

[16] Georgia Bulldogs (7–5)TCU Horned Frogs (6–6) The FCS has one bowl game; they also have a championship bracket that began on November 26 and ended on January 7.

On December 4, 2016, the College Football Playoff selection committee announced their final team rankings for the year:[17] In the third year of the College Football Playoff era, this was the first time that one of the four semifinalists (Ohio State) was not a conference champion.