Complete 2025-26 college football bowl schedule
The bowl field is set.
The 2025-26 bowl schedule is set. Here are all of the matchups as bowl season spans over five weeks starting Dec. 13 and ending on Jan. 19. All times are Eastern.
(Note: Some of the bowls below have been reported, but not confirmed.)
Saturday, Dec. 13
LA Bowl, 8 p.m., ABC
Boise State vs. Washington
Tuesday, Dec. 16
IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, Dec. 17
StaffDNA Cure Bowl, 5 p.m., ESPN
Old Dominion vs. South Florida
68 Ventures Bowl, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Louisiana vs. Delaware
Thursday, Dec. 18
Xbox Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN2
Missouri State vs. Arkansas State
Friday, Dec. 19
Myrtle Beach Bowl, 11 a.m., ESPN
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, 2:30 p.m., ESPN
College Football Playoff first-round game, 8 p.m., ABC
No 9 Alabama at No. 8 Oklahoma
Saturday, Dec. 20
College Football Playoff first-round game, Noon, ABC
No. 10 Miami at No. 7 Texas A&M
College Football Playoff first-round game, 3:30 p.m., TNT
No. 11 Tulane at No. 6 Ole Miss
College Football Playoff first-round game, 7:30 p.m., TNT
No. 12 James Madison at No. 5 Oregon
Monday, Dec. 22
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 2 p.m., ESPN
Utah State vs. Washington State
Tuesday, Dec. 23
Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl of Beans, 2 p.m. ESPN
New Orleans Bowl, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN
UNLV vs. Ohio
Wednesday, Dec. 24
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, 8 p.m., ESPN
Cal vs. Hawaii
Friday, Dec. 26
GameAbove Sports Bowl, 1 p.m., ESPN
Northwestern vs. Central Michigan
Rate Bowl, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
Minnesota vs. New Mexico
ServPro First Responder Bowl, 8 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, Dec. 27
Go Bowling Military Bowl, 11 a.m., ESPN
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, Noon, ABC
Wasabi Fenway Bowl, 2:15 p.m., ESPN
Army vs. UConn
Pop-Tarts Bowl, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl, 4:30 p.m., CW
Fresno State vs. Miami (Ohio)
Isleta New Mexico Bowl, 5:45 p.m., ESPN
San Diego State vs. North Texas
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, 7:30 p.m., ABC
Kinder’s Texas Bowl, 9:15 p.m., ESPN
LSU vs. Houston
Monday, Dec. 29
JLab Birmingham Bowl, 2 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 30
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, 2 p.m., ESPN
Louisiana Tech vs. Coastal Carolina
Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Illinois vs. Tennessee
Valero Alamo Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN
TCU vs. USC
Wednesday, Dec. 31
ReliaQuest Bowl, Noon, ESPN
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, 2 p.m., CBS
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, 3 p.m., ABC
Texas vs. Michigan
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl, 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Nebraska vs. Utah
Goodyear Cotton Bowl (College Football Playoff quarterfinal), 7:30 p.m., ESPN
TBD vs. No. 2 Ohio State
Thursday, Jan. 1
Capital One Orange Bowl (College Football Playoff quarterfinal), Noon, ESPN
TBD vs. No. 4 Texas Tech
Rose Bowl presented by Prudential (College Football Playoff quarterfinal), 4 p.m., ESPN
TBD vs. No. 1 Indiana
Allstate Sugar Bowl (College Football Playoff quarterfinal), 8 p.m., ESPN
TBD vs. No. 3 Georgia
Friday, Jan. 2
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, 1 p.m., ESPN
Rice vs. Texas State
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
Navy vs. Cincinnati
Duke’s Mayo Bowl, 8 p.m., ESPN
Holiday Bowl, 8 p.m., Fox
Thursday, Jan. 8
Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal), 7:30 p.m., ESPN
TBD vs. TBD
Friday, Jan. 9
Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal), 7:30 p.m., ESPN
TBD vs. TBD
Monday, Jan. 19
National Championship Game, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
TBD vs. TBD
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