Welcome to Bowl Season.
The 2025-26 college football postseason is the second of the 12-team College Football Playoff era. This year, there will be four first-round games before the quarterfinals, semifinals and College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 19.
There also are 35 bowl games outside the College Football Playoff for the second straight season with the addition of the X-Box Bowl to accommodate the eligible teams.
Sporting News is tracking those announcements through Sunday to get you ready for the postseason. On.3.com’s Brett McMurphy has confirmed several early bowl announcements here.
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College Football Bowl Schedule 2025-26
Dec. 13
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Bucked Up LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk |
Boise State vs. Washington |
9 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 16
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl |
|
9 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 17
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| StaffDNA Cure Bowl |
USF vs. Old Dominion |
5 p.m. |
ESPN |
| 68 Ventures Bowl |
|
8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 18
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| X-Box Bowl |
Arkansas State vs. Missouri State |
9 p.m. |
ESPN2 |
Dec. 19
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Myrtle Beach Bowl |
|
12 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl |
|
3:30 p.m.. |
ESPN |
Dec. 22
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Famous Idaho Potato Bowl |
Utah State vs. Washington State |
2 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 23
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl |
|
2 p.m. |
ESPN |
| New Orleans Bowl |
|
5:30 p.m. |
ESPN2 |
| Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl |
UNLV vs. Ohio |
9 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 24
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Sheraton Hawaii Bowl |
Hawaii vs. Cal |
8 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 26
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| GameAbove Sports Bowl |
Northwestern vs. Central Michigan |
1 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Rate Bowl |
Minnesota vs. New Mexico |
4 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Servpro First Responder Bowl |
|
8 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 27
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Go Bowling Military Bowl |
|
11 a.m. |
ESPN |
| Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl |
Penn State |
12 p.m. |
ABC |
| Wasabi Fenway Bowl |
Army vs. UConn |
2:15 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Pop-Tarts Bowl |
|
3:30 p.m. |
ABC |
| Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice |
Fresno State vs. Miami OH |
4:30 p.m. |
The CW |
| Isleta New Mexico Bowl |
San Diego State vs. North Texas |
5:45 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Taxslayer Gator Bowl |
|
7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Kinder’s Texas Bowl |
LSU vs. Houston |
9:15 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 29
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| JLab Birmingham Bowl |
|
2 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 30
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl |
Louisiana Tech vs. Coastal Carolina |
2 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl |
Illinois vs. Tennessee |
5:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Valero Alamo Bowl |
USC vs. TCU |
9 p.m. |
ABC |
Dec. 31
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Reliaquest Bowl |
Iowa vs. Vanderbilt |
12 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl |
Arizona State |
2 p.m. |
CBS |
| Cheez-It Citrus Bowl |
Michigan vs. Texas |
3 p.m. |
ABC |
| SDS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl |
Nebraska vs. Utah |
3:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Jan. 2
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl |
|
1 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Autozone Liberty Bowl |
Navy vs. Cincinnati |
4:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Duke’s Mayo Bowl |
Mississippi State |
8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| DirecTV Holiday Bowl |
Arizona |
8 p.m. |
Fox |
College Football Playoff 2025-26 schedule
Dec. 19
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| First-Round CFP game |
Alabama vs. Oklahoma |
8 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 20
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| First-Round CFP game |
Miami vs. Texas A&M |
12 p.m. |
TNT |
| First-Round CFP game |
Tulane vs. Ole Miss |
4 p.m. |
TNT |
| First-Round CFP game |
James Madison vs. Oregon |
8 p.m. |
ESPN |
Dec. 31
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Cotton Bowl Classic (quarterfinal) |
TBD vs. Ohio State |
7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Jan. 1
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Capital One Orange Bowl (quarterfinal) |
Texas Tech vs. TBD |
12 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Rose Bowl Game (quarterfinal) |
Indiana vs. TBD |
4 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Allstate Sugar Bowl (quarterfinal) |
Georgia vs. TBD |
8 p.m. |
ESPN |
Jan. 8
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) |
TBD |
7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Jan. 9
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal) |
TBD |
7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Jan. 19
| BOWL |
MATCHUP |
TIME |
TV |
| CFP National championship |
TBD |
7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
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