The 2025-26 bowl schedule is almost 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: This page is being updated. Some of the bowls below have been reported but not confirmed.)
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Saturday, Dec. 13
LA Bowl, 8 p.m., ABC
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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
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Old Dominion vs. South Florida
68 Ventures Bowl, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Dec. 18
Xbox Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN2
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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
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No 9 Alabama at No. 8 Oklahoma
Saturday, Dec. 20
College Football Playoff first-round game, Noon, ABC
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No. 10 Miami at No. 7 Texas A&M
College Football Playoff first-round game, 3:30 p.m., TNT
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No. 11 Tulane at No. 6 Ole Miss
College Football Playoff first-round game, 7:30 p.m., TNT
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No. 12 James Madison at No. 5 Oregon
Monday, Dec. 22
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 2 p.m., ESPN
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Utah State vs. Washington State
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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
Wednesday, Dec. 24
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, 8 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Dec. 26
GameAbove Sports Bowl, 1 p.m., ESPN
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Northwestern vs. Central Michigan
Rate Bowl, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
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
Pop-Tarts Bowl, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl, 4:30 p.m., CW
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Fresno State vs. Miami (Ohio)
Isleta New Mexico Bowl, 5:45 p.m., ESPN
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San Diego State vs. North Texas
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, 7:30 p.m., ABC
Kinder’s Texas Bowl, 9:15 p.m., ESPN
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Monday, Dec. 29
JLab Birmingham Bowl, 2 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 30
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, 2 p.m., ESPN
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Louisiana Tech vs. Coastal Carolina
Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, Dec. 31
ReliaQuest Bowl, Noon, ESPN
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, 2 p.m., CBS
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, 3 p.m., ABC
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl, 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Goodyear Cotton Bowl (College Football Playoff quarterfinal), 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Jan. 1
Capital One Orange Bowl (College Football Playoff quarterfinal), Noon, ESPN
Rose Bowl presented by Prudential (College Football Playoff quarterfinal), 4 p.m., ESPN
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Allstate Sugar Bowl (College Football Playoff quarterfinal), 8 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Jan. 2
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, 1 p.m., ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
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
Friday, Jan. 9
Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal), 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Monday, Jan. 19
National Championship Game, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
