The 2025-26 bowl game schedule is mostly set. Here are all the games during the five weeks of bowl season starting December 13th and ending January 19th. All times are Eastern Time.
(Note: Some of the bowls below have been reported but not confirmed.)
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Saturday, December 13
Los Angeles Bowl, 8 p.m., ABC
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Boise State vs University of Washington
Tuesday, December 16
IS4S Veterans Tribute Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, December 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, December 18
Xbox Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN2
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Missouri vs Arkansas
Friday, December 19
Myrtle Beach Bowl, 11 a.m., ESPN
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, 2:30 p.m., ESPN
College Football Playoff first round, 8 p.m., ABC
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No. 9 Alabama, No. 8 Oklahoma State
Saturday, December 20
College Football Playoff first-round games, noon, ABC
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Miami ranked No. 10, Texas A&M ranked No. 7
College Football Playoff first round, 3:30 p.m., TNT
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Tulane University ranked 11th, Ole Miss University ranked 6th
College Football Playoff first-round game, 7:30 p.m., TNT
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James Madison is No. 12, Oregon State is No. 5
Monday, December 22
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 2 p.m., ESPN
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Utah State vs Washington State
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Tuesday, December 23
Bush’s Boca Raton Bean Bowl, 2 p.m. ESPN
New Orleans Bowl, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, December 24
Hawaii Bowl Sheraton Hotel, 8 p.m., ESPN
Friday, December 26
GameAbove Sports Bowl, 1 p.m., ESPN
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Northwestern vs. Central Michigan
Score the bowl, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
ServPro First Responder Bowl, 8 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, December 27
Go Bowling Military Bowling, 11 a.m., ESPN
Bad Boy Lawnmower Pinstripe Bowl, Noon, ABC
Mustard Fenway Bowl, 2:15 p.m., ESPN
Flan Bowl, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl, 4:30 p.m., The CW
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Fresno State vs University of Miami (Ohio)
Isleta Bowl, New Mexico, 5:45 p.m., ESPN
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San Diego State vs North Texas State
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, 7:30 p.m., ABC
Kinder’s Texas Bowl, 9:15 p.m., ESPN
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Monday, December 29
JLab Birmingham Bowl, 2 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, December 30
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, 2 p.m., ESPN
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Louisiana Tech vs Coastal Carolina University
Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, December 31
ReliaQuest Bowl, noon, ESPN
Tony 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 quarterfinals), 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, January 1
Capital One Orange Bowl (College Football Playoff Quarterfinals), noon, ESPN
Rose Bowl presented by Prudential (College Football Playoff quarterfinals), 4 p.m., ESPN
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Allstate Sugar Bowl (College Football Playoff quarterfinals), 8 p.m., ESPN
Friday, January 2
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, 1 p.m., ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
Duke Mayo Bowl, 8 p.m., ESPN
Holiday Bowl, 8 p.m., Fox
Thursday, January 8
Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinals), 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, January 9
Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinals), 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Monday, January 19
National Championship Game, 7:30 p.m., ESPN