The 2025-26 college football bowl schedule is released. For once, we know when all of our regular and college football playoff games are going to take place well-ahead of time. The TV and streaming schedules will be added as they are confirmed as we get into the regular season. This will be the second time we get to see a 12-team college football playoff too. We have the printable schedule in image and PDF format for you as well.
Hot Takes on the 2025-26 Bowl Slate (Dec 10 Edition)
- Alabama in the playoff with three losses while 11-2 Notre Dame stays home is the loudest controversy of the cycle — but the bowl matchups themselves are quietly insane. Here are the five spiciest opinions flying around right now:
- Texas vs. Michigan in the Citrus Bowl is the real national quarterfinal
Two blue-bloods with top-10 rosters, elite QBs, and massive chips on their shoulders. Winner finishes top-8 and gets the 2026 preseason top-5 nod. Loser drops to 15-20. This is a playoff play-in game disguised as a NY6 “consolation.” - The Pop-Tarts Bowl (Georgia Tech vs. BYU) will outrate at least two CFP first-round games
Chaos offense vs. chaos offense, edible mascot, 3:30 p.m. ET window the Friday after Christmas. Casual fans will pick this over James Madison–Oregon every single time. - Vanderbilt vs. Iowa in the ReliaQuest Bowl is the most 2025 matchup possible
One team went 10-2 with wins over Alabama and Texas. The other went 8-4 and lost to Iowa State by 21. Someone is getting absolutely boat-raced and nobody knows which side. - Army–Navy being moved to December 13 (a week earlier than normal) is quietly terrible for the CFP
That game always pulls 8–10 million viewers. Pushing it up kills the CFP first-round ratings on Dec 19-20 — especially the TNT/truTV windows. The committee handed ESPN a ratings problem it didn’t need to create. - The committee saved its own format
Putting 8-5 Alabama in and leaving Notre Dame out guarantees at least one (probably two) first-round games with 10+ million viewers. A bracket with Indiana–JMU and Oregon–Tulane as the marquee openers would have been a TV disaster. They chose eyeballs over résumé purity and the playoff will be better for it.
2025-26 College Football Bowl Schedule
Here’s the 2025-26 college football bowl schedule for you. All times listed are in U.S. Eastern Time.
| Date | Time | Bowl Name | Location | TV Network |
| December 13, 2025 (Saturday) | 12:00 PM | Cricket Celebration Bowl | Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA | ABC |
| December 13, 2025 (Saturday) | 9:00 PM | LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk | SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA | ESPN |
| December 16, 2025 (Tuesday) | 9:00 PM | IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl | Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, AL | ESPN |
| December 17, 2025 (Wednesday) | 5:00 PM | StaffDNA Cure Bowl | Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL | ESPN |
| December 17, 2025 (Wednesday) | 8:30 PM | 68 Ventures Bowl | Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, AL | ESPN |
| December 19, 2025 (Friday) | 12:00 PM | Myrtle Beach Bowl | Brooks Stadium, Conway, SC | ESPN2 |
| December 19, 2025 (Friday) | 3:30 PM | Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL | ESPN |
| December 22, 2025 (Monday) | 2:00 PM | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID | ESPN |
| December 23, 2025 (Tuesday) | 2:00 PM | Boca Raton Bowl | Flagler Credit Union Stadium, Boca Raton, FL | ESPN |
| December 23, 2025 (Tuesday) | 5:30 PM | New Orleans Bowl | Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA | ESPN |
| December 23, 2025 (Tuesday) | 9:00 PM | Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl | Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX | ESPN |
| December 24, 2025 (Wednesday) | 8:00 PM | Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl | Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, Honolulu, HI | ESPN |
| December 26, 2025 (Friday) | 1:00 PM | GameAbove Sports Bowl | Ford Field, Detroit, MI | CBS |
| December 26, 2025 (Friday) | 4:30 PM | Rate Bowl | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ | ESPN |
| December 26, 2025 (Friday) | 8:00 PM | SERVPRO First Responder Bowl | Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX | ESPN |
| December 27, 2025 (Saturday) | 11:00 AM | Go Bowling Military Bowl | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD | ESPN |
| December 27, 2025 (Saturday) | 12:00 PM | Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY | ESPN |
| December 27, 2025 (Saturday) | 2:15 PM | Wasabi Fenway Bowl | Fenway Park, Boston, MA | ESPN |
| December 27, 2025 (Saturday) | 3:30 PM | Pop-Tarts Bowl | Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL | ABC |
| December 27, 2025 (Saturday) | 4:30 PM | Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop | Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ | ESPN |
| December 27, 2025 (Saturday) | 5:45 PM | Isleta New Mexico Bowl | Branch Field at University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM | ESPN |
| December 27, 2025 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | EverBank Stadium, Jacksonville, FL | ESPN |
| December 27, 2025 (Saturday) | 9:15 PM | Kinder’s Texas Bowl | NRG Stadium, Houston, TX | ESPN |
| December 29, 2025 (Monday) | 2:00 PM | Birmingham Bowl | Protective Stadium, Birmingham, AL | ESPN |
| December 30, 2025 (Tuesday) | 2:00 PM | Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | Independence Stadium, Shreveport, LA | ESPN |
| December 30, 2025 (Tuesday) | 5:30 PM | Music City Bowl | Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN | ESPN |
| December 30, 2025 (Tuesday) | 9:00 PM | Valero Alamo Bowl | Alamodome, San Antonio, TX | ESPN |
| December 31, 2025 (Wednesday) | 12:00 PM | ReliaQuest Bowl | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL | ESPN |
| December 31, 2025 (Wednesday) | 2:00 PM | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX | CBS |
| December 31, 2025 (Wednesday) | 3:00 PM | Cheez-It Citrus Bowl | Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL | ABC |
| December 31, 2025 (Wednesday) | 3:30 PM | SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl | Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV | ESPN |
| December 31, 2025 (Wednesday) | 7:30 PM | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (CFP Quarterfinal) | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX | ESPN |
| January 1, 2026 (Thursday) | 12:00 PM | Capital One Orange Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal) | Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL | ESPN |
| January 1, 2026 (Thursday) | 4:00 PM | Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential (CFP Quarterfinal) | Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA | ESPN |
| January 1, 2026 (Thursday) | 8:00 PM | Allstate Sugar Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal) | Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA | ESPN |
| January 2, 2026 (Friday) | 1:00 PM | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX | ESPN |
| January 2, 2026 (Friday) | 3:30 PM | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, Memphis, TN | ESPN |
| January 2, 2026 (Friday) | 8:00 PM | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC | ESPN |
| January 8, 2026 (Thursday) | 7:30 PM | VRBO Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal) | State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ | ESPN |
| January 9, 2026 (Friday) | 7:30 PM | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal) | Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA | ESPN |
| January 19, 2026 (Monday) | 7:30 PM | College Football Playoff National Championship | Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL | ESPN |
Live Updates: 2025-26 Bowl Announcements (As of Dec 8, 2025)
| Date | Bowl Game | Matchup | Time (ET) | TV/Stream |
| Sat, Dec 13 | Cricket Celebration Bowl | South Carolina State vs. Prairie View A&M | Noon | ABC |
| Sat, Dec 13 | Bucked Up LA Bowl | Boise State vs. Washington | 8:00 PM | ABC |
| Tue, Dec 16 | IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl | Troy vs. Jacksonville State | 9:00 PM | ESPN |
| Wed, Dec 17 | StaffDNA Cure Bowl | Old Dominion vs. South Florida | 5:00 PM | ESPN |
| Wed, Dec 17 | 68 Ventures Bowl | Louisiana vs. Delaware | 8:30 PM | ESPN |
| Thu, Dec 18 | Xbox Bowl | Missouri State vs. Arkansas State | 9:00 PM | ESPN2 |
| Fri, Dec 19 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | Kennesaw State vs. Western Michigan | 11:00 AM | ESPN |
| Fri, Dec 19 | Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | Memphis vs. NC State | 2:30 PM | ESPN |
| Fri, Dec 19 | CFP First Round (Game 1) | No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Alabama | 8:00 PM | ABC/ESPN |
| Sat, Dec 20 | CFP First Round (Game 2) | No. 10 Miami vs. No. 7 Texas A&M | Noon | ABC/ESPN |
| Sat, Dec 20 | CFP First Round (Game 3) | No. 11 Tulane vs. No. 6 Ole Miss | 3:30 PM | TNT |
| Sat, Dec 20 | CFP First Round (Game 4) | No. 12 James Madison vs. No. 5 Oregon | 7:30 PM | TNT |
| Mon, Dec 22 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Washington State vs. Utah State | 2:00 PM | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec 23 | Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl | Toledo vs. Louisville | 2:00 PM | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec 23 | New Orleans Bowl | Western Kentucky vs. Southern Miss | 5:30 PM | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec 23 | Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl | UNLV vs. Ohio | 9:00 PM | ESPN |
| Wed, Dec 24 | Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl | California vs. Hawaii | 8:00 PM | ESPN |
| Fri, Dec 26 | GameAbove Sports Bowl | Central Michigan vs. Northwestern | 1:00 PM | ESPN |
| Fri, Dec 26 | Rate Bowl | New Mexico vs. Minnesota | 4:30 PM | ESPN |
| Fri, Dec 26 | SERVPRO First Responder Bowl | Florida International vs. UTSA | 8:00 PM | ESPN |
| Sat, Dec 27 | Go Bowling Military Bowl | Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina | 11:00 AM | ESPN |
| Sat, Dec 27 | Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl | Penn State vs. Clemson | Noon | ABC |
| Sat, Dec 27 | Wasabi Fenway Bowl | UConn vs. Army | 2:15 PM | ESPN |
| Sat, Dec 27 | Pop-Tarts Bowl | Georgia Tech vs. BYU | 3:30 PM | ABC |
| Sat, Dec 27 | Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl | Miami (OH) vs. Fresno State | 4:30 PM | CW |
| Sat, Dec 27 | Isleta New Mexico Bowl | North Texas vs. San Diego State | 5:45 PM | ESPN |
| Sat, Dec 27 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | Virginia vs. Missouri | 7:30 PM | ABC |
| Sat, Dec 27 | Kinder’s Texas Bowl | LSU vs. Houston | 9:15 PM | ESPN |
| Mon, Dec 29 | JLAB Birmingham Bowl | Georgia Southern vs. App State | 2:00 PM | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec 30 | Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana Tech | 2:00 PM | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec 30 | Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl | Tennessee vs. Illinois | 5:30 PM | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec 30 | Valero Alamo Bowl | USC vs. TCU | 9:00 PM | ESPN |
| Wed, Dec 31 | ReliaQuest Bowl | Iowa vs. Vanderbilt | Noon | ESPN |
| Wed, Dec 31 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Arizona State vs. Duke | 2:00 PM | CBS |
| Wed, Dec 31 | Cheez-It Citrus Bowl | Michigan vs. Texas | 3:00 PM | ABC |
| Wed, Dec 31 | SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl | Nebraska vs. Utah | 3:30 PM | ESPN |
| Wed, Dec 31 | CFP Quarterfinal – Goodyear Cotton Bowl | (Miami/Texas A&M winner) vs. No. 2 Ohio State | 7:30 PM | ESPN |
| Wed, Jan 1 | CFP Quarterfinal – Capital One Orange Bowl | (James Madison/Oregon winner) vs. No. 4 Texas Tech | Noon | ESPN |
| Wed, Jan 1 | CFP Quarterfinal – Rose Bowl | (Alabama/Oklahoma winner) vs. No. 1 Indiana | 4:00 PM | ESPN |
| Wed, Jan 1 | CFP Quarterfinal – Allstate Sugar Bowl | (Tulane/Ole Miss winner) vs. No. 3 Georgia | 8:00 PM | ESPN |
| Thu, Jan 2 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Rice vs. Texas State | 1:00 PM | ESPN |
| Thu, Jan 2 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Navy vs. Cincinnati | 4:30 PM | ESPN |
| Thu, Jan 2 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State | 8:00 PM | ESPN |
| Thu, Jan 2 | Trust & Will Holiday Bowl | Arizona vs. SMU | 8:00 PM | FOX |
| Wed, Jan 8 | CFP Semifinal – Vrbo Fiesta Bowl | TBD | 7:30 PM | ESPN |
| Thu, Jan 9 | CFP Semifinal – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | TBD | 7:30 PM | ESPN |
| Sun, Jan 19 | CFP National Championship | TBD | 7:30 PM | ESPN |
CFP printable bracket in the meantime → Printable 2025-26 College Football Playoff Bracket
Printable 2025-26 College Football Bowl Schedule
Here’s the printable 2025-26 College Football bowl game schedule for you. Updated for all of the matchups, latest kickoff times, etc.
If you prefer a printable 2025-26 college football bowl schedule, we have that for you too. It’s in image format here. You can also print it to PDF format if you like using that as well. It’s sized to print on one page for you. We also have the printable 2025-26 College Football Playoff bracket up as well as the college football playoff schedule for you.
2025-26 College Football Bowl Predictions
Here are our 2025-26 College Football Bowl predictions for you. Some upsets, some as you would expect.
