2025-26 College Football Playoffs, Bowl Schedule
From Staff Reports
Below is the 2025-26 major college football playoffs and bowl schedule with dates, kickoff times and tv networks.
A total of 47 games will be played between the start of the bowl season on December 13 and the conclusion with the National Championship on January 19. The busiest day will be Saturday, Dec. 27 when eight bowl games are played.
Games involving Georgia schools include Kennesaw State facing Western Michigan in the Myrtle Beach Bowl on Friday, Dec. 19. Georgia Tech and Brigham Young face off in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando on Saturday, Dec. 27. In the Birmingham Bowl, Georgia Southern and Appalachian State meet on Monday, Dec. 29. And Georgia plays the winner of Ole Miss-Tulane in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day as part of the College Football Playoffs Quarterfinals.
Another Georgia school, Berry College, hosts John Carroll on Saturday, Dec. 13 in the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals at noon.
2025-26 College Football Playoff, Bowl Schedule
SATURDAY, DEC. 13
Cricket Celebration Bowl, Atlanta
South Carolina State vs. Prairie View, Noon – ABC
Bucked Up LA Bowl, Inglewood
Boise State vs. Washington, 8 pm – ABC
TUESDAY, DEC. 16
IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl, Montgomery, AL
Troy vs. Jacksonville State, 9 pm – ESPN
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17
StaffDNA Cure Bowl, Orlando
Old Dominion vs. South Florida, 5 pm – ESPN
68 Ventures Bowl, Mobile
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Delaware, 8:30 pm – ESPN
THURSDAY, DEC. 18
Xbox Bowl, Frisco, TX
Missouri State vs. Arkansas State, 9 pm – ESPN2
FRIDAY, DEC. 19
Myrtle Beach Bowl, Conway, SC
Kennesaw State vs. Western Michigan, 11 am – ESPN
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, Tampa
Memphis vs. North Carolina State, 2:30 pm – ESPN
College Football Playoffs / First Round
Alabama at Oklahoma, 8 pm – ABC
SATURDAY, DEC. 20
College Football Playoffs / First Round
Miami, Fla. at Texas A&M, Noon – ABC
Tulane at Ole Miss, 3:30 pm – TNT
James Madison at Oregon, 7:30 pm – TNT
MONDAY, DEC. 22
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Boise, ID
Washington State vs. Utah State, 2 pm – ESPN
TUESDAY, DEC. 23
Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl, Boca Raton, FL
Toledo vs. Louisville, 2 pm – ESPN
New Orleans Bowl, New Orleans
Western Kentucky vs. Southern Mississippi, 5:30 pm – ESPN
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, Frisco, TX
UNLV vs. Ohio, 9 pm – ESPN
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu
California vs. Hawaii, 8 pm – ESPN
FRIDAY, DEC. 26
GameAbove Sports Bowl, Detroit
Central Michigan vs. Northwestern, 1 pm – ESPN
Rate Bowl, Phoenix
New Mexico vs. Minnesota, 4:30 pm – ESPN
Servpro First Responder Bowl, Dallas
Florida International vs. UT-San Antonio, 8 pm – ESPN
SATURDAY, DEC. 27
Go Bowling Military Bowl, Annapolis
Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina, 11 am – ESPN
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, Bronx, NY
Penn State vs. Clemson, Noon – ABC
Wasabi Fenway Bowl, Boston
Connecticut vs. Army, 2:15 pm – ESPN
Pop-Tarts Bowl, Orlando
Georgia Tech vs. BYU, 3:30 pm – ABC
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl, Tucson
Miami, Ohio vs. Fresno State, 4:30 pm – CW Network
Isleta New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque
North Texas vs. San Diego State, 5:45 pm – ESPN
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Jacksonville
Virginia vs. Missouri, 7:30 pm – ABC
Kinder’s Texas Bowl, Houston
LSU vs. Houston, 9:15 pm – ESPN
MONDAY, DEC. 29
JLab Birmingham Bowl, Birmingham
Georgia Southern vs. Appalachian State, 2 pm – ESPN
TUESDAY, DEC. 30
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, Shreveport, LA
Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana Tech, 2 pm – ESPN
Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl, Nashville
Tennessee vs. Illinois, 5:30 pm – ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio
Southern Cal vs. TCU, 9 pm – ESPN
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31
ReliaQuest Bowl, Tampa
Iowa vs. Vanderbilt, Noon – ESPN
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, El Paso
Arizona State vs. Duke, 2 pm – CBS
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, Orlando
Michigan vs. Texas, 3 pm – ABC
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl, Las Vegas
Nebraska vs. Utah, 3:30 pm – ESPN
College Football Playoffs / Quarterfinals
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Arlington, TX
Miami-Texas A&M winner vs. Ohio State, 7:30 pm – ESPN
THURSDAY, JAN. 1
College Football Playoffs / Quarterfinals
Capital One Orange Bowl, Miami
JMU-Oregon winner vs. Texas Tech, Noon – ESPN
College Football Playoffs / Quarterfinals
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Alabama-Oklahoma winner vs. Indiana, 4 pm – ESPN
College Football Playoffs / Quarterfinals
Allstate Sugar Bowl, New Orleans
Tulane-Ole Miss winner vs. Georgia, 8 pm – ESPN
FRIDAY, JAN. 2
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, TX
Rice vs. Texas State, 1 pm – ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis
Navy vs. Cincinnati, 4:30 pm – ESPN
Duke’s Mayo Bowl, Charlotte
Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State, 8 pm – ESPN
Trust & Will Holiday Bowl, San Diego
Arizona vs. SMU, 8 pm – FOX
THURSDAY, JAN. 8
College Football Playoffs / Semifinals
VRBO Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, AZ
TBD vs. TBD, 7:30 pm – ESPN
FRIDAY, JAN. 9
College Football Playoffs / Semifinals
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
TBD vs. TBD, 7:30 pm – ESPN
MONDAY, JAN. 19
College Football Playoffs / Championship
National Championship Presented by AT&T, Miami
TBD vs. TBD, 7:30 pm – ESPN
