2025 Bowl Game Tracker and Game Predictions
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For the fourth year running, I will be bringing back our always wrong, always fun Bowl Game announcement and results tracker and predictor. Outside of March, there isn’t a month in the year as fun as December for college athletics. Bowl season may have lost its luster, but I am sick in the head and love as much now as I did when I was 10.
The final CFP bracket will be unveiled on Sunday, as will the matchups for every bowl game, so we will update this as they slowly trickle out until then.
Indiana, Texas Tech, and Georgia all won their respective conference championships and are locks for byes in the CFP. Ohio State, despite falling short against the Hoosiers, will almost assuredly get the final bye. Oregon, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma are virtual locks for host sites for the first round playoff games with Tulane and James Madison earning the final two secured bids for conference champions as the 11 and 12 seeds. The remaining 9 and 10 seeds will come down to SEC Championship runner-up Alabama, Notre Dame, and Miami. Will The Great Swap commence or will Notre Dame hold firm?
A huge helper in all of this is Brett McMurphy over at ON3, who has been the key figurehead in unveiling bowl game matchups for years. With all that said, let us begin!
**DISCLAIMER** ALL rankings are from our final Top 136 we dropped at the start of December. Check out the final ranking and how I think the Committee handles Notre Dame, Alabama, and Miami here.
LA Bowl: Boise State vs. Washington
Dec. 13 | SoFi Stadium | Inglewood, CA
(52) Boise State Broncos: 9-4 (7-2) | HC: Spencer Danielson | MWC Champs
(23) Washington Huskies: 8-4 (5-4) | HC: Jedd Fisch
Boise State will enter as winners of their last three games, including an emphatic three-score win over UNLV to clinch yet another Mountain West championship. Maddux Madsen versus Demond Williams will headline this matchup, but these are two defenses, when healthy, that can create a lot of havoc.
Names to Watch
Boise State
↳RB Dylan Riley††: 185 carries, 1,091 yards, 10 TD, 5.9 YPC
↳CB A’Marion McCoy†: 2.5 TFL, 3 PD, 4 INT, 2 TD
Washington
↳QB Demond Williams Jr: 2,850 pass yds, 27 tot. TD, 8 INT, 75.5 QBR
↳S Alex McLaughlin: 89 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 2 INT, 6 PD, 1 TD
MY PICK: Washington 24-14
Cure Bowl: South Florida vs. Old Dominion
Dec. 17 | Camping World Stadium | Orlando, FL
(20) USF Bulls: 9-3 (6-2 AAC) | HC: Kevin Patrick (interim)
(42) ODU Monarchs: 9-3 (6-2 Sun Belt) | HC: Ricky Rahne
One of the more fun matchups of the early bowl season, should the stars play, the only two non-military school QBs to rush for 1,000 yards square off in a battle of two of the best Group-of-Five teams in the country.
Names to Watch
South Florida
↳QB Byrum Brown††: 3,158 pass yds, 1,008 rush yds, 42 tot. TD, 7 INT, 77.6 QBR
↳LB Mac Harris†: 100 tackles, 7.5 TFL, 6.0 sacks, 3 FF, TD
Old Dominion
↳QB Colton Joseph††: 2,624 pass yds, 1,007 rush yds, 34 tot. TD, 10 INT, 68.8 QBR
↳S Jerome Carter††: 72 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 4 INT
MY PICK: South Florida 34-28
XBox Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Missouri State
Dec. 18 | Ford Center at the Star| Frisco, TX
(99) Arkansas State Red Wolves: 6-6 (5-3 Sun Belt) | HC: Butch Jones
(91) Missouri State Bears: 7-5 (5-3) C-USA) | HC: Ryan Beard
Out with the Bahamas Bowl, in with the XBox Bowl, hailing from the Dallas Cowboys practice field in Frisco, Texas. The 12,000 seat domed facility will serve as a unique backdrop for Missouri State’s first bowl game in their first season as an FBS program (see how easy this is, basketball?).
Names to Watch:
Arkansas State
↳QB Jaylen Raynor: 3,073 pass yds, 23 tot. TD, 11 INT, 46.8 QBR
↳WR Corey Rucker††: 69 receptions, 866 yards, 3 TD
↳DL Demarcus Hendricks†: 11.5 TFL, 6.5 sacks
Missouri State
↳RB Shomari Lawrence††: 183 rushes, 964 yards, 7 TD, 5.3 YPC
↳QB Jacob Clark: 2,895 pass yds, 24 TD, 11 INT, 58.7 QBR
MY PICK: Arkansas State 27-23
Hawai’i Bowl: California vs. Hawai’i
Dec. 24 | Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex | Honolulu, HI
(74) Cal Golden Bears: 7-5 (4-4 ACC) | HC: Nick Rolovich (interim)
(67) Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors: 8-4 (5-3) | HC: Timmy Chang
A battle of two of the top freshman quarterbacks in the country will uniquely take place in familiar stomping grounds for both. Sagapolutele is from Ewa Beach, Hawai’i, and Alejado quarterbacks Hawai’i and was born and raised in Honolulu.
Names to Watch:
California
↳QB Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele: 3,117 pass yards, 17 TD, 9 INT, 55.6 QBR
↳WR Jacob De Jesus††: 99 receptions, 892 yards, 5 TD
↳LB Cade Uluave†: 90 tackles, 11.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks, 6 PD
Hawai’i
↳QB Micah Alejado: 2,832 pass yards, 21 TD, 9 INT, 57.3 QBR — MWC Freshman of the Year
↳WR Jackson Harris†: 49 receptions, 963 yards, 12 TD
↳Jackie Johnson III†: 8.5 sacks, 7.5 sacks, 2 FR
MY PICK: Cal 33-28
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