Start time, TV announcers for Alabama football vs Indiana in Rose Bowl

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Start time, TV announcers for Alabama football vs Indiana in Rose Bowl

After overcoming a 17-0 deficit in their first-round win at Oklahoma, the Alabama Crimson Tide are in the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff and will take on the No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers on New Year’s Day at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Alabama (11-3) is the No. 9 seed in the playoffs and is ranked No. 11 in the US LBM Coaches Poll; Indiana (13-0) is the No. 1 seed. The winner will advance to the CFP semifinals at the Peach Bowl. They’ll face No. 4 Texas Tech or No. 5 Oregon on Jan. 9 in Atlanta (6:30 p.m. CT, ESPN).

In the win over Oklahoma, Alabama scored 17 points in a span of 5:34 to tie the game before halftime. The Crimson Tide scored 27 straight points, which included two touchdown passes from Ty Simpson to freshman Lotzeir Brooks, a 50-yard interception return for a touchdown by Zabien Brown, and two Conor Talty field goals.

Indiana defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 Big Ten championship game on Dec. 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza wrapped up the Heisman Trophy by going 15 of 23 for 227 yards and a touchdown.

Mendoza converted a crucial third-and-6 play with a 33-yard strike to receiver Charlie Becker for a decisive first down with just over two minutes to play.

For Alabama, the 2026 Rose Bowl will mark 100 years since the Crimson Tide first played in Pasadena and stunned college football with a 20-19 win over the Washington Huskies. It’s commonly referred to as “The Game That Changed The South.”

For Indiana, Thursday’s game will mark the first time the Hoosiers have played in the Rose Bowl since New Year’s Day 1968.

ESPN reveals TV broadcasters for Alabama vs. Indiana football in Rose Bowl, CFP quarterfinals

Ahead of Alabama-Indiana, ESPN announced who will have the call of Thursday’s game in Pasadena. Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will call the action from the broadcast booth at the Rose Bowl. Holly Rowe and Kris Budden will report from the sidelines.

For Fowler and Herbstreit, it’s their fifth Alabama game this season, and the duo’s fourth straight broadcast calling a Crimson Tide game. The pair called the Tide’s win over Oklahoma in the first round of the CFP, their 28-7 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC title game, and their 27-20 win over Auburn in the Iron Bowl.

Fowler and Herbstreit also called Alabama’s 24-21 win over Georgia in the regular season on Sept. 27. The two have been ESPN and ABC’s No. 1 college football broadcast crew since 2014.

What channel will Alabama football Rose Bowl game vs. Indiana be on?

Alabama-Indiana will be shown nationally on ESPN and will stream on ESPN+.

Additionally, SEC Network will offer a “SkyCast” presentation of the game that will feature the Crimson Tide Sports Network radio feed of Chris Stewart and Tyler Watts. Per a press release from ESPN:

“SEC fans can listen to the local radio broadcast during the quarterfinals, with the audio feed synced up with ESPN’s SkyCast presentations on ESPN2 and SEC Network.

Alabama vs. Indiana start time for Rose Bowl

Kickoff for Alabama-Indiana is 3 p.m. CT Thursday.

Alabama football series history vs. Indiana Hoosiers

Alabama and Indiana are meeting for the first time in the history of the two football programs.

Alabama football schedule 2025

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 08: A detailed view of the helmet of VanDarius Cowan #43 of the Alabama Crimson Tide during the warm ups prior to the game against the Georgia Bulldogs in the CFP National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Here’s a game-by-game look at Alabama football’s 2025 schedule.

All start times Central.

  • Aug. 30: at Florida State (L, 31-17)
  • Sept. 6: vs. UL Monroe (W, 73-0)
  • Sept. 13: vs. Wisconsin (W, 38-14)
  • Sept. 27: at Georgia (W, 24-21)
  • Oct. 4: vs. Vanderbilt (W, 30-14)
  • Oct. 11: at Missouri (W, 27-24)
  • Oct. 18: vs. Tennessee (W, 37-20)
  • Oct. 25: at South Carolina (W, 29-22)
  • Nov. 8: vs. LSU (W, 20-9)
  • Nov. 15: vs. Oklahoma (L, 23-21)
  • Nov. 22 vs. Eastern Illinois (W, 56-0)
  • Nov. 29: at Auburn (W, 27-20)
  • Dec. 6: vs. Georgia (L, 28-7)
  • Dec. 19: at Oklahoma — CFP first round (W, 34-24)
  • Jan. 1: vs. Indiana (CFP quarterfinals at Rose Bowl), 3 p.m.

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