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Welcome to Bowl Season.
The 2025-26 college football postseason is the second of the 12-team College Football Playoff era. This year, there will be four first-round games before the quarterfinals, semifinals and College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 19.
There also are 35 bowl games outside the College Football Playoff for the second straight season with the addition of the X-Box Bowl to accommodate the eligible teams.
Sporting News tracked those announcements through Sunday to get you ready for the postseason. See the complete bowl schedule and matchups below.
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College Football Bowl Schedule 2025-26 Dec. 13 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Bucked Up LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk Boise State vs. Washington 9 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 16 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl Troy vs. Jacksonville State 9 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 17 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV StaffDNA Cure Bowl USF vs. Old Dominion 5 p.m. ESPN 68 Ventures Bowl Louisiana vs. Delaware 8:30 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 18 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV X-Box Bowl Arkansas State vs. Missouri State 9 p.m. ESPN2
Dec. 19 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Myrtle Beach Bowl Kennesaw State vs. Western Michigan 12 p.m. ESPN Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl NC State vs. Memphis 3:30 p.m.. ESPN
Dec. 22 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Utah State vs. Washington State 2 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 23 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Bush's Boca Raton Bowl Louisville vs. Toledo 2 p.m. ESPN New Orleans Bowl Western Kentucky vs. Southern Miss 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl UNLV vs. Ohio 9 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 24 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Hawaii vs. Cal 8 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 26 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV GameAbove Sports Bowl Northwestern vs. Central Michigan 1 p.m. ESPN Rate Bowl Minnesota vs. New Mexico 4 p.m. ESPN Servpro First Responder Bowl UTSA vs. FIU 8 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 27 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Go Bowling Military Bowl Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina 11 a.m. ESPN Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl Penn State vs. Clemson 12 p.m. ABC Wasabi Fenway Bowl Army vs. UConn 2:15 p.m. ESPN Pop-Tarts Bowl Georgia Tech vs. BYU 3:30 p.m. ABC Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice Fresno State vs. Miami OH 4:30 p.m. The CW Isleta New Mexico Bowl San Diego State vs. North Texas 5:45 p.m. ESPN Taxslayer Gator Bowl Virginia vs. Missouri 7:30 p.m. ESPN Kinder's Texas Bowl LSU vs. Houston 9:15 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 29 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV JLab Birmingham Bowl Georgia Southern vs. Appalachian State 2 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 30 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Louisiana Tech vs. Coastal Carolina 2 p.m. ESPN Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl Illinois vs. Tennessee 5:30 p.m. ESPN Valero Alamo Bowl USC vs. TCU 9 p.m. ABC
Dec. 31 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Reliaquest Bowl Iowa vs. Vanderbilt 12 p.m. ESPN Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl Arizona State vs. Duke 2 p.m. CBS Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Michigan vs. Texas 3 p.m. ABC SDS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl Nebraska vs. Utah 3:30 p.m. ESPN
Jan. 2 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Rice vs. Texas State 1 p.m. ESPN Autozone Liberty Bowl Navy vs. Cincinnati 4:30 p.m. ESPN Duke's Mayo Bowl Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest 8 p.m. ESPN DirecTV Holiday Bowl Arizona vs. SMU 8 p.m. Fox
College Football Playoff 2025-26 schedule Dec. 19 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV First-Round CFP game Alabama vs. Oklahoma 8 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 20 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV First-Round CFP game Miami vs. Texas A&M 12 p.m. TNT First-Round CFP game Tulane vs. Ole Miss 4 p.m. TNT First-Round CFP game James Madison vs. Oregon 8 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 31 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Cotton Bowl Classic (quarterfinal) TBD vs. Ohio State 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Jan. 1 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Capital One Orange Bowl (quarterfinal) Texas Tech vs. TBD 12 p.m. ESPN Rose Bowl Game (quarterfinal) Indiana vs. TBD 4 p.m. ESPN Allstate Sugar Bowl (quarterfinal) Georgia vs. TBD 8 p.m. ESPN
Jan. 8 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) TBD 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Jan. 9 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal) TBD 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Jan. 19 BOWL MATCHUP TIME TV CFP National championship TBD 7:30 p.m. ESPN
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