2025-26 College Football Bowl Game Today: Schedule, Scores, Kick-off Time, TV Channel

College football bowls schedule for 2025-26, scores, results for every game, dates, locations, start-times, TV channels & live streams.

Bowl Season announced the complete 2025-26 college football bowl schedule, which includes 45 games. Most games will be televised on the ABC and ESPN platforms, with one bowl each on CBS, FOX, and The CW Network.

Bowl matchups will be revealed on Sunday, December 7, following the regular

season and conference championship games. The 45-game slate includes 36

non-CFP bowl games, six under the CFP umbrella, two all-star games and the

College Football Playoff National Championship.

Bowl Season concludes with the second installment of the revised 12-team

College Football Playoff (CFP). This year's CFP semifinal games will be the

Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on January 8 and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on January 9.

The National Championship game is scheduled to be played on Monday,

January 19, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on ESPN. Bowl Season’s

two all-star games will be played in the following weeks, East-West Shrine

Bowl (Jan 27) and Reese’s Senior Bowl (Jan 31) 

The four-team CFP field has been eliminated now the 2025–2026 bowl season expanded to 12-team playoff, which will begin this year.

How many bowl games are there this year schedules?

There are 45 total bowl games in the 2025-26 season, including SIX college football playoff Quarters, Semifinals and the national championship game on January 20th.

Saturday, December 13 will officially kick off the 2025-26 Bowl Season with two bowl games on the schedule, the Cricket Celebration Bowl at 12 pm ET and the LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk at 9 pm ET.  and wraps up with the National Championship game on Jan. 19. 

Which bowl games are playoff games in 2025-26?

The SIX bowl games which will serves as College Football Playoff Quarterfinal's as well Semifinals. This is the First year of the 12-team playoff - starting from 2024 and beyond, the CFP will transition to a 12-team format.

Quarterfinals (Dec. 31-Jan. 1)

31st December - Cotton Bowl  - - College Football Playoff Quarterfinal - - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN -

Thursday, Jan. 1

Orange Bowl  - - College Football Playoff Quarterfinal - 12 p.m. | ESPN

Rose Bowl - -  College Football Playoff Quarterfinal - 4 p.m. | ESPN

Sugar Bowl  - - College Football Playoff Quarterfinal - 8 p.m. | ESPN

Semifinals (Jan. 9-10)

Thursday, Jan. 8 - Fiesta Bowl  -  - College Football Playoff Semifinal - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

Friday, Jan. 9 - Peach Bowl - -  College Football Playoff Semifinal - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

When are 2025-26 bowl games announced?

The Bowl matchups will all be revealed on Sunday, Dec. 3 over the course of the day on ESPN. 

The conference title games on Saturday will set the pecking order for the games and playoff. Disney’s ESPN and ABC networks will be the home to 40 of the 43 bowl games, while Fox, CBS and The CW will all broadcast a single game.

 Below is a detailed look of Sportshistori.com page at the complete schedule for the 2025-26 college football season, including dates, locations and TV channels. 

All times are Eastern. 

2025-26 college football bowl game schedule, scores, Times, TV channels, matchup info.

All times Eastern, ET — 

Saturday, Dec. 13

Celebration Bowl -  South Carolina State 40, Prairie View A&M 38

LA Bowl - Boise State 10,  Washington 38 -  

Tuesday, Dec. 16

Salute to Veterans Bowl - Troy 3, Jacksonville State 17 

Wednesday, Dec. 17

Cure Bowl - Old Dominion 24, South Florida 10 

68 Ventures Bowl - Louisiana 13, Delaware 20, 

Thursday, Dec. 18

Xbox Bowl -Missouri State 28, Arkansas State 34, 

Friday, Dec. 19

Myrtle Beach Bowl - Kennesaw State 6 Western Michigan 41, 

Gasparilla Bowl - NC State 31, Memphis 7, 

Monday, Dec. 22

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl -Utah State 21,  Washington State 34, 

Tuesday, Dec. 23

Boca Raton Bowl -Louisville 27, Toledo 22

New Orleans Bowl -Western Kentucky 27,  Southern Miss  16,

Frisco Bowl -UNLV 10,  Ohio 17, 

Wednesday, Dec. 24

Hawai'i Bowl - Cal 31,  vs Hawaii 35,

Friday, Dec. 26

GameAbove Sports Bowl -Northwestern 34, Central Michigan  7,

Rate Bowl -Minnesota 20,  New Mexico 17

First Responder Bowl -Florida International 20, UTSA  57,

Saturday, Dec. 27

Military Bowl -Pittsburgh 17, East Carolina  20

Pinstripe Bowl -Clemson 10, Penn State 22

Fenway Bowl -Army 41,  Uconn 16,

Arizona Bowl -Fresno State 18,  Miami (Ohio) 03

Pop-Tarts Bowl -Georgia Tech 22,  BYU 25,

New Mexico Bowl -San Diego State 47,  North Texas 49,

Gator Bowl -Virginia 13,  Missouri 07,

Texas Bowl -LSU 35,  Houston 38

Monday, Dec. 29

Birmingham Bowl -Georgia Southern 29,  Appalachian State  10

Tuesday, Dec. 30

Independence Bowl -Louisiana Tech 23, Coastal Carolina 23,

Music City Bowl -Illinois 30, Tennessee 28,

Alamo Bowl -TCU 30,  USC 27,

Wednesday, Dec. 31

ReliaQuest Bowl -Iowa 34,  Vanderbilt 27, 

Sun Bowl - Duke 42,  Arizona State  39,

Citrus Bowl - Texas 41,  Michigan   27,

Las Vegas Bowl -Nebraska 22,  Utah 44,

Cotton Bowl  - Miami 24,  vs No.2 Ohio State  14,

Thursday, Jan. 1 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal

Orange Bowl  - - No. 5 Oregon 23, No. 4 Texas Tech 0

Rose Bowl - -  No. 1 Indiana 38, No. 9 Alabama 3

Sugar Bowl  - - No. 6 Ole Miss 39, No. 3 Georgia 34

Friday, Jan. 2 

Armed Forces Bowl - Rice vs Texas State- 1 p.m. | ESPN - Amon G. Carter Stadium - Fort Worth, Texas

Liberty Bowl -Navy vs Cincinnati  - 4:30 p.m. | ESPN - Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium - Memphis, Tenn.

Duke's Mayo Bowl - Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State- 8 p.m. | ESPN - Bank of America Stadium - Charlotte, N.C.

Holiday Bowl -SMU vs. Arizona -  8 p.m., Fox, Snapdragon Stadium – San Diego, CA

Thursday, Jan. 8

Fiesta Bowl  -  - College Football Playoff Semifinal - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

Friday, Jan. 9

Peach Bowl - -  College Football Playoff Semifinal - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

College Football Playoff National Championship Game 2025-26-

College Football Playoff Bowl Games schedule, kick-off times, TV info,

Here is a look at the full 2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule:

First round

First-round games will feature teams seeded Nos. 5-12 and will be played at the home stadiums of the higher seeds (Nos. 5-8).

Friday, Dec. 19

(9) Alabama at (8) Oklahoma | 8:00pm ET, ABC/ESPN | Gaylord Family OK Mem. Stadium – Norman, OK

Saturday, Dec. 20

(10) Miami at (7) Texas A&M | Noon ET, ABC/ESPN | Kyle Field – College Station, TX

(11) Tulane at (6) Ole Miss | 3:30pm ET, TNT/Max | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium – Oxford, MS

(12) James Madison at (5) Oregon | 7:30pm ET, TNT/Max | Autzen Stadium – Eugene, OR

CFP Quarter-finals: College Football Playoff Games TV Schedule, times, channel.

The Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl will serve as the 2024-25 quarterfinals.

Tuesday, Dec. 31 —

Cotton Bowl  -Miami/Texas A&M vs. (2) Ohio State - College Football Playoff Quarterfinal - - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN -

Thursday, Jan. 1

Orange Bowl  -JMU/Oregon vs. (4) Texas Tech - College Football Playoff Quarterfinal - 12 p.m. | ESPN

Rose Bowl - Alabama/Oklahoma vs. (1) Indiana-  College Football Playoff Quarterfinal - 4 p.m. | ESPN

Sugar Bowl  -Tulane/Ole Miss vs. (3) Georgia - College Football Playoff Quarterfinal - 8 p.m. | ESPN

College Football Playoff Semi-finals schedule, times, Tv, locations.

Thursday, Jan. 8

Fiesta Bowl  -  - College Football Playoff Semifinal - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

Friday, Jan. 9

Peach Bowl - -  College Football Playoff Semifinal - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN 

When is the College Football Playoff National Championship

Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens in Florida will host the 2025-26 CFP National Championship matchup.

Monday, Jan. 19

College Football Playoff National Championship Game - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN - Miami, Fla. 

Who won the College Football National Championship.?

Jan. 8 — The Michigan beat Washington 34-13 to wins the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T held at NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas

How many games must a college team win to be bowl eligible?

Generally, teams must win six or more regular season games to be bowl eligible, although there are exceptions (for example, Minnesota finished 5-7 but was granted an NCAA exemption based on their high Academic Progress Rate score and to fill open bowl spots).

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