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 is tracking those announcements through Sunday to get you ready for the postseason. On.3.com’s Brett McMurphy has confirmed several early bowl announcements here.
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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 | 9 p.m. | ESPN |
Dec. 17
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| StaffDNA Cure Bowl | USF vs. Old Dominion | 5 p.m. | ESPN |
| 68 Ventures Bowl | 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 | 12 p.m. | ESPN | |
| Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | 3:30 p.m.. | ESPN |
Dec. 22
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | 2 p.m. | ESPN |
Dec. 23
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl | 2 p.m. | ESPN | |
| New Orleans Bowl | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN2 | |
| Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl | 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 | 1 p.m. | ESPN | |
| Rate Bowl | 4 p.m. | ESPN | |
| Servpro First Responder Bowl | 8 p.m. | ESPN |
Dec. 27
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| Go Bowling Military Bowl | 11 a.m. | ESPN | |
| Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl | Penn State | 12 p.m. | ABC |
| Wasabi Fenway Bowl | 2:15 p.m. | ESPN | |
| Pop-Tarts Bowl | 3:30 p.m. | ABC | |
| Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice | 4:30 p.m. | The CW | |
| Isleta New Mexico Bowl | 5:45 p.m. | ESPN | |
| Taxslayer Gator Bowl | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN | |
| Kinder’s Texas Bowl | 9:15 p.m. | ESPN |
Dec. 29
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| JLab Birmingham Bowl | 2 p.m. | ESPN |
Dec. 30
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | 2 p.m. | ESPN | |
| Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl | Illinois | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Valero Alamo Bowl | USC | 9 p.m. | ABC |
Dec. 31
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| Reliaquest Bowl | Iowa | 12 p.m. | ESPN |
| Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl | Arizona State | 2 p.m. | CBS |
| Cheez-It Citrus Bowl | Michigan | 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 | 1 p.m. | ESPN | |
| Autozone Liberty Bowl | 4:30 p.m. | ESPN | |
| Duke’s Mayo Bowl | 8 p.m. | ESPN | |
| DirecTV Holiday Bowl | Arizona | 8 p.m. | Fox |
College Football Playoff 2025-26 schedule
Dec. 19
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| First-Round CFP game | 8 p.m. | ESPN |
Dec. 20
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| First-Round CFP game | 12 p.m. | TNT | |
| First-Round CFP game | 4 p.m. | TNT | |
| First-Round CFP game | 8 p.m. | ESPN |
Dec. 31
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| Cotton Bowl Classic (quarterfinal) | TBD | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN |
Jan. 1
| BOWL | MATCHUP | TIME | TV |
| Capital One Orange Bowl (quarterfinal) | 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 |
