College football bowl schedule: Tracking the selections for all 41 bowl games in 2025-26 originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.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.College Football Bowl Schedule 2025-26Dec. 13BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVBucked Up LA Bowl Hosted By GronkBoise State vs. Washington9 p.m.ESPNDec. 16BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVIS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl9 p.m.ESPNDec. 17BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVStaffDNA Cure BowlUSF vs. Old Dominion5 p.m.ESPN68 Ventures Bowl8:30 p.m.ESPNDec. 18BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVX-Box BowlArkansas State vs. Missouri State9 p.m.ESPN2Dec. 19BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVMyrtle Beach Bowl12 p.m.ESPNUnion Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl3:30 p.m..ESPNDec. 22BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVFamous Idaho Potato Bowl2 p.m.ESPNDec. 23BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVBush’s Boca Raton Bowl2 p.m.ESPNNew Orleans Bowl5:30 p.m.ESPN2Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl9 p.m.ESPNDec. 24BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVSheraton Hawaii BowlHawaii vs. Cal8 p.m.ESPNDec. 26BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVGameAbove Sports Bowl1 p.m.ESPNRate Bowl4 p.m.ESPNServpro First Responder Bowl 8 p.m.ESPNDec. 27BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVGo Bowling Military Bowl11 a.m.ESPNBad Boy Mowers Pinstripe BowlPenn State12 p.m.ABCWasabi Fenway Bowl2:15 p.m.ESPNPop-Tarts Bowl3:30 p.m.ABCSnoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice4:30 p.m.The CWIsleta New Mexico Bowl5:45 p.m.ESPNTaxslayer Gator Bowl7:30 p.m.ESPNKinder’s Texas Bowl9:15 p.m.ESPNDec. 29BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVJLab Birmingham Bowl2 p.m.ESPNDec. 30BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVRadiance Technologies Independence Bowl2 p.m.ESPNLiberty Mutual Music City BowlIllinois5:30 p.m.ESPNValero Alamo BowlUSC9 p.m.ABCDec. 31BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVReliaquest BowlIowa12 p.m.ESPNTony The Tiger Sun BowlArizona State2 p.m.CBSCheez-It Citrus BowlMichigan3 p.mABCSDS Distribution Las Vegas BowlNebraska vs. Utah3:30 p.m.ESPNJan. 2BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVLockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl1 p.m.ESPNAutozone Liberty Bowl4:30 p.m.ESPNDuke’s Mayo Bowl8 p.m.ESPNDirecTV Holiday BowlArizona8 p.m.FoxCollege Football Playoff 2025-26 schedule Dec. 19BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVFirst-Round CFP game8 p.m.ESPNDec. 20BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVFirst-Round CFP game12 p.m.TNTFirst-Round CFP game4 p.m.TNTFirst-Round CFP game8 p.m.ESPNDec. 31 BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVCotton Bowl Classic (quarterfinal)TBD7:30 p.m.ESPNJan. 1BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVCapital One Orange Bowl (quarterfinal)TBD12 p.m.ESPNRose Bowl Game (quarterfinal)TBD4 p.m.ESPNAllstate Sugar Bowl (quarterfinal)TBD8 p.m. ESPNJan. 8BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVVrbo Fiesta Bowl (semifinal)TBD7:30 p.m.ESPNJan. 9BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVChick-fil-A Peach Bowl (semifinal)TBD7:30 p.m.ESPNJan. 19BOWLMATCHUPTIMETVCFP National championshipTBD7:30 p.m.ESPN