| Bowl Game |
Matchup |
Game Date |
Game Time (ET) |
Network |
| Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl |
NC State vs. Memphis |
Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 |
2:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Bush's Boca Raton Bowl |
Louisville vs. Toledo |
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025 |
2 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl |
California vs. Hawai'i |
Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 |
8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Go Bowling Military Bowl |
Pitt vs. East Carolina |
Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025 |
11 a.m. |
ESPN |
| Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl |
Clemson vs. Penn State |
Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025 |
Noon |
ABC |
| Pop-Tarts Bowl |
No. 22 Georgia Tech vs. No. 12 BYU |
Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025 |
3:30 p.m. |
ABC |
| TaxSlayer Gator Bowl |
No. 19 Virginia vs. Missouri |
Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025 |
7:30 p.m. |
ABC |
| Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl |
Duke vs. Arizona State |
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 |
2 p.m. |
CBS |
| Duke’s Mayo Bowl |
Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State |
Friday, Jan. 2, 2026 |
8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Trust & Will Holiday Bowl |
SMU vs. No. 17 Arizona |
Friday, Jan. 2, 2026 |
8 p.m. |
Fox |
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| 2025-26 College Football Playoff |
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| CFP First Round - Campus Site |
No. 10 Miami at No. 7 Texas A&M |
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 |
Noon |
ABC and ESPN |
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| CFP Quarterfinals - Goodyear Cotton Bowl |
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Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 |
7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| CFP Quarterfinals - Capital One Orange Bowl |
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Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 |
Noon |
ESPN |
| CFP Quarterfinals - Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential |
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Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 |
4 p.m. |
ESPN |
| CFP Quarterfinals - Allstate Sugar Bowl |
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Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 |
8 p.m. |
ESPN |
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| CFP Semifinals - Vrbo Fiesta Bowl |
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Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026 |
7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| CFP Semifinals - Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl |
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Friday, Jan. 9, 2026 |
7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
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| CFP National Championship Game |
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Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 |
7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
• The College Football Playoff (CFP) is the event that crowns the national champion in college football. The CFP selection committee ranks the top 25 teams at the end of the regular season. The five highest ranked conference champions and the next seven highest-ranked teams will be seeded into a 12-team bracket based on the final ranking, with the four highest-ranked teams receiving a first-round bye. The teams ranked Nos. 5-12 will play in the CFP First Round, with the higher seeds hosting the lower seeds.
• Former Pac-12 teams, including Cal and Stanford, will be eligible for historical Pac-12 non-CFP bowl slots. If not selected by the CFP, Cal and Stanford will join all Pac-12 teams from 2020-2023 in populating the Alamo, Holiday, Las Vegas, Sun, L.A., Independence and ESPN Events bowl games.