Complete 2025-26 college football bowl schedule, kickoff times announced

The full 2025-26 college football bowl schedule, including kickoff times and television information, was released on Thursday.

Action begins Saturday, Dec. 13, with at least one game nearly every day leading into the College Football Playoff. The CFP previously announced its game dates and broadcast times for the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game.

Here’s the full 2025-26 college football bowl schedule (all times Central):

Saturday, Dec. 13

Cricket Celebration Bowl, Atlanta, 11 a.m., ABC

LA Bowl, Inglewood, Calif., 8 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 16

IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl, Montgomery, 8 p.m., ESPN

Wednesday, Dec. 17

StaffDNA Cure Bowl, Orlando, Fla., 4 p.m., ESPN

68 Ventures Bowl, Mobile, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Dec. 19

Myrtle Beach Bowl, Conway, S.C., 11 a.m., ESPN

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, Tampa, Fla., 2:30 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Dec. 19-Saturday, Dec. 20

College Football Playoff

First round (campus sites)

Sites & kickoff times TBD

Monday, Dec. 22

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Boise, 1 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 23

Boca Raton Bowl, Boca Raton, Fla., 1 p.m., ESPN

New Orleans Bowl, 4:30 p.m., ESPN

Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, Frisco, Texas, 8 p.m., ESPN

Wednesday, Dec. 24

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, 7 p.m. or 8 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Dec. 26

GameAbove Sports Bowl, Detroit, noon, ESPN

Rate Bowl, Phoenix, Ariz., 3:30 p.m.

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, Dallas, 7 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Dec. 27

Go Bowling Military Bowl, Annapolis, Md., 10 a.m., ESPN

Bad Boy Motors Pinstripe Bowl, Bronx, N.Y., 11 a.m., ABC

Wasabi Fenway Bowl, Boston, 1:15 p.m., ESPN

Pop-Tarts Bowl, Orlando, Fla., 2:30 p.m., ABC

Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl, Tucson, 3:30 p.m., The CW

Isleta New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque, 4:45 p.m., ESPN

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla., 6:30 p.m., ABC

Kinder’s Texas Bowl, Houston, 8:15 p.m., ESPN

Monday, Dec. 29

Birmingham Bowl, 1 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 30

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, Shreveport, La., 1 p.m., ESPN

Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn., 4:30 p.m., ESPN

Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio, 8 p.m., ESPN

Wednesday, Dec. 31

ReliaQuest Bowl, Tampa, Fla., 11 a.m., ESPN

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas, 1 p.m., CBS

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla., 2 p.m., ABC

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl, 2:30 p.m., ESPN

College Football Playoff Quarterfinals

Wednesday, Dec. 31

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, 6:30 p.m., ESPN

Thursday, Jan. 1

Capital One Orange Bowl, 11 a.m., ESPN

Rose Bowl, 3 p.m., ESPN

Allstate Sugar Bowl, 7 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Jan. 2

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Texas, noon, ESPN

AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn., 3:30 p.m., ESPN

Duke’s Mayo Bowl, Charlotte, N.C., 7 p.m., ESPN

College Football Playoff Semifinals

Thursday, Jan. 8

Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, 6:30 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Jan. 9

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, 6:30 p.m., ESPN

College Football Playoff Championship game

Monday, Jan. 19

Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla., 6:30 p.m., ESPN