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
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Friday, Dec. 19-Saturday, Dec. 20
College Football Playoff
First round (campus sites)
Sites & kickoff times TBD
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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
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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
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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
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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