As always, the college football season concludes with the most wonderful time of the year – bowl season.
In 2025, it includes the second year of the 12-team College Football Playoff, culminating with the crowning of a national champion on Monday, January 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. The CFP begins with four first-round games played at campus sites on December 19 and 20. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be followed by the traditional New Year’s Six bowl games.
The bowl season begins on December 13 at noon with the Cricket Celebration Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
In addition to the 11 CFP games, a total of 36 bowl games are scheduled, and 42 of those games will air on the ESPN/ABC Family of networks.
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First round games (at campus sites)
Friday, December 19
No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Alabama
Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Norman, Oklahoma)
8 p.m., ABC, ESPN
Saturday, December 20
No. 10 Miami vs. No. 7 Texas A&M
Kyle Field (College Station, Texas)
Afternoon, ABC, ESPN
No. 11 Tulane vs. No. 6 Ole Miss
Vought-Hemingway Stadium (Oxford, Mississippi)
3:30 pm, TNT
No. 12 James Madison vs. No. 5 Oregon
Autzen Stadium (Eugene, Oregon)
7:30 pm, TNT
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Wednesday, December 31
CFP Quarterfinals at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Miami-Texas A&M winner vs. No. 2 Ohio State
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
7:30 pm, ESPN
Thursday, January 1
CFP Quarterfinals at Capital One Orange Bowl
James Madison-Oregon winner vs. No. 4 Texas Tech
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
afternoon, espn
CFP Quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential
Alabama-Oklahoma winner vs. No. 1 Indiana
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
4 p.m., ESPN
CFP Quarterfinals at Allstate Sugar Bowl
Tulane-Ole Miss winner vs. No. 3 Georgia
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
8 p.m., ESPN
CFP Semifinals, National Championship Game
Thursday, January 8
CFP Semifinals at Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona)
7:30 pm, ESPN
Friday, January 9
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in the CFP Semifinals
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
7:30 pm, ESPN
Monday, January 19
CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
7:30 pm, ESPN
Complete bowl season schedule
Saturday, December 13
Cricket Utsav Bowl
South Carolina State vs. Prairie View A&M
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
Afternoon, ABC
Bucked Up LA Bowl
Boise State vs. Washington
SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California)
8pm, ABC
Tuesday, December 16
IS4S salute to the Veterans Bowl
Troy vs. Jacksonville State
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
9 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, December 17
StaffDNA Cure Bowl
Old Dominion vs. South Florida
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
5 p.m., ESPN
68 Ventures Bowl
Louisiana vs. Delaware
Hancock Whitney Stadium (Mobile, Alabama)
8:30 pm, ESPN
Thursday, December 18
xbox bowl
Missouri State vs. Arkansas State
The Star at Ford Center (Frisco, Texas)
9 p.m., ESPN2
Friday, December 19
Myrtle Beach Bowl Presented by Engine
Kennesaw State vs. Western Michigan
Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina)
11am, ESPN
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
2:30 p.m., ESPN
Monday, December 22
famous idaho potato bowl
Washington State vs. Utah State
Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho)
2 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, December 23
Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl
Flagler Credit Union Stadium (Boca Raton, Florida)
2 p.m., ESPN
New Orleans Bowl
Western Kentucky vs. Southern Miss
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
5:30 pm, ESPN
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl
The Star at Ford Center (Frisco, Texas)
9 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, December 24
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
California vs Hawaii
Clarence TC Ching Athletics Complex (Honolulu)
8 p.m., ESPN
Friday, December 26
GameAbove Sports Bowl
Central Michigan vs. Northwestern
Ford Field (Detroit)
1 p.m., ESPN
rate bowl
New Mexico vs. Minnesota
Chase Field (Phoenix)
4:30 pm, ESPN
ServPro First Responder Bowl
Florida International vs. UTSA
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas)
8 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, December 27
go bowling military bowl
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
11am, ESPN
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)
Afternoon, ABC
Wasabi Fenway Bowl
ucon vs army
Fenway Park (Boston)
2:15 pm, ESPN
Pop-Tarts Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3:30 pm, ABC
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl
Miami (OH) vs. Fresno State
Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona)
4:30 pm, The CW Network
Isleta New Mexico Bowl
North Texas vs. San Diego State
University Stadium (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
5:45 p.m., ESPN
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
ACC TBD vs. Missouri
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
7:30 pm ABC
Kinder’s Texas Bowl
LSU vs. Houston
NRG Stadium (Houston)
9:15 p.m., ESPN
Monday, December 29
JLAB Birmingham Bowl
Protective Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama)
2 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, December 30
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana Tech
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
2 p.m., ESPN
Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl
Tennessee vs. Illinois
Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
5:30 pm, ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl
usc vs tcu
Alamodome (San Antonio)
9 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, December 31
ReliaQuest Bowl
iowa vs vanderbilt
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
afternoon, espn
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, Texas)
2 p.m., CBS
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
michigan vs texas
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3pm, ABC
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
nebraska vs utah
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
3:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, January 2
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas)
1 p.m., ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
navy vs cincinnati
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee)
4:30 pm, ESPN
Duke’s Mayo Bowl
ACC TBD vs. Mississippi State
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
8 p.m., ESPN
Trust and Will Holiday Bowl
Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego)
8 p.m., Fox
