Full College Football Bowl Schedule for 2025 Season

College football bowl season returns this December.

The Rose Bowl will take place on Jan. 1 this season. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

There is still over a month remaining in the 2025 college football regular season, but it's never too early to start looking ahead to bowl season.

To qualify for a bowl game and the opportunity to compete in the postseason, teams generally must hold at least a .500 record and six wins against Division I opponents. No more than one of those wins can take place against a scholarship-awarding FCS team.

If there aren't enough teams to fill all the bowl-game spots, then teams can be chosen to play in a bowl game if they (in order) were knocked below .500 after losing in the conference championship game, would have been bowl eligible had an FCS opponent gave out enough scholarships, were a 6–7 teams that did not play in a conference championship game, moving from the FCS to FBS, or went 5–7, selected in order of their Academic Progress Rate.

As teams look to secure at least six wins and a winning record to become bowl eligible, here's a look at the college football bowl game schedule this year.

When does bowl season start?

This year's slate of bowl games will once again begin in December, with the first couple games taking place on Dec. 13, a week after the conference championship games. Bowl games will take place from Dec. 13 to Jan. 2, except for the bowl games which are part of the College Football Playoff tournament, which will run from Dec. 31 to Jan. 9.

Full list of bowl game dates and locations

Bowl Game	Date	Time/TV (ET)	Location
Cricket Celebration Bowl	Dec. 13	Noon, ABC	Atlanta, GA
LA Bowl	Dec. 13	9 p.m., ESPN	Inglewood, CA
IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl	Dec. 16	9 p.m., ESPN	Montgomery, AL
StaffDNA Cure Bowl	Dec. 17	5 p.m., ESPN	Orlando, FL
68 Ventures Bowl	Dec. 17	8:30 p.m., ESPN	Mobile, AL
Myrtle Beach Bowl	Dec. 19	Noon, ESPN	Conway, SC
Gasparilla Bowl	Dec. 19	3:30 p.m., ESPN	Tampa, FL
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	Dec. 22	2 p.m., ESPN	Boise, ID
Boca Raton Bowl	Dec. 23	2 p.m., ESPN	Boca Raton, FL
New Orleans Bowl	Dec. 23	5:30 p.m., ESPN	New Orleans, LA
Frisco Bowl	Dec. 23	9 p.m., ESPN	Frisco, TX
Hawai'i Bowl	Dec. 24	8 p.m., ESPN	Honolulu, HI
Sports Bowl	Dec. 26	1 p.m., ESPN	Detroit MI
Rate Bowl	Dec. 26	4:30 p.m., ESPN	Phoenix, AZ
First Responder Bowl	Dec. 26	8 p.m., ESPN	Dallas, TX
Military Bowl	Dec. 27	11 a.m., ESPN	Annapolis, MD
Pinstripe Bowl	Dec. 27	12 p.m., ABC	Bronx, NY
Fenway Bowl	Dec. 27	2:15 p.m., ESPN	Boston, MA
Pop-Tarts Bowl	Dec. 27	3:30 p.m., ABC	Orlando, FL
Arizona Bowl	Dec. 27	4:30 p.m., CW Network	Tuscon, AZ
New Mexico Bowl	Dec. 27	5:45 p.m., ESPN	Albuquerque, NM
Gator Bowl	Dec. 27	7:30 p.m., ABC	Jacksonville, FL
Texas Bowl	Dec. 27	9:15 p.m., ESPN	Houston, TX
Birmingham Bowl	Dec. 29	2 p.m., ESPN	Birmingham, AL
Independence Bowl	Dec. 30	2 p.m., ESPN	Shrevport, LA
Music City Bowl	Dec. 30	5:30 p.m., ESPN	Nashville, TN
Alamo Bowl	Dec. 30	9 p.m., ESPN	San Antonio, TX
ReliaQuest Bowl	Dec. 31	12 p.m., ESPN	Tampa, FL
Sun Bowl	Dec. 31	2 p.m., CBS	El Paso, TX
Citrus Bowl	Dec. 31	3 p.m., ABC	Orlando, FL
Las Vegas Bowl	Dec. 31	3:30 p.m., ESPN	Las Vegas, NV
Armed Forces Bowl	Jan. 2	1 p.m., ESPN	Forth Worth, TX
Liberty Bowl	Jan. 2	4:30 p.m., ESPN	Memphis, TN
Mayo Bowl	Jan. 2	8 p.m., ESPN	Charlotte, NC
Holiday Bowl	Jan. 2	8 p.m., Fox	San Diego, CA

CFP bowl game schedule

Both the quarterfinals and semifinals of the CFP will be bowl games, including three of the iconic New Year's Day bowl games. The first round of the CFP will take place on Dec. 19 and Dec. 20 at the host team's stadium, and the national championship game will be held at Hard Rock Stadium on Jan. 19.

Bowl Game	Date	Round	Time/TV (ET)	Location
Cotton Bowl	Dec. 31	Quarterfinals	7:30 p.m., ESPN	Arlington, TX
Orange Bowl	Jan. 1	Quarterfinals	12 p.m., ESPN	Miami Gardens, FL
Rose Bowl	Jan. 1	Quarterfinals	4 p.m., ESPN	Pasadena, CA
Sugar Bowl	Jan. 1	Quarterfinals	8 p.m., ESPN	New Orleans, LA
Fiesta Bowl	Jan. 8	Semifinals	7:30 p.m., ESPN	Glendale, AZ
Peach Bowl	Jan. 9	Semifinals	7:30 p.m., ESPN	Atlanta, GA
CFP Championship	Jan. 19	Championship	7:30 p.m., ESPN	Miami Gardens, FL

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