College Football - Postseason

[Andy]

College Football Playoff

 

First Round Games

12/19, 8 pm (ABC)

(9) Alabama at (8) Oklahoma

 

12/20, 12 pm (ABC)

(10) Miami at (7) Texas A&M

 

12/20, 3:30 pm (TNT)

(20) Tulane at (6) Ole Miss

 

12/20, 7:30 pm (TNT)

(24) James Madison at (5) Oregon

 

Quarterfinals

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Quarterfinal in Arlington, TX – 12/31, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

Miami/Texas A&M winner vs (2) Ohio State

 

Capital One Orange Bowl Quarterfinal in Miami, FL – 1/1, 12 pm (ESPN)

JMU/Oregon winner vs (4) Texas Tech

 

Rose Bowl Quarterfinal in Pasadena, CA – 1/1, 4 pm (ESPN)

Alabama/Oklahoma winner vs (1) Indiana

 

Allstate Sugar Bowl Quarterfinal in New Orleans, LA – 1/1, 8 pm (ESPN)

Tulane/Ole Miss winner vs (3) Georgia

 

Final Four

VRBO Fiesta Bowl Semifinal in Glendale, AZ  – 1/8, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

Miami/Texas A&M/Ohio State vs Tulane/Ole Miss/Georgia

 

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Semifinal in Atlanta, GA – 1/9, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

James Madison/Oregon/Texas Tech vs Alabama/Oklahoma/Indiana

College Football Championship Game in Miami, FL – 1/19, 7:30 pm
(ESPN)

Semifinal Winners

 

Bowl Games

 

Bucked Up LA Bowl in Inglewood, CA – 12/13, 9 pm (ABC)

Boise State vs Washington

 

IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl in Montgomery, AL – 12/16, 9 pm (ESPN)

Jacksonville State vs Troy

 

StaffDNA Cure Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/17, 5 pm (ESPN)

South Florida vs Old Dominion

 

68 Ventures Bowl in Mobile, AL – 12/17, 8:30 pm (ESPN)

UL Lafayette vs Delaware

 

XBox Bowl in Frisco, TX - 12/18, 9 pm (ESPN2)

Arkansas State vs Missouri State

 

Myrtle Beach Bowl in Conway, SC – 12/19, 11 am (ESPN)

Western Michigan vs Kennesaw State

 

UnionHome Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl in St. Petersburg, FL – 12/19, 2:30 pm (ESPN)

Memphis vs NC State

 

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, ID – 12/22, 2 pm (ESPN)

Utah State vs Washington State

 

Bush's Boca Raton Bowl of Beans in Boca Raton, FL – 12/23, 2 pm (ESPN)

Louisville vs Toledo

 

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 12/23, 5:30 pm (ESPN)

Western Kentucky vs Southern Miss

 

Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl in Frisco, TX – 12/23, 9 pm (ESPN)

UNLV vs Ohio

 

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, HI – 12/24, 8 pm (ESPN)

California vs Hawaii

 

GameAbove Sports Bowl in Detroit, MI – 12/26, 1 pm (ESPN)

Northwestern vs Central Michigan

 

Rate Bowl in Phoenix, AZ – 12/26, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

Minnesota vs New Mexico

 

ServPro First Responder Bowl in Dallas, TX – 12/26, 8 pm (ESPN)

UTSA vs FIU 

 

Go Bowling Military Bowl in Annapolis, MD – 12/27, 11 am (ESPN)

East Carolina vs Pittsburgh

 

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl in New York, NY - 12/27, 12 pm (ABC)

Penn State vs Clemson

 

Wasabi Fenway Bowl in Boston, MA – 12/27, 2:15 pm (ESPN)

Army vs UConn 

 

Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/27, 3:30 pm (ABC) 

(12) BYU vs (22) Georgia Tech

 

Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl in Tucson, AZ – 12/27, 4:30 pm (CW)

Miami (OH) vs Fresno State

 

Isleta New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, NM – 12/27, 5:45 pm (ESPN)

San Diego State vs (25) North Texas

 

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL – 12/27, 7:30 pm (ABC)

(19) Virginia vs Missouri

 

Kinder's Texas Bowl in Houston, TX – 12/27, 9/15 pm (ESPN)

(21) Houston vs LSU

 

JLab Birmingham Bowl in Birmingham, AL – 12/29, 2 pm (ESPN)

Georgia Southern vs Appalachian State

 

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA – 12/30, 2 pm (ESPN)

Louisiana Tech vs Coastal Carolina

 

Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN – 12/30, 5:30 pm (ESPN)

Tennessee vs Illinois

 

Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, TX – 12/30, 9 pm (ESPN) 

(16) USC vs TCU

 

ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, FL – 12/31, 12 pm (ESPN)

(14) Vanderbilt vs (23) Iowa 

 

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX – 12/31, 2 pm (CBS)

Arizona State vs Duke

 

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL - 12/31, 3 pm (ABC) 

(13) Texas vs (18) Michigan 

 

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas, NV – 12/31, 3:30 pm (ESPN)

(15) Utah vs Nebraska

 

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, TX – 1/2, 1 pm (ESPN)

Texas State vs Rice

 

AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN – 1/2, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

Navy vs Cincinnati

 

Trust & Will Holiday Bowl in San Diego, CA –  1/2, 8 pm (FOX)

SMU vs (17) Arizona

 

Duke's Mayo Bowl in Charlotte, NC – 1/2, 8 pm (ESPN)

Mississippi State vs Wake Forest

Edited December 13, 2025 by Andy

[Derwood]

Hoo-boy, the non-playoff slate is ROUGH

[cwood218]

7 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Hoo-boy, the non-playoff slate is ROUGH

What? Your not taking Monday off to watch Georgia Southern vs Appalachian State.

[Derwood]

8 minutes ago, cwood218 said:

What? Your not taking Monday off to watch Georgia Southern vs Appalachian State.

I'm not even going to watch my own team

[cwood218]

10 minutes ago, Derwood said:

I'm not even going to watch my own team

It was a big wall of a text, I'm sure it was just an accident that you missed the UL Lafayette vs Delaware match up?

[CubColtPacer]

TNT:  Good news, we have two college football playoff games again!

Bad news:  They both involve Group of 5 teams.  The point spreads are -17.5 and -21.  And the second half of the first game and all of the second game are going head to head against NFL games.

[Old Style]

I was upset at first that A&M kicks off at 11am but then I remembered the Bears-Packers rematch is that night so I’m happy we didn’t get the late game. I’d hate to have them both on at the same time. 

[CubinNY]

Go Broncos, beat the Kennesaw State (what?) antebellums, Massas? 

[I owned a Suzuki]

I love college football. 

[Soul]

All in rooting for Indiana, if for nothing else to show it’s possible for new blood to come all the way from the nether regions of a conference and win it all.

[Derwood]

There's now 10 schools have said "nah" to bowl bids

[SeldomSeen]

14 hours ago, Soul said:

All in rooting for Indiana, if for nothing else to show it’s possible for new blood to come all the way from the nether regions of a conference and win it all.

We'll take it. Welcome aboard!

[Andy]

3 hours ago, Derwood said:

There's now 10 schools have said "nah" to bowl bids

This sport as an enterprise has spent literal decades telling us they don't care about bowls by focusing on how the national title is decided. Teams are starting to act accordingly, just as players did. I have a feeling this bowl season will someday be footnoted similarly to the one where Christian McCaffrey opted out.

[Soul]

7 hours ago, Andy said:

This sport as an enterprise has spent literal decades telling us they don't care about bowls by focusing on how the national title is decided. Teams are starting to act accordingly, just as players did. I have a feeling this bowl season will someday be footnoted similarly to the one where Christian McCaffrey opted out.

Gotta cost a lot of money to send an entire team & staff to a bowl too.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

On 12/9/2025 at 8:42 AM, Derwood said:

There's now 10 schools have said "nah" to bowl bids

Very glad Illinois is still in the “we’re just happy to be here” part of their trajectory.

[gflore34]

1 hour ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

Very glad Illinois is still in the “we’re just happy to be here” part of their trajectory.

I don't get it, don't Bowls mean revenue and more practice time?  From a football' team perspective what's not to like? 

[Andy]

6 hours ago, gflore34 said:

I don't get it, don't Bowls mean revenue and more practice time?  From a football' team perspective what's not to like? 

Transfer portal departures and arrivals have really limited the utility of those practices. Your starting team at the end of a season is almost never going to look that much like the one that takes the field for spring practice.

[I owned a Suzuki]

12 hours ago, Andy said:

Transfer portal departures and arrivals have really limited the utility of those practices. Your starting team at the end of a season is almost never going to look that much like the one that takes the field for spring practice.

I think some of the 5-7 teams may also have already packed up for the season. Coaches and players had other plans. And other such things. Iowa St lost their coach. So I do certainly get it for some schools. Also, as more schools declined some administrators may have felt better about declining than going thru the bowl game hassle. Some of these bowl games are a net loss for schools

[Derwood]

 

I don’t think it’s a shame, but it is pathetic. 

Edited December 14, 2025 by Derwood

[javy knows my name]

I love this! College football deserves only bad things 

[Old Style]

 

[Derwood]

OU's offensive line is a brick wall. They have all day to throw

[soccer10k]

Well that didn't take long for OU to blow the lead. Bama gets the ball to start the 2nd half too.

[Derwood]

Welp, Bama just tied it. OU was cruising, what the fuuck happened

[Derwood]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

OU's offensive line is a brick wall. They have all day to throw

And now they’re getting destroyed