Bowl Lineup for 2025-26 College Football Season

Everyone has their own favorite holiday tradition, from trimming the tree and carolers to drinking egg nog and family get-togethers.

For college football fans, however, there’s no tradition more beloved than gathering around the television to watch bowl games.

Even with the introduction of a 12-team national championship Playoff, the bowls have maintained their popularity among fans who can’t get enough of their favorite sport through the month of December and beyond, with coaches who love the extra practice time bowls give their teams and of course, the television network that owns the rights to most of the games. 

2025-26 Bowl Lineup

The 2025-26 bowl schedule features 41 games, including 6 that are part of the College Football Playoff. Dates and kickoff times for the non-Playoff games will be announced at a later date.

Here’s the lineup of games, with locations and conference tie-ins:

2024-25 Bowl Results

The 2024-25 bowl schedule featured 41 games, including 6 that were part of the College Football Playoff. Most of the matchups are set by conference tie-ins.

Here is how those games played out, with Ohio State joining the list of Playoff national championship winners:

Brett Friedlander

Award-winning columnist Brett Friedlander has covered the ACC and college basketball since the 1980s.