College Football Bowl Projections 2025-26

College Football Playoff
Updated Dec 6, 2025

Date	Bowl	Projection		Matchup	Time	Location
Jan. 19	Championship	—	—	Semifinal winners	7:30 p.m.	Miami, Fla.
Jan. 9	Peach	—	—	CFP Semifinal	7:30 p.m.	Atlanta, Ga.
Jan. 8	Fiesta	—	—	CFP Semifinal	7:30 p.m.	Glendale, Ariz.
Jan. 1	Rose	IND (1) Indiana	—	CFP Quarterfinal	4 p.m.	Pasadena, Calif.
Dec. 31	Cotton	OHST (2) Ohio State	—	CFP Quarterfinal	7:30 p.m.	Arlington, Tex.
Jan. 1	Sugar	UGA (3) Georgia	—	CFP Quarterfinal	8 p.m.	New Orleans, La.
Jan. 1	Orange	TTU (4) Texas Tech	—	CFP Quarterfinal	12 p.m.	Miami, Fla.
Dec. 19/20	CFP 5 vs. 12	ORE (5) Oregon	vs. JMAD (12) James Madison	CFP 1st Rnd	TBA	TBA
Dec. 19/20	CFP 6 vs. 11	MISS (6) Ole Miss	vs. TUL (11) Tulane	CFP 1st Rnd	TBA	TBA
Dec. 19/20	CFP 7 vs. 10	TA&M (7) Texas A&M	vs. BAMA (10) Alabama	CFP 1st Rnd	TBA	TBA
Dec. 19/20	CFP 8 vs. 9	OKLA (8) Oklahoma	vs. ND (9) Notre Dame	CFP 1st Rnd	TBA	TBA

Other Bowl Games

Date	Bowl	Projection		Matchup	Time	Location
Jan. 2	Holiday	SMU SMU	vs. ARIZ Arizona	ACC vs. Pac-12	8pm	San Diego, Calif.
Jan. 2	Duke's Mayo	DUKE Duke	vs. ECU East Carolina	ACC vs. SEC	8pm	Charlotte, N.C.
Jan. 2	Liberty	ISU Iowa State	vs. WSU Washington State	Big 12 vs. SEC	4:30pm	Memphis, Tenn.
Jan. 2	Armed Forces	UNT North Texas	vs. JXST Jacksonville State	American vs. CUSA	1pm	Fort Worth, Tex.
Dec. 31	Las Vegas	NEB Nebraska	vs. UTAH Utah	Big Ten vs. Pac-12	3:30pm	Las Vegas, Nev.
Dec. 31	Citrus	MICH Michigan	vs. TEX Texas	Big Ten vs. SEC	3pm	Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 31	Sun	LOU Louisville	vs. ASU Arizona State	ACC/ND vs. Pac-12	2pm	El Paso, Tex.
Dec. 31	ReliaQuest	IOWA Iowa	vs. VAN Vanderbilt	Big Ten vs. SEC	Noon	Tampa, Fla.
Dec. 30	Alamo	HOU Houston	vs. USC USC	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	9pm	San Antonio, Tex.
Dec. 30	Music City	ILL Illinois	vs. LSU LSU	Big Ten vs. SEC	5:30pm	Nashville, Tenn.
Dec. 30	Independence	CMU Central Michigan	vs. KENN Kennesaw State	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	2pm	Shreveport, La.
Dec. 29	Birmingham	WAKE Wake Forest	vs. UNLV UNLV	ACC/SEC/American	2pm	Birmingham, Ala.
Dec. 27	Texas	TCU TCU	vs. MIZZ Missouri	Big 12 vs. SEC	9:15pm	Houston, Tex.
Dec. 27	Gator	MIA Miami (FL)	vs. TENN Tennessee	ACC vs. SEC	7:30pm	Jacksonville, Fla.
Dec. 27	New Mexico	NMEX New Mexico	vs. M-OH Miami (Ohio)	MWC vs. CUSA/AME/SBC/MAC	5:45pm	Albuquerque, N.M.
Dec. 27	Arizona	FRES Fresno State	vs. OHIO Ohio	MWC vs. MAC	4:30pm	Tucson, Ariz.
Dec. 27	Pop-Tarts	UVA Virginia	vs. BYU BYU	ACC vs. Big 12	3:30pm	Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 27	Fenway	GT Georgia Tech	vs. ARMY Army West Point	ACC vs. American	2:15pm	Boston, Mass.
Dec. 27	Pinstripe	PITT Pittsburgh	vs. PSU Penn State	ACC vs. Big Ten	Noon	New York, N.Y.
Dec. 27	Military	NCST NC State	vs. NAVY Navy	ACC vs. American	11am	Annapolis, Md.
Dec. 26	First Responder	TXST Texas State	vs. USU Utah State	American/ACC/Big 12	8pm	Dallas, Tex.
Dec. 26	Rate	CIN Cincinnati	vs. NW Northwestern	Big 12 vs. Big Ten	5:30pm	Phoenix, Ariz.
Dec. 26	GameAbove Sports	MINN Minnesota	vs. WMU Western Michigan	Big Ten vs. MAC	1pm	Detroit, Mich.
Dec. 24	Hawaii	HAW *Hawaii	vs. CAL *Cal	MWC vs. CUSA	8pm	Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec. 23	Frisco	LT Louisiana Tech	vs. UTSA UTSA	AME/CUSA/MAC/MWC/Sun Belt	9pm	Frisco, Tex.
Dec. 23	New Orleans	WKY W. Kentucky	vs. USM Southern Miss	CUSA vs. Sun Belt	5:30pm	New Orleans, La.
Dec. 23	Boca Raton	FIU FIU	vs. CCU Coastal Carolina	AME/CUSA/MAC/SBC	2pm	Boca Raton, Fla.
Dec. 22	Idaho Potato	TOL Toledo	vs. SDSU San Diego State	MAC vs. MWC	2pm	Boise, Idaho
Dec. 19	Gasparilla	MEM Memphis	vs. CLEM Clemson	American/ACC/SEC	3:30pm	Tampa, Fla.
Dec. 19	Myrtle Beach	GASO Georgia Southern	vs. RICE Rice	American/MAC/Sun Belt	Noon	Myrtle Beach, SC
Dec. 18	XBox	ARST *Arkansas State	vs. MOSU *Missouri State	Sun Belt/CUSA	9pm	Frisco, Texas
Dec. 17	68 Ventures	UL Louisiana	vs. DEL Delaware	CUSA/MAC/Sun Belt	8:30pm	Mobile, Ala.
Dec. 17	Cure	USF *South Florida	vs. ODU *Old Dominion	AAC/CUSA/MAC/MWC/SBC	5:30pm	Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 16	Salute to Veterans	CONN Connecticut	vs. TROY Troy	MAC vs. Sun Belt	9pm	Montgomery, Ala.
Dec. 13	Los Angeles	BSU Boise State	vs. WASH Washington	MWC vs. Pac-12	8pm	Los Angeles, Calif.