The 2025–26 college football season includes 41 bowl games: four college football playoff first round games, four quarterfinals, two semifinals, and the national championship on Monday, Jan 19.

College football bowl season ramps up on Friday, December 19, with the College Football Playoff officially getting underway in primetime. But first, bowl season rolls on with an early kickoff at 11:00 a.

The college football bowl schedule two days before Christmas features three matchups that will hope to distract last-minute holiday shoppers.

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College football bowl season is officially heating up on Saturday, December 20, with the College Football Playoff kicking into full swing. While Friday brought us our first of the games, a trio will be played on Saturday as we inch closer to deciding who will be crowned the national champion.

The San Francisco 49ers, on a four-game winning streak, try to stay hot Monday night against an Indianapolis Colts team on a four-game losing streak.

More than a dozen bowl games are already in the books, including the CFP first round, with the College Football Playoff quarterfinals then starting on Dec. 31. In the meantime, there is still plenty of other college football bowl action,

Video highlights, recaps and play breakdowns of the California Golden Bears vs. Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors NCAAF game from December 24, 2025 on ESPN.