2026 Scheduling Updates

[basement bias]

It sucks that the CFB playoff first round goes up against the NFL - because I love both, I’ll switch back and forth between the games, but NFL is my #1 sport so I get why it has better ratings, but the CFB playoff games should have their own time spot without competition from the NFL.

YTTV multi view?

 

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Mountain Time.
@CSUFootball



Saturday, Oct. 24 vs. San Diego State has an updated kickoff! »4:30 «

ALL seven games in Canvas Stadium in 2026 will kick off before 5:30 PM!

 

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Bowl schedule will be released today.

 

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@mattsarz


Let's assume 3pm again for today's CFB TV schedule release of bowl games. Curious if the Holiday and Poinsettia bowls will be included. Holiday does not have a TV partner as FOX apparently declined to bid.

 

[Xeliou66]

Bowl schedule will be released today.

It’s a shame that the bowls no longer mean much because they are unique and I always liked them, it was a cool way to end the season with matchups you don’t often see.

 

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ESPN/ABC Bowls.

Date	Time (ET)	Bowl	Where to Watch
Sat, Dec 12	Noon	Cricket Celebration Bowl (Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, Ga.)	ABC
Tue, Dec 15	5:30 p.m.	IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl (Cramton Bowl – Montgomery, AL)	ESPN
	9 p.m.	Frisco Football Classic (The Star – Frisco, TX)	ESPN
Fri, Dec 18	11 a.m.	Boca Raton Bowl (Flagler Credit Union Stadium – Boca Raton, FL)	ESPN
	2:30 p.m.	Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl (Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL)	ESPN
Mon, Dec 21	11 a.m.	Myrtle Beach Bowl (Brooks Stadium – Conway, SC)	ESPN
	2:30 p.m.	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Albertsons Stadium – Boise, ID)	ESPN
Tue, Dec 22	1:30 p.m.	Puerto Rico Bowl (Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium — Bayamón, Puerto Rico)	ESPN
	5 p.m.	StaffDNA Cure Bowl (Acrisure Bounce House – Orlando, FL)	ESPN
	8:30 p.m.	Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (Independence Stadium – Shreveport, LA)	ESPN
Wed, Dec 23	2 p.m.	New Orleans Bowl (Caesars Superdome – New Orleans, LA)	ESPN
	5:30 p.m.	Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Amon G. Carter Stadium – Fort Worth, TX)	ESPN
	9 p.m.	Frisco Bowl (The Star – Frisco, TX)	ESPN
Thu, Dec 24	2:30 p.m.	Isleta New Mexico Bowl (University Stadium – Albuquerque, NM)	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex – Honolulu, HI)	ESPN
Sat, Dec 26	Noon	Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl (Yankee Stadium – Bronx, NY)	ABC
	2 p.m.	Wasabi Fenway Bowl (Fenway Park – Boston, MA)	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Bank of America Stadium – Charlotte, NC)	ABC
	5:30 p.m.	68 Ventures Bowl (Hancock Whitney Stadium – Mobile, AL)	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Cactus Bowl (Mountain America Stadium – Tempe, AZ)	ABC
Mon, Dec 28	2 p.m.	Freedom Mortgage Military Bowl (Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium – Annapolis, MD)	ESPN
Tue, Dec 29	2 p.m.	JLab Birmingham Bowl (Protective Stadium – Birmingham, AL)	ESPN
	5:30 p.m.	Pop-Tarts Bowl (Camping World Stadium – Orlando, FL)	ESPN
	9 p.m.	Valero Alamo Bowl (Alamodome – San Antonio, TX)	ESPN
Wed, Dec 30	11:30 a.m.	TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (EverBank Stadium – Jacksonville, FL)	ESPN
	3 p.m.	Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl (Nissan Stadium – Nashville, TN)	ESPN
Thu, Dec 31	Noon	ReliaQuest Bowl (Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL)	ESPN
	3:45 p.m.	Las Vegas Bowl (Allegiant Stadium – Las Vegas, NV)	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Kinder’s Texas Bowl (Reliant Stadium – Houston, TX)	ESPN
Sat, Jan 2	Noon	Citrus Bowl (Camping World Stadium – Orlando, FL)	ABC
	3:30 p.m.	SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Gerald J. Ford Stadium – Dallas, TX)	ABC
	7:30 p.m.	AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium – Memphis, TN)	ABC

 

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@bigddan11


Technically the Poinsettia also doesn't have a TV partner, though rumor has it that CW will end up with both.

 

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@FBSchedules


Two Christmas Eve Bowl games on ESPN this season (Thursday, Dec. 24, 2026):

Isleta New Mexico Bowl - 2:30pm ET
Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl - 7:00pm ET

 

[Calhoun]

@mattsarz


Let's assume 3pm again for today's CFB TV schedule release of bowl games. Curious if the Holiday and Poinsettia bowls will be included. Holiday does not have a TV partner as FOX apparently declined to bid.

The Holiday Bowl was always one of my favorites, especially early on when the games were shoot-outs involving the WAC/BYU. For many years, the 1980 game was routinely voted one of the best bowl games in history. BYU came back from 20 down in the last four minutes to beat SMU led by the Dickerson/James "Pony Express."

 

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The Holiday Bowl was always one of my favorites, especially early on when the games were shoot-outs involving the WAC/BYU. For many years, the 1980 game was routinely voted one of the best bowl games in history. BYU came back from 20 down in the last four minutes to beat SMU led by the Dickerson/James "Pony Express."

Iowa won the 86 Holiday Bowl 39-38 and the 87 Holiday Bowl 20-19. In 91 Iowa tied BYU and Heisman winner Ty Detmer 13-13.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

@FBSchedules


Two Christmas Eve Bowl games on ESPN this season (Thursday, Dec. 24, 2026):

Isleta New Mexico Bowl - 2:30pm ET
Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl - 7:00pm ET

That stadium was rocking in Hawaii last year when Hawaii was actually playing there.

If bowl games continue in any shape where selections happen, they need to regionalize them. I know it’s going to suck for students not to travel very far, but some of the time, it makes zero sense to move teams away. Maryland or Navy should be one of the primary teams considered for the Military Bowl, along with Temple, UVA and VT.

Seeing some of these stadiums nearly empty because no one cares to travel besides family definitely sucks as a fan of the game.

 

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Iowa won the 86 Holiday Bowl 39-38 and the 87 Holiday Bowl 20-19. In 91 Iowa tied BYU and Heisman winner Ty Detmer 13-13.

So Iowa went to 3 Holidays Bowls from 87-91, didnt lose any of them and scored 2 more total points than their opponents.

 

[basement bias]

@FBSchedules


Two Christmas Eve Bowl games on ESPN this season (Thursday, Dec. 24, 2026):

Isleta New Mexico Bowl - 2:30pm ET
Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl - 7:00pm ET

I enjoy the Hawaii Bowl. It's became one of my new traditions for that evening. Used to be Christmas with my mother's side but my great grandma & grandma have passed and only have stepkids that night every other year so that tradition has ended. The game is a good way to relax & enjoy football.

 

[Calhoun]

That stadium was rocking in Hawaii last year when Hawaii was actually playing there.

If bowl games continue in any shape where selections happen, they need to regionalize them. I know it’s going to suck for students not to travel very far, but some of the time, it makes zero sense to move teams away. Maryland or Navy should be one of the primary teams considered for the Military Bowl, along with Temple, UVA and VT.

Seeing some of these stadiums nearly empty because no one cares to travel besides family definitely sucks as a fan of the game.

Back in the mid 80s when they still played the game as the Aloha Bowl, they invited UCLA and Florida. Former UF SID Norris Anderson, by then a sports columnist in Miami and for "Football News," wrote it made no sense to invite two schools from beach states. Hawaii's main tourist attraction, he said, would not be a draw for UF or UCLA fans. He called it, the stadium was at best sparsely populated, lots of them were US servicemen stationed there who got free tickets.

 

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