2026 Fiesta Bowl
| 2026 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl | |
|---|---|
| College Football Playoff Semifinal 55th Fiesta Bowl | |
| Date | January 8, 2026 |
| Season | 2025 |
| Stadium | State Farm Stadium |
| Location | Glendale, Arizona |
| United States TV coverage | |
| Network | ESPN |
| Announcers | Marc Kestecher (play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (analyst) and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline) (ESPN Radio) |
The 2026 Fiesta Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 8, 2026, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The 55th annual Fiesta Bowl will be one of the college football playoff semifinals game and will feature two of the playoff teams. The game is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. MST and will air on ESPN.[1][2] The Fiesta Bowl will be one of the 2025–26 bowl games. The game is sponsored by vacation rental marketplace Vrbo and is officially known as the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.
Background
The 2026 Fiesta Bowl will be a semifinal game for the College Football Playoff (CFP). The game will feature the winner of the Sugar Bowl and the winner of the Cotton Bowl. The winner of this game will advance to the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship game to face the winner of the Peach Bowl.
| Quarterfinals | Fiesta Bowl | |||||||
| Jan 1 – Sugar Bowl | ||||||||
| 3 | Georgia | |||||||
| 6/11 | Ole Miss/Tulane | |||||||
| Dec 31 – Cotton Bowl | ||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | |||||||
| 10 | Miami (FL) | |||||||
Teams
The game will feature two of the college football playoff teams.
Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| - | - | - | - | 0 |
References
- ^ "2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule, dates, TV channel, sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
External links
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com