2026 Orange Bowl
| 2026 Capital One Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College Football Playoff Quarterfinal 92nd Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Hard Rock Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oregon by 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jerry Magallanes (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (analyst), Katie George and Stormy Buonantony (sideline reporters) (ESPN) Wes Durham (play-by-play), Chase Daniel (analyst) and Tori Petry (sideline reporter) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Orange Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2026, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The 92nd annual Orange Bowl game will be one of the playoff quarterfinals and will feature the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference and Oregon Ducks of the Big Ten Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. EST. The Orange Bowl will be one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season and the winner will advance to the College Football Playoff semifinals.[1][2] Sponsored by bank holding company Capital One, the game will be officially known as the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl.
Background
The 2026 Orange Bowl will be a quarterfinal game for the 2025–26 College Football Playoff (CFP). Texas Tech, being one of the top four teams in the final CFP rankings, received a bye in the playoff format and was selected to play in a quarterfinal game, the Orange Bowl.[3][4]
Oregon, the number 5 seed in the tournament, defeated James Madison (JMU), the number 12 seed, in the first round, 51–34, to advance to this game.[5][6]
This bowl game will be the fourth all time meeting between Oregon and Texas Tech. Oregon leads the series between the two programs, 3–0, with their last win in 2023.[7] This will be the first appearance in the Orange Bowl for both teams.[5]
The winning team will advance to the CFP semifinals, facing the winner of the Rose Bowl in the Peach Bowl.[8]
| First round | Orange Bowl | ||||||||
| 4 | Texas Tech | ||||||||
| 12 | James Madison | 34 | 5 | Oregon | |||||
| 5 | Oregon | 51 | |||||||
Teams
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Texas Tech entered the game as the Big 12 Conference champions with a 12–1 record (8–1 in conference). Ranked 4th in the final CFP poll, the Red Raiders received the fourth seed in the playoff bracket. This will be the first Orange Bowl appearance for Texas Tech.[9][10]
Oregon Ducks
Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| (5) No. 5 Oregon | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| (4) No. 4 Texas Tech | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida
- Date: Thursday January 1, 2026
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
- TV: ESPN
Statistics
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References
- ^ "2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule, dates, TV channel, sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
- ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
- ^ Giese, Nathan (December 7, 2025). "Texas Tech football earns No. 4 seed, 1st round bye in CFP". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Texas Tech seeded as No. 4 in final College Football Playoff Ranking, will play in Orange Bowl Jan.1". KCBD. December 7, 2025. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ a b McPherson, Jordan (December 20, 2025). "Orange Bowl matchup set. What to know about the College Football Playoff quarterfinal". Miami Herald. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ McPherson, Jordan (December 20, 2025). "Oregon beats James Madison 51-34 in College Football Playoff to advance to face Texas Tech in Orange Bowl quarterfinal". Miami Herald. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Daschel, Nick (December 20, 2025). "No. 5 Oregon opens as slight favorite over No. 4 Texas Tech in CFP quarterfinal". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ McPherson, Jordan (December 20, 2025). "The championship path to Miami: College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchups set". Miami Herald. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Texas Tech heading to Orange Bowl, where upstart JMU or Oregon will be waiting". The Columbian. 2025-12-06. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ "Texas Tech Seeded as No. 4 in Final College Football Playoff Ranking, Will Play in Orange Bowl Jan.1". KCBD. December 7, 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
External links
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com