2026 Rose Bowl
| 2026 Rose Bowl presented by Prudential | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College Football Playoff Quarterfinal 112th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Rose Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2026, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The 112th annual Rose Bowl game will be one of the playoff quarterfinals and will feature the ninth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference and the first-ranked Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. PST. The Rose 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 the Prudential financial services company, the game is officially known as the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the 2026 Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential.
The start time of the 2026 game is one hour earlier than the traditional time, in a change expected to carry forward to future Rose Bowl games.[3]
Background
The 2026 Rose Bowl will be a quarterfinal game for the 2025–26 College Football Playoff (CFP). Indiana, being the top-ranked team in the final CFP rankings and winner of the Big Ten Championship Game, received a bye in the playoff format and was selected to play in the bowl game.[4][5]
Ninth-ranked Alabama, the number ninth seed in the tournament, defeated Oklahoma in the first round, 34–24, to advance to this game.[6]
This will be the first ever meeting between Alabama and Indiana.[7]
With a win, the winning team will advance to the CFP semifinals, facing the winner of the Orange Bowl, in the Peach Bowl.
| First round | Rose Bowl | ||||||||
| 1 | Indiana | ||||||||
| 9 | Alabama | 34 | 9 | Alabama | |||||
| 8 | Oklahoma | 24 | |||||||
Teams
Indiana Hoosiers
This will be the second-ever appearance in the Rose Bowl for the Hoosiers, following the 1968 Rose Bowl where they lost to the USC Trojans.[5] Indiana will enter the game as the Big Ten Conference champions with an 13–0 record (9–0 in conference), their first conference title since 1967.[8]
Alabama Crimson Tide
This will be the Crimson Tide's ninth Rose Bowl appearance, with a 5–2–1 record in previous games. Their last appearance came in the 2024 in an overtime loss to the eventual National Champion Michigan. Alabama comes into this game with an 11–3 record following its 34–24 first-round win over Oklahoma, the first by a visiting team in a campus-site game.
Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (9) No. 9 Alabama | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| (1) No. 1 Indiana | - | - | - | - | 0 |
Statistics
| Statistics | ALA | IU |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Time of possession |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALA | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| IU | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |
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.
- ^ Dochterman, Scott; Vannini, Chris (April 22, 2025). "CFP Moves Rose Bowl Kickoff Time Up One Hour: What Does It Mean for the Famous Sunset?". The Athletic. Archived from the original on August 2, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- ^ "Indiana To Face Oklahoma-Alabama Winner in Rose Bowl Game". Pasadena Now. December 7, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
- ^ a b "Big Ten champion Indiana is headed to the Rose Bowl to face CFP quarterfinal winner". LA Times. December 7, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
- ^ Elmore, Josiah (December 19, 2025). "Alabama roars back to beat Oklahoma, advances to Rose Bowl". WHNT-TV. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
- ^ "Indiana Hoosiers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
- ^ "No. 2 Indiana beats No. 1 Ohio St. 13-10, winning first Big Ten title since 1967". NBC News. December 6, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
External links
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com