The Atlantic Coast Conference, in partnership with Bowl Season, has officially announced the full slate of bowl matchups for the 2025 season. Mark your calendars, as the 2025 ACC bowl schedule will feature 11 marquee matchups on ABC and ESPN, and one each on CBS and Fox.
The announcement includes dates, game times, and television designations for 12 of the bowl games affiliated with the ACC. The Holiday Bowl will be announced at a later date.
The NCAA and College Football Playoff (CFP) announced the full schedule of the 12-team format for the 2025-26 season in April. Last season, the ACC was one of three conferences with multiple teams in the Playoff, featuring Clemson and SMU.
“We’re incredibly proud of the ACC’s continued success in postseason play, including a historic showing last year with 13 teams earning bowl invitations and two reaching the College Football Playoff,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “Our bowl partners play a vital role in creating first-class experiences for our programs, student-athletes, and fans. These relationships continue to grow stronger each year, and we’re grateful for the support of Disney and ESPN and the leadership of Nick Carparelli and the entire Bowl Season team, who do an outstanding job promoting and celebrating college football.”
The ACC set a league record last season with 13 teams earning postseason bowl bids, tying for the most among all conferences. This milestone marked the 24th consecutive year in which the conference secured at least six bowl appearances. Since the start of the College Football Playoff in 2014, the ACC has recorded a total of 105 postseason bowl appearances, ranking second among all conferences.
On May 29, the ACC and ESPN unveiled the kickoff times and broadcast networks for more than 40 games during the first three weeks of the 2025 football season. The announcement also detailed the schedule for Thursday and Friday night games throughout the year. ACC teams are scheduled to participate in a total of 28 nationally televised games on networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU. In addition, there will be 14 more matchups on the ACC Network and five additional games airing on CBS, NBC, or The CW as part of the announced schedule.
Bowl Games include:
Saturday, Dec. 13:
LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk (Los Angeles, California) – 9 p.m. on ESPN
Friday, Dec. 19:
CFP First Round Game (on campus site) – TBD
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Florida) – 3:30 p.m. on ESPN
Saturday, Dec. 20:
CFP First Round Game (on campus site) – TBD
CFP First Round Game (on campus site) – TBD
CFP First Round Game (on campus site) – TBD
Saturday, Dec. 27:
Go Bowling Military Bowl (Washington, D.C.) – 11 a.m. on ESPN
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl (The Bronx, New York) – Noon on ABC
Wasabi Fenway Bowl (Boston, Massachusetts) – 2:15 p.m. on ESPN
Pop-Tarts Bowl (Orlando, Florida) – 3:30 p.m. on ABC
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Florida) – 7:30 p.m. on ABC
Monday, Dec. 29:
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Alabama) – 2 p.m. on ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 30:
Valero Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, Texas) – 9 p.m. on ESPN
Wednesday, Dec. 31:
CFP Quarterfinals: Goodyear Cotton Bowl (Dallas, Texas) – 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas) – 2 p.m. on CBS
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, Nevada) – 3:30 p.m. on ESPN
Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026:
CFP Quarterfinals: Capital One Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens, Florida) – Noon on ESPN
CFP Quarterfinals: Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential (Pasadena, California) – 4 p.m. on ESPN
CFP Quarterfinals: Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, Louisiana) – 8 p.m. on ESPN
Friday, Jan. 2, 2026:
Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Charlotte, North Carolina) – 8 p.m. on ESPN
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026:
CFP Semifinals: Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Arizona) – 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Friday, Jan. 9, 2026:
CFP Semifinals: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Atlanta, Georgia) – 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Monday, Jan. 19, 2026:
CFP National Championship Game (Hard Rock Stadium at Miami Gardens, Florida) – 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
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DIRECTV Holiday Bowl – TBA | Fox
The 2025 ACC Football Championship Game will kick off at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on ABC. The league’s football championship game will showcase the top two teams based on regular-season conference winning percentage.
The 8 p.m. ET kickoff marks the 16th time in the last 17 years that the game will be held in primetime. Since its inception in 2005, a total of 14 different teams have competed in the championship game.
Bank of America Stadium, home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, has hosted 14 of the last 15 ACC Football Championship Games. The ACC, Carolina Panthers, and the Charlotte Sports Foundation have an agreement to keep the championship game in Charlotte through the 2030 season.
The winner of the conference championship game has advanced to the National Championship Game or competed in the College Football Playoff in nine of the last 12 seasons, including both of the two participating teams last year, with the ACC being one of only three multi-bid leagues.
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