The 2025-26 college football bowl schedule begins on Saturday with Boise State vs. Washington (-8.5). College football bowl confidence pools have become increasingly popular, and there are 39 matchups to make college football bowl confidence picks on this season.

Bowl pick 'em! The Athletic's staff made picks for bowl season for every bowl game, including the four first-round CFP games.

Iron Bowl week is here, as the 2025 edition of one of college football's best rivalry games kicks off on Saturday with No. 10 Alabama going on the road against

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As a result, the Hurricanes will go on the road to face Texas A&M and Alabama will travel for a rematch with Oklahoma as the two standout games of the first round. The first round is rounded out by another rematch between Tulane and Ole Miss, and James Madison taking on Oregon as the biggest underdog of this year's playoff.

The Game is on. College football's best rivalry matchup is here to put an exclamation point on the 2025 regular season as No. 1 Ohio State hits the road against

After a dramatic finish to championship weekend, there is officially a new No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time since Week 2.