Postseason college football bowl game
College football game
The 2025 Cotton Bowl Classic is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 10, 2025, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas . The 89th annual Cotton Bowl Classic , game will feature two playoff teams. The game is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. CST and will air on ESPN .[ 1] [ 2] The Cotton Bowl Classic will be one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season . The bowl game will be sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company , and the game will be officially known as the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic .
Teams
The game will feature 2 winners of the college football playoff quarterfinals and the winner will advance to the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game and will face the winner of the 2025 Orange Bowl .
Game summary
References
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes There was a Cotton Bowl Classic in January and December in 1966, 2015, 2017, 2023, 2025.
The 2015 (December), 2018, 2021, and 2025 (January) editions were
College Football Playoff semifinals.
Overview Games Other Championship games for each season are played in January, as well as the Rose Bowl semifinal and the Sugar Bowl semifinal