Watch College Football Bowl games 2025/26 live streams as the New Year’s Six kicks off with the quarterfinals. Below we have information on how to watch this year’s college football playoffs from anywhere in the world with details on worldwide TV channels, TV stations and where you can see them for FREE.
That’s the meat in the sandwich of three games on January 1st. The new year starts with the Orange Bowl in Florida, where the Texas Tech Raiders and Oregon Ducks meet face to face. Rounding out the quarterfinals is the Georgia Bulldogs vs Ole Miss Rebels in the Sugar Bowl at Caesars Superdome – they played a 43-35 classic back in October with Georgia coming out on top.
Here’s where to watch this year’s College Football Bowl games online anywhere – including FREE options.
Can I watch 2025/26 College Football Bowl games for free?
Sports specialist DAZN will show all four College Football Bowl games in 2025/26 for FREE in the UK.
No subscription required – all you have to do is register for a free account and watch via your web browser, DAZN mobile app or your streaming device.
Remember, if you’re traveling away from the UK, you can use a VPN to watch college football playoff streams from overseas on your usual streaming service. More details below.
Use a VPN to watch any College Football Bowl game 2025/26 stream
This is a handy piece of software that can make your device look like it’s back in your home country, thereby letting you unlock your usual service. One of the best VPNs right now? We recommend Surfshark – it does everything and comes with 7 days free and a 30-day money-back guarantee if you’re not completely satisfied.
Using a VPN is incredibly simple:
1. Install VPN of your choice. As we have said, Surfshark is one of our favorites.
2. Select the location you want to connect to in the VPN app. For example, if you’re visiting the US and want to see your usual UK service, select a UK-based server from the list.
3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Go to your usual local streaming service and watch college football.
When are the 2025/26 College Football Bowl games?
Wednesday 31 December 2025
Cotton bowl – Ohio State vs Miami: 7.30pm ET / 4.40pm PT / 12.30pm GMT (Thursday) / 11.30am AEDT (Thursday)
Thursday 1 January 2026
Orange bowl – Texas Tech vs Oregon: 12pm ET / 9am PT / 5pm GMT / 4am AEDT (Fri)
Rose bowl – Indiana vs Alabama: 4pm ET / 1pm PT / 9pm GMT / 8am AEDT (Fri)
Sugar bowl – Georgia vs Ole Miss: 8pm ET / 5pm PT / 1am GMT (Fri) / 12pm AEDT (Fri)
How to watch College Football Bowl games 2025/26 live streams in USA
The 2025/26 College Football Bowl games (plus semifinal and national championship games) will all be shown on ESPN.
ESPN is available through a variety of cable plans. Wire cutters? OTT service Sling TV would be our best recommendation. The Sling Orange plan gives you ESPN and ESPN2 and costs as little as $4.99 per day. Watch all the bowl games with a 3-day pass for $9.99.
A more expensive but even more thorough alternative is Fubowhich includes ESPN on all its plans. Prices start from $45.99 per month for its Sports + News package, but new users get a FREE Fubo trial. And YouTube TV is another ESPN toting option that you can try for free for five days right now!
Or subscribe to ESPN app. It costs $29.99 for a rolling monthly plan. Alternatively, committing to a full year also costs $29.99 per month, but you get additional access to the Disney+ and Hulu streaming platforms.
How to watch College Football Bowl games 2025/26 live streams in Canada
In Canada, coverage of the 2025/26 College Football Bowl games will be shown by TSN.
This means you can also watch online thanks to its TSN+ ($8 per month / $80 per year) streaming platform.
If you already subscribe to these services but are located outside of Canada, download a VPN and watch NCAA games as if you were back home.
How to watch College Football Bowl games 2025/26 live streams in UK
As explained above, specialist sports streamer DAZN has the rights to show the college football playoffs in the UK.
What’s more, it will do it for FREE. Just create a free account to stream.
Outside the UK? You will have to download a VPNas described above, to watch your usual stream from abroad.
How to watch College Football Bowl games 2025/26 live streams in Australia
In Australia, all four NCAA quarterfinals are televised on ESPN via Foxtelwith live streaming available via Kayo Sports and Disney Plus.
Kayo Sports starts at AU$30 per month after a 7-day free trial. Or you can get your first month for AU$1.
Disney Plus starts at $15.99 per month or $159.99 for a full year of everything House of Mouse offers.
Not in Australia for the games? Use a VPN if you want to tap into your usual college football playoff coverage.
Can I watch 2025/26 College Football Bowl games on my mobile?
Yes, the vast majority of broadcasters mentioned in this article have streaming services that you can access via mobile apps or via your phone’s browser – e.g. DAZN for UK-based college football fans.
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