ESPN has announced its broadcast crews for both its TV and radio coverage of the 33 non-College Football Playoff bowls it will broadcast.
Six games will be presented on ABC, with another 25 airing on ESPN and ESPN2. 14 games are set to broadcast on ESPN Radio. Many of the bowl games not broadcast on the radio network will be available on the Bowl Season Radio network.
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The network owns 17 of the 33 bowls it plans to broadcast in the coming weeks.
The first bowl game broadcast is set for Saturday, December 13th at Noon ET on ABC, with the de facto HBCU National Championship Game pitting South Carolina State against Prairie View A&M in the Celebration Bowl.
Bowl Season Coverage — outside of the network’s College Football Playoff Schedule — will conclude on Friday, January 2nd at 8 PM ET with Wake Forest taking on Mississippi State in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.
The entire list of broadcast crews is featured below. All times are listed in Eastern Time.
2025-26 BOWL SEASON TV SCHEDULE
| Date | Time (ET) | Bowl/Commentators | Network |
| Sat, Dec 13 | Noon | Cricket Celebration Bowl: South Carolina State vs. Prairie View A&M (Atlanta) TV: Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker, Harry Lyles Jr., Quint Kessenich Radio: Jason Ross Jr, Max Starks, Jordan Reid | ABC/ESPN Radio |
| Sat, Dec 13 | 8 p.m. | Bucked Up LA Bowl: Boise State vs. Washington (Inglewood) TV: Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Taylor McGregor Radio: Mike Couzens, Max Browne | ABC/ESPN Radio |
| Tue, Dec 16 | 9 p.m. | IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl: Troy vs. Jacksonville State (Montgomery) Matt Barrie, Tom Luginbill, Harry Lyles Jr. | ESPN |
| Wed, Dec 17 | 5 p.m. | StaffDNA Cure Bowl: Old Dominion vs. South Florida (Orlando) Dave Neal, Fozzy Whittaker, Morgan Uber | ESPN |
| Wed, Dec 17 | 8:30 p.m. | 68 Ventures Bowl: Louisiana vs. Delaware (Mobile) Clay Matvick, Max Browne, Alyssa Lang | ESPN |
| Thu, Dec 18 | 9 p.m. | Xbox Bowl: Missouri State vs. Arkansas State (Frisco) Jorge Sedano, Rodney McLeod, Victoria Arlen | ESPN2 |
| Fri, Dec 19 | 11 a.m. | Myrtle Beach Bowl Presented by Engine: Kennesaw State vs. Western Michigan (Conway Matt Schumacker, Dustin Fox, Marilyn Payne | ESPN |
| Fri, Dec 19 | 2:30 p.m. | Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl presented by the United States Air Force: Memphis vs. NC State (Tampa) Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra | ESPN |
| Mon, Dec 22 | 2 p.m. | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Washington State vs. Utah State (Boise) Chuckie Kempf, Darius Walker, Tori Petry | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec 23 | 2 p.m. | Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl of Beans: Toledo vs. Louisville (Boca Raton) TV: Jay Alter, Rocky Boiman, Ashley Stroehlein Radio: Chris Carlin, Freddie Coleman, Evan Cohen | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Tue, Dec 23 | 5:30 p.m. | New Orleans Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. Southern Miss (New Orleans) TV: Courtney Lyle, Rene Ingoglia, Ian Fitzsimmons Radio: Matt Jones, Myron Medcalf | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Tue, Dec 23 | 9 p.m. | Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl: UNLV vs. Ohio (Frisco) Wes Durham, Steve Addazio, Dana Boyle | ESPN |
| Wed, Dec 24 | 8 p.m. | Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl: California vs. Hawai’i (Honolulu) Chris Cotter, Max Browne, Harry Lyles Jr. | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Fri, Dec 26 | 1 p.m. | GameAbove Sports Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Northwestern (Detroit) Matt Schumacker, Dustin Fox, Ashley Stroehlein | ESPN |
| Fri, Dec 26 | 4:30 p.m. | Rate Bowl: New Mexico vs. Minnesota (Phoenix) TV: Mike Monaco, Kirk Morrison, Dawn Davenport Radio: Roxy Bernstein, Max Starks | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Fri, Dec 26 | 8 p.m. | SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: Florida International vs. UTSA (Dallas) Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra | ESPN |
| Sat, Dec 27 | 11 a.m. | Go Bowling Military Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina (Annapolis) Jay Alter, Rocky Boiman, Madison Fitzpatrick | ESPN |
| Sat, Dec 27 | Noon | Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Penn State vs. Clemson (The Bronx) TV: Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Taylor McGregor Radio: Jorge Sedano, Trevor Matich, Caroline Hendershot | ABC/ESPN Radio |
| Sat, Dec 27 | 2:15 p.m. | Wasabi Fenway Bowl: UConn vs. Army (Boston) Wes Durham, Steve Addazio, Dana Boyle | ESPN |
| Sat, Dec 27 | 3:30 p.m. | Pop-Tarts Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. BYU (Orlando) TV: Mark Jones, Roddy Jones, Quint Kessenich Radio: Sean Kelley, Rene Ingoglia, Mike Peasley | ABC/ESPN Radio |
| Sat, Dec 27 | 5:45 p.m. | Isleta New Mexico Bowl: North Texas vs. San Diego State (Albuquerque) Lowell Galindo, Aaron Murray, Lauren Sisler | ESPN |
| Sat, Dec 27 | 7:30 p.m. | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: Virginia vs. Missouri (Jacksonville) Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick, Kris Budden | ABC |
| Sat, Dec 27 | 9:15 p.m. | Kinder’s Texas Bowl: LSU vs. Houston (Houston) Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic | ESPN |
| Mon, Dec 29 | 2 p.m. | JLab Birmingham Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. App State (Birmingham) Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec 30 | 2 p.m. | Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana Tech (Shreveport) Clay Matvick, Chase Daniel, Harry Lyles Jr. | ESPN |
| Tue, Dec 30 | 5:30 p.m. | Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl: Tennessee vs. Illinois (Nashville) TV: Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic Radio: Chris Carlin, Rocky Boiman, Stephanie Otey | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Tue, Dec 30 | 9 p.m. | Valero Alamo Bowl: USC vs. TCU (San Antonio) TV: Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick, Dana Boyle Radio: Jorge Sedano, Rodney McLeod, Victoria Arlen | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Wed, Dec 31 | Noon | ReliaQuest Bowl: Iowa vs. Vanderbilt (Tampa) TV: Roy Philpott, Sam Acho, Taylor Davis Radio: Troy Clardy, Je’Rod Cherry, Marilyn Payne | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Wed, Dec 31 | 3 p.m. | Cheez-It Citrus Bowl: Michigan vs. Texas (Orlando) TV: Mark Jones, Roddy Jones, Alyssa Lang Radio: Sean Kelley, Rene Ingoglia, Mike Peasley | ABC/ESPN Radio |
| Wed, Dec 31 | 3:30 p.m. | SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl: Nebraska vs. Utah (Las Vegas) Dave Flemming, Brock Osweiler, Dawn Davenport | ESPN |
| Fri, Jan 2 | 1 p.m. | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Rice vs. Texas State (Fort Worth) Lowell Galindo, Aaron Murray, Lauren Sisler | ESPN |
| Fri, Jan 2 | 4:30 p.m. | AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Navy vs. Cincinnati (Memphis) TV: Mike Monaco, Kirk Morrison, Dawn Davenport Radio: Chris Carlin, Rocky Boiman, Marion Crowder | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Fri, Jan 2 | 8 p.m. | Duke’s Mayo Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State (Charlotte) TV: Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra Radio: Mike Couzens, Max Starks, Marilyn Payne | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
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