2025 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)

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 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.

The 2025 Cotton bowl is a semifinal game for the College Football Playoff (CFP).^[3] The game will feature the winner of the Rose Bowl and the winner of the Peach Bowl.^[4] The winner of this game will advance to the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game and will face the winner of the Orange Bowl.^[4]