2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl

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2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl
36th Pop-Tarts Bowl
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets BYU Cougars
(9–3)(11–2)
ACC Big 12
2125
Head coach: 
Brent Key 		Head coach: 
Kalani Sitake
AP Coaches CFP
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AP Coaches CFP
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Georgia Tech7140021
BYU7301525
DateDecember 27, 2025
Season 2025
Stadium Camping World Stadium
Location Orlando, Florida
MVP Bear Bachmeier (QB, BYU)
Favorite BYU by 3.5
Referee Chris Coyte (Big Ten)
Attendance34,126
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Mark Jones (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), and Quint Kessenich (sideline)
Pop-Tarts Bowl
 ← 2024   2026 → 

The 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2025, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 36th annual Pop-Tarts Bowl (though only the third edition under that name) began at approximately 3:30 p.m. EST and aired on ABC. [1] [2] The Pop-Tarts Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The bowl game's title sponsor was Kellogg's through their Pop-Tarts brand of toaster pastries. Bowl organizers branded this edition of the bowl as “The People’s National Championship.” [3]

Contents

BYU of the Big 12 Conference defeated Georgia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) by a 25–21 score. [4]

Teams

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured Georgia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC, inclusive of Notre Dame) and BYU from the Big 12 Conference. Notre Dame received an invitation to the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl but withdrew from bowl game consideration for the 2025–26 bowl season. [5] Georgia Tech and BYU had previously met four times, with BYU holding a 3–1 series lead. [6]

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Georgia Tech opened their season with eight consecutive wins, and were ranked as high as seventh. They suffered three losses in their final four regular-season games and entered the Pop-Tarts Bowl with a 9–3 record. [7]

BYU Cougars

BYU also opened their season with eight consecutive wins, also reaching number seven in the polls. They lost to Texas Tech on November 8, won their next three games, then lost again to Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship Game. The Cougars entered the Pop-Tarts Bowl with an 11–2 record. [8]

Game summary

2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl
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No. 22 Georgia Tech7140021
No. 12 BYU7301525

at Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida

  • Date: Saturday, December 27, 2025
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 76 °F (24 °C) • Wind: 7 mph (11 km/h) southeast
  • Game attendance: 34,126
  • Referee: Chris Coyte
  • TV announcers (ABC): Mark Jones (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), and Quint Kessenich (sideline)
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • (4:56) BYU – Chase Roberts 7-yard pass from Bear Bachmeier (Will Ferrin kick) (Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards, 2:49; BYU 7–0)
  • (0:20) GT – Trelain Maddox 3-yard run (Aidan Birr kick) (Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:36; Tied 7–7)
Second quarter
  • (9:49) BYU – Will Ferrin 22-yard field goal (Drive: 12 plays, 71 yards, 5:31; BYU 10–7)
  • (5:28) GT – Eric Rivers 5-yard pass from Haynes King (Aidan Birr kick) (Drive: 10 plays, 76 yards, 4:14; GT 14–10)
  • (5:15) GT – J. T. Byrne 6-yard pass from Haynes King (Aidan Birr kick) (Drive: 1 play, 6 yards, 0:04; GT 21–10)
Third quarter

No scoring plays

Fourth quarter
  • (11:13) BYU – Enoch Nawahine 2-yard run (Bear Bachmeier run for two-point conversion) (Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 4:42; GT 21–18)
  • (2:00) BYU – Jovesa Damuni 4-yard run (Will Ferrin kick)) (Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 3:44; BYU 25–21)

Statistics

StatisticsGTBYU
First downs2126
Plays–yards68-40163-425
Rushes–yards28-13124-100
Passing yards270325
Passing: comp–att–int22–40–127–39–1
Time of possession28:4931:11
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Georgia TechPassing Haynes King 22/40, 270 yards, 2 TD
RushingMalachi Hosley11 carries, 64 yards
ReceivingMalik Rutherford8 receptions, 105 yards
BYUPassing Bear Bachmeier 27/38, 1 TD, 1 INT
RushingJovesa Damuni7 carries, 64 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Carsen Ryan 8 receptions, 120 yards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule, dates, TV channel, sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "BYU Football Unveils New Helmet For Pop-Tarts Bowl". KSL Sports. December 19, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  4. ↑ Mendoza, Jordan (December 27, 2025). "BYU vs Georgia Tech score, updates: Cougars pull off comeback in Pop-Tarts Bowl". USA Today . Retrieved December 28, 2025.
  5. ↑ Backus, Will (December 7, 2025). "Notre Dame withdraws from bowl consideration following College Football Playoff snub". CBS Sports . CBS Broadcasting . Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Georgia Tech vs. BYU football series history games list". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
  8. ↑ "BYU Cougars". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
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