| 2026 Trust & Will Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||
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| 46th Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Snapdragon Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California, US | ||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Steve Marlowe (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||
| Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst), and Jenny Taft (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Holiday Bowl is an American college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 2, 2026, at Snapdragon Stadium located in San Diego, California. [1] The 46th annual Holiday Bowl will feature the SMU Mustangs from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Arizona Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. PST and will air on FOX. This is the first Holiday Bowl that is played in January. [2] The previous edition was played on December 27, 2024. The Holiday Bowl will be one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. Sponsored by online estate planning company Trust & Will, the game is officially known as the Trust & Will Holiday Bowl.
The game will feature the Arizona Wildcats (9–3) from the Big 12 Conference and the SMU Mustangs (8–4) from the Atlantic Coast Conference. [3] [4] [5]
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 17 Arizona | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| SMU | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, California
| Statistics | ARIZ | SMU |
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| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Time of possession |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Arizona | Passing | ||
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| Receiving | |||
| SMU | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |