2026 Rose Bowl

2026 Rose Bowl presented by Prudential
College Football Playoff Quarterfinal 112th Rose Bowl Game
Indiana Hoosiers (13–0) Big Ten Head coach:  Curt Cignetti AP Coaches CFP 1 1 1
Date	January 1, 2026
Season	2025
Stadium	Rose Bowl
Location	Pasadena, California
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Rose Bowl  ← 2025   2027 →

The 2026 Rose Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2026, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The 112th annual Rose Bowl game will be one of the playoff quarterfinals and will feature two of the playoff teams. The game is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. PST. The Rose Bowl will be one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season and the winner will advance to the college football playoff semifinals. ^{[1] [2]} Sponsored by the Prudential financial services company, the game is officially known as the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the 2026 Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential.

The start time of the 2026 game is one hour earlier than the traditional time, in a change expected to carry forward to future Rose Bowl games. ^[3]

Background

The 2026 Rose Bowl will be a quarterfinal game for the College Football Playoff (CFP).

	First round					Rose Bowl
						1	Indiana
	9	Alabama
	8	Oklahoma

Teams

The game will feature the Indiana Hoosiers against either the Alabama Crimson Tide or the Oklahoma Sooners.

This will be the second ever appearence in the Rose Bowl for the Hoosiers, following the 1968 Rose Bowl where they lost to the USC Trojans.

If Oklahoma wins their first-round game, the game will mark the second meeting between the Sooners and the Hoosiers and their first since 1928, ^[4] while it would be the first ever meeting between Alabama and Indiana in case the Crimson Tide beats the Sooners. ^[5]

Game summary

2026 Rose Bowl Game

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
(9/8) No. 9/8 Crimson Tide/Sooners	-	-	-	-	0
(1) No. 1 Hoosiers	-	-	-	-	0

at Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California

• Date: January 1, 2026
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. PST
• TV: ESPN

References

1. "2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule, dates, TV channel, sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
2. "College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
3. Dochterman, Scott; Vannini, Chris (April 22, 2025). "CFP Moves Rose Bowl Kickoff Time Up One Hour: What Does It Mean for the Famous Sunset?". The Athletic. Archived from the original on August 2, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
4. "Indiana Hoosiers vs. Oklahoma Sooners football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
5. "Indiana Hoosiers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 7, 2025.