Nonetheless, the selections have been made, and the buffet of bowl options for the rest of December and into early January is set. Here is the comprehensive bowl schedule to wrap up the 2025 college football season. South Carolina State vs. Prairie View A&M on December 13th at 11:00 a.m. CT

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Alabama football will play Oklahoma in the first round of the College Football Playoff. The game will be played at 7 p.m. CT on Friday, Dec. 19 in Norman, Oklahoma. The game will be broadcast on ABC/ESPN. The Crimson Tide is the No. 9 seed, and the Sooners are the No. 8 seed. The two played in November in Tuscaloosa, and Oklahoma won 23-21.

OU’s defensive excellence has shown up in some of the advanced stats as well, as they rank 7th in the country in defensive stop rate, according to ESPN’s Max Olson.

Bob Stoops doesn’t want to hear the OU slander and that the Sooners don’t belong in the College Football Playoff. “I thought championships are won on defense? That’s all I heard when we were putting up 50 points every single week.” pic.twitter.com/LBAc2aMTUq