The Miami Hurricanes play Ole Miss in the Fiesta Bowl. Here's what to know about the CFP game, including date, game time, TV schedule and predictions.

The Big Ten and ACC have cemented themselves as the top conferences of the 2025-2026 bowl season. Each has the opportunity to take home the title, with the Big Ten guaranteed a spot in the championship game on Monday, Jan. 19.

Just four teams remain in the College Football Playoff, with three games left before a national champion is crowned Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Semifinal action begins Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. Eastern when No. 6 seed Ole Miss faces No. 10 seed Miami in the Fiesta Bowl.

There are no bowl games being played on Jan. 6. There are two later this week: The national championship game will be played Monday, Jan. 19. The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.

Bowl games remind us of this. It’s no wonder the television ratings for these games are so high: They, for a few random hours over the holidays, allow sickos like us to chill out for a while and watch a game the way the normies watch it — low stakes, low emotional involvement, but high entertainment bang for your entertainment buck.