2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl

2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl
11th GameAbove Sports Bowl
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Central Michigan 00077
Northwestern 02113034
DateDecember 26, 2025
Season2025
StadiumFord Field
LocationDetroit, Michigan
MVPGriffin Wilde (WR, Northwestern)
FavoriteNorthwestern by 10.5
RefereeTed Pitts (Sun Belt)
Attendance27,857
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersMatt Schumacker (play-by-play), Dustin Fox (analyst), and Ashley Stroehlein (sideline)

The 2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2025, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. It was the eleventh and final annual GameAbove Sports Bowl (though only the second under that name). The game began at approximately 1:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The title sponsor for the bowl game was GameAbove Sports, a company that invests in sports teams, academies, and initiatives.

The 2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl featured the Northwestern Wildcats (6–6) from the Big Ten Conference and the Central Michigan Chippewas (7–5) from the Mid-American Conference. Northwestern beat Central Michigan by a score of 34–7.