2026 Fiesta Bowl (January)
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| College Football Playoff Semifinal 55th Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 8, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | State Farm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Glendale, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Carson Beck (QB, Miami) Defensive: Jakobe Thomas (S, Miami) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Even | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | The War and Treaty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ron Snodgrass (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 67,928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe, Laura Rutledge (sideline reporters) and Bill LeMonnier (rules expert) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Deportes and ESPN Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN Deportes: Ciro Procuna (play-by-play), Javier Trejo-Garay and Ramiro Pruneda (analysts) ESPN Brazil: Conrado Giulietti (play-by-play), Weinny Eirado (analyst) and Guilherme Cohen (rules expert) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 8, 2026, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The 55th annual Fiesta Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season, and served as a semifinal of the College Football Playoff (CFP). The game began at approximately 5:30 p.m. MST and aired on ESPN. The game was sponsored by vacation rental marketplace Vrbo and was officially known as the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.
The Miami Hurricanes defeated the Ole Miss Rebels, 31–27.