2026 Holiday Bowl
| 2026 Trust & Will Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 46th Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Snapdragon Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California, US | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Yamir Knight (WR, SMU) Defensive: Ahmaad Moses (S, SMU) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Arizona by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Steve Marlowe (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,602 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | FOX | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst), and Jenny Taft (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 2.39 Million | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2026, at Snapdragon Stadium located in San Diego, California. The 46th annual Holiday Bowl began at approximately 5:00 p.m. PST and aired on Fox. This was the first Holiday Bowl scheduled to be played in January. It was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. Sponsored by online estate planning company Trust & Will, the game was officially known as the Trust & Will Holiday Bowl.
The SMU Mustangs from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) defeated the Arizona Wildcats from the Big 12 Conference, 24–19.