THE HATCH RANKINGS
MATHEMATICAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKING SYSTEM
EST. 1999
EST. 1999
2025-26 Bowl Pairings
(All Rankings Pre-Bowl)
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| Cotton Bowl Champion | ||
| Orange Bowl Champion | ||
| Miami Gardens, FL (1/19) | ||
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| Date | Bowl Name | Location | Team | Team | ||||
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| 1/4 | Bahamas | Nassau | #74 | Buffalo (8-4) | #63 | Liberty (8-3) | ||
| 1/3 | Duke’s Mayo | Charlotte | #34 | Virginia Tech (6-6) | #43 | Minnesota (7-5) | ||
| 1/3 | First Responder | Dallas | #95 | North Texas (6-6) | #70 | Texas State (7-5) | ||
| 1/2 | Gator | Jacksonville | #27 | Duke (9-3) | #19 | Mississippi (9-3) | ||
| 12/31 | Texas | Houston | #28 | Baylor (8-4) | #21 | Louisiana State (8-4) | ||
| 12/31 | Citrus | Orlando | #10 | South Carolina (9-3) | #22 | Illinois (9-3) | ||
| 12/31 | Sun | El Paso | #20 | Louisville (8-4) | #51 | Washington (6-6) | ||
| 12/31 | ReliaQuest | Tampa | #29 | Michigan (7-5) | #12 | Alabama (9-3) | ||
| 12/30 | Music City | Nashville | #26 | Missouri (9-3) | #38 | Iowa (8-4) | ||
| 12/28 | Independence | Shreveport | #31 | Army (11-1) | #103 | Louisiana Tech (5-7) | ||
| 12/28 | Alamo | San Antonio | #25 | Colorado (9-3) | #11 | Brigham Young (10-2) | ||
| 12/28 | Military | Annapolis | #54 | North Carolina State (6-6) | #92 | East Carolina (7-5) | ||
| 12/28 | Arizona | Tucson | #67 | Colorado State (8-4) | #65 | Miami (Ohio) (8-5) | ||
| 12/28 | Camping World | Orlando | #9 | Miami (Florida) (10-2) | #16 | Iowa State (10-3) | ||
| 12/28 | New Mexico | Albuquerque | #36 | Texas Christian (8-4) | #49 | Louisiana-Lafayette (10-3) | ||
| 12/28 | Pinstripe | Bronx | #41 | Boston College (7-5) | #52 | Nebraska (6-6) | ||
| 12/28 | Fenway | Boston | #71 | Connecticut (8-4) | #73 | North Carolina (6-6) | ||
| 12/27 | Las Vegas | Las Vegas | #39 | Southern California (6-6) | #24 | Texas A&M (8-4) | ||
| 12/27 | Holiday | San Diego | #50 | Washington State (8-4) | #15 | Syracuse (9-3) | ||
| 12/27 | Liberty | Memphis | #32 | Texas Tech (8-4) | #61 | Arkansas (6-6) | ||
| 12/27 | Birmingham | Birmingham | #45 | Vanderbilt (6-6) | #33 | Georgia Tech (7-5) | ||
| 12/27 | Armed Forces | Fort Worth | #60 | Navy (8-3) | #47 | Oklahoma (6-6) | ||
| 12/26 | 68 Ventures | Mobile | #86 | Arkansas State (7-5) | #69 | Bowling Green State (7-5) | ||
| 12/26 | Rate | Phoenix | #53 | Rutgers (7-5) | #23 | Kansas State (8-4) | ||
| 12/26 | GameAbove Sports | Detroit | #40 | Pittsburgh (7-5) | #81 | Toledo (7-5) | ||
| 12/24 | Hawaii | Honolulu | #77 | San Jose State (7-5) | #97 | South Florida (6-6) | ||
| 12/23 | Famous Idaho Potato | Boise | #59 | Northern Illinois (7-5) | #87 | Fresno State (6-6) | ||
| 12/23 | Myrtle Beach | Conway, SC | #98 | Coastal Carolina (6-6) | #91 | Texas-San Antonio (6-6) | ||
| 12/20 | Gasparilla | Tampa | #37 | Florida (7-5) | 33 | #48 | Tulane (9-4) | 8 |
| 12/20 | Cure | Orlando | #46 | Ohio (10-3) | 30 | #68 | Jacksonville State (9-4) | 27 |
| 12/19 | New Orleans | New Orleans | #64 | Sam Houston State (9-3) | 31 | #55 | Georgia Southern (8-4) | 26 |
| 12/18 | L.A. | Los Angeles | #62 | California (6-6) | 13 | #30 | Nevada-Las Vegas (10-3) | 24 |
| 12/18 | Boca Raton | Boca Raton | #66 | James Madison (8-4) | 27 | #75 | Western Kentucky (8-5) | 17 |
| 12/17 | Frisco | Frisco | #58 | West Virginia (6-6) | 37 | #44 | Memphis (10-2) | 42 |
| 12/14 | Salute to Veterans | Montgomery | #93 | Western Michigan (6-6) | 23 | #84 | South Alabama (6-6) | 30 |