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Arizona Football Bowl Projections: Odds For Wildcats’ 2025-26 Bowl Game
For the first time since 2023, the Territorial Cup is back in Tucson, as the Arizona Wildcats rolled over in-state rival Arizona State Friday night in Tempe, 23-7.
The Wildcats’ latest win capped off a 9-3 season in Tucson, with head coach Brent Brennan leading Arizona to five straight victories to close out the year.
Fresh off Arizona’s ninth win of the year over ASU, the team at BetArizona.com will keep tabs on the Wildcats’ 2025 bowl game odds, with this week’s update including potential stops in San Diego, El Paso, Orlando and Los Angeles this postseason.
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Odds For Wildcats’ 2025-26 Bowl Game
Bowl, Location | Conference Opponent | Odds | Percentage Chance |
Holiday, San Diego | Vs. ACC | +140 | 41.7% |
Sun, El Paso | Vs. ACC | +220 | 31.3% |
Pop-Tarts, Orlando | Vs. ACC | +900 | 10% |
LA, Los Angeles | Vs. Mountain West | +1550 | 6.1% |
The Field |
| +900 | 10% |
On the heels of Arizona’s first victory over the Sun Devils in two years, it looks increasingly likely that the Wildcats will head west and play a bowl game in California for the first time since 2017.
That’s because our top landing spot for the U of A right now is San Diego’s DirecTV Holiday Bowl, which sits at +140 (or 41.7%), potentially pitting Brennan’s bunch against a team from the ACC.
Outside of America’s Finest City, keep an eye on another pair of bowl games against ACC foes, in El Paso’s Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl (+220) and Orlando’s Pop-Tarts Bowl (+900) as potentially landing spots for Arizona in 2025. Finally, the LA Bowl is our final bowl game for Arizona this week, at +1550, with the Wildcats have a shot at playing in the contest that pits teams from the Big 12 and Mountain West for the first time on Dec. 13.
Looking back, the Wildcats’ last time in San Diego was in 2009 under head coach Mike Stoops, potentially paving the way for the 9-3 Wildcats to make a grand return to a longstanding West Coast bowl game hotspot this season.
Arizona’s last trip to El Paso came in 1992, when head coach Dick Tomey capped of a 6-5-1 campaign with a 20-15 loss to Baylor, while the Wildcats have never played a bowl game in Orlando (or in the state of Florida, for that matter).
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Arizona Bowl Game History
Year | Bowl | Result |
2023 | Alamo Bowl | Win, 38-24 vs. Oklahoma |
2017 | Foster Farms Bowl | Loss, 38-35 vs. Purdue |
2015 | New Mexico Bowl | Win, 45-37 vs. New Mexico |
2014 | Fiesta Bowl | Loss, 38-30 vs. Boise State |
2013 | AdvoCare V100 Bowl | Win, 42-19 vs. Boston College |
While Arizona’s bowl game history of late has been far from exhaustive, the Wildcats have managed to post a 3-2 mark in the school’s last five postseason contests, with wins over Oklahoma in 2023, as well as New Mexico in 2015 and Boston College in 2013. Throw in two losses, one coming to Purdue (38-35) in the 2017 Foster Farms Bowl and Boise State (38-30) in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, and you have Arizona’s bowl game history covered. This year, Brennan’s team will look to get that elusive sixth win of the year when the Wildcats play the unranked Jayhawks on Saturday in Tucson, with an eye towards moving to 6-3 for the season with a victory in the Old Pueblo.
Arizona Wildcats Bowl Game FAQs
For the current 2024-25 college football season, Arizona is currently projected to play in the DirecTV Holiday Bowl, with the Wildcats potentially playing an ACC team in San Diego this season.
Arizona has now qualified for a bowl game. Their most recent bowl game was in the 2023 Alamo Bowl win against Oklahoma.
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