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Arizona Football Bowl Projections: Odds For Wildcats’ 2025-26 Bowl Game
Year Two of the Brent Brennan era in Tucson has gotten off to a much better start than the former San José State head coach’s debut campaign with the Arizona Wildcats, as the Big 12 member enters Week 9 of the season with a [5-2] record, having traveled to Houston and knocked off the Cougars, [FINAL SCORE] on Saturday.
The Wildcats’ road win over UH was the team’s first of 2025, coming on the heels of a 33-27 overtime defeat at the hands of the Cougars of BYU in Tucson on Oct. 11, leaving Arizona one victory away from the team’s first bowl eligible campaign since 2023.
All year long, 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, Albuquerque, El Paso, Los Angeles and Shreveport.
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Odds For Wildcats’ 2025-26 Bowl Game
Bowl, Location | Conference Opponent | Odds | Percentage Chance |
Holiday, San Diego | Vs. ACC | +270 | 27% |
New Mexico, Albuquerque | Vs. C-USA/American/Sun Belt/MAC | +300 | 25% |
Sun Bowl, El Paso | Vs. ACC/Notre Dame | +475 | 17.4% |
LA Bowl, Los Angeles | Vs. Mountain West | +525 | 16% |
Independence, Shreveport | TBD (formerly vs. Pac-12) | +2100 | 4.5% |
The Field |
| +900 | 10% |
Our top bowl game landing spot for the Wildcats right now is the DirecTV Holiday Bowl in San Diego, which pits members of the Big 12 (formerly the Pac-12) against others from the ACC in America’s Finest City on Jan. 2, with +270 (or 27%) odds of Arizona winding up in Southern California.
Outside of San Diego, we’re giving Brennan’s bunch +300 odds of ending up in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque and +475 odds of finding their way to El Paso for the first time in 33 years for this year’s Sun Bowl.
Longshots to land Arizona this bowl season include the LA Bowl at +525 and the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, at +2100, the Wildcats never playing in the SoFi Stadium postseason contest in the school’s history, while their last trip to ‘The Boot’ came in 2013 under Rich Rodriguez’s watch.
The Wildcats’ last time in San Diego was in 2009 under head coach Mike Stoops, paving the way for the [5-2] Wildcats to make a grand return to a longstanding West Coast bowl game hotspot this season, while Arizona’s last trip east on I-40 to Albuquerque was in 2015 when the Wildcats beat the Lobos, 45-37.
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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 sixth win needed to qualify for a bowl game when the Wildcats play the unranked Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder on Nov. 1, with an eye towards moving to 6-2 for the season with a victory along the Front Range
Arizona Wildcats Bowl Game FAQs
For the 2025-26 college football season, Arizona is currently projected to play in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego.
Arizona has not yet qualified for a bowl game. Their most recent bowl game was in the 2023 Alamo Bowl win against Oklahoma.
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