For the final year of its current bowl agreement, the Valero Alamo Bowl will have the first choice of bowl eligible teams from each of the following two 12-team pools after the College Football Playoff field is selected:
- Big 12 Conference Pool – Baylor, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, and West Virginia.
- Pac-12/former Pac-12 Pool – Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, and Washington State.
Teams become bowl eligible after reaching six wins, qualifying them for postseason selection.
As part of this agreement, the Pac-12’s current two members (Oregon State and Washington State) and the former Pac-12 members Cal and Stanford (ACC); Oregon, USC, UCLA, and Washington (Big Ten); and Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah (Big 12) will remain in the Pac-12 bowl lineup for this postseason.
Since 2010, the Valero Alamo Bowl has showcased top programs from the Big 12 and Pac-12, producing thrilling matchups and featuring a Top 25 showdown in nine of the past 11 years.
“This collaboration between the Big 12 and Pac-12 as well as the former Pac-12 members and their new conferences in the ACC and the Big Ten will help us continue to host thrilling games between nationally ranked teams in front of capacity crowds while setting us up for success during the next round of bowl agreements that start in 2026,” said Clyde Rucker, Former Valero Alamo Bowl Chair.
“The San Antonio bowl experience is a special one, and the Valero Alamo Bowl is looking forward to rewarding two of these 24 universities with an unforgettable holiday trip to celebrate their successful seasons.”
The 2025 Valero Alamo Bowl will be played on Tuesday, December 30th at 8:00 p.m. CST at the Alamodome and televised on ESPN. Tickets are now on sale and available through Ticketmaster.