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Postseason college football bowl game
College football game
2025 Capital One Orange Bowl
College Football Playoff Semifinal 91st Orange Bowl
The 2025 Orange Bowl is a semifinal game for the College Football Playoff (CFP). The game will feature the winner of the Fiesta Bowl, Penn State, and the winner of the Sugar Bowl, Notre Dame. The winner of this game will advance to the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game and will face the winner of the Cotton Bowl.
This will be the 20th meeting between the Nittany Lions and the Fighting Irish; the teams are even in prior games, 9–9–1. The teams have only met twice since 1993, when Penn State joined the Big Ten. The teams have met once before in a bowl game, the 1976 Gator Bowl, won by Notre Dame.
Each of the teams has appeared in five prior Orange Bowls; Penn State won four of their appearances, and Notre Dame won two of their appearances. The most recent prior Orange Bowl appearance for each team was January 2006 for Penn State (a win) and January 1996 for Notre Dame (a loss).
Penn State compiled an 11–1 record (8–1 in conference) during the regular season, losing only to Ohio State. The Nittany Lions qualified for the Big Ten Championship Game, which they lost to top-ranked Oregon. Penn State was then selected to compete in the CFP playoff; ranked fourth in the final CFP rankings, they received the sixth seed in the playoff bracket. Facing SMU in a first-round game, Penn State took a 28–0 lead into halftime en route to a 38–10 victory. Penn State then faced Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl, defeating the Broncos 31–14. The Nittany Lions will enter the Orange Bowl with a 13–2 record.
The bowl game will be the sixth Orange Bowl appearance for the Fighting Irish with a record of 2–3, with the program's latest appearance in the 1996 game. Notre Dame will enter the game with a 13–1 record. Their only loss was to Northern Illinois, on September 7.