2025 Arizona Bowl
The 2025 Arizona Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2025, at Casino Del Sol Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. The 10th annual Arizona Bowl began at approximately 2:30 p.m. MST and aired on The CW. The Arizona Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. Sponsored by Snoop Dogg's drink brand, Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop, the bowl was officially named the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop
Fresno State of the Mountain West Conference defeated Miami (OH) of the Mid-American Conference by an 18–3 score.
Teams
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured the Miami RedHawks from the Mid-American Conference and the Fresno State Bulldogs of the Mountain West Conference. This was the first meeting between the two teams.
Miami RedHawks
Miami began their season with three consecutive losses, then won their next five games. They won two of their four November games, and qualified for the MAC Football Championship Game on December 6. In a rematch with Western Michigan, whom they had defeated on October 25, the RedHawks suffered a 23–13 defeat. Miami entered the Arizona Bowl with a 7–6 record.
Fresno State Bulldogs
Fresno State suffered a loss to Kansas in their first game, then won five games in a row. Back-to-back losses gave them a 5–3 record at the end of October. The Bulldogs won three of the four games they played in November and entered the Arizona Bowl with an 8–4 record.