2025 Las Vegas Bowl

The 2025 Las Vegas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2025, at Allegiant Stadium located in Paradise, Nevada. The 33rd annual Las Vegas Bowl game began at approximately 12:30 p.m. PST and aired on ESPN. The Las Vegas Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by roofing materials distribution company SRS Distribution and officially known as the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl.
The Utah Utes from the Big 12 Conference defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers from the Big Ten Conference, 44–22.

Teams

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the bowl featured a team from the Big Ten Conference, Nebraska, and a former member of the Pac-12 Conference, Utah. Utah became the first Big 12 member to play in a Las Vegas Bowl.
This was the fifth meeting between Nebraska and Utah; Nebraska won the previous four meetings.

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Nebraska won five of their first six games, losing only to Michigan, and were briefly ranked in mid-October. The Cornhuskers lost four of their final six regular-season games and entered the Las Vegas Bowl with a 7–5 record.

Utah Utes

Utah compiled a 10–2 regular-season record, losing only to two ranked opponents, Texas Tech and BYU. The Utes played one other ranked team, Arizona State, whom they defeated by a 42–10 score. Utah entered the Las Vegas Bowl ranked 15th in each of the major polls.