Hawaii vs. Cal prediction, odds, time: 2025 Hawaii Bowl picks from proven model

The 2025-26 college football bowl season has one game on Christmas Eve with the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl 2025. As is tradition, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors are competing in it, taking on the California Golden Bears. Hawaii (8-4) has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, most recently prevailing, 27-7, over Wyoming. Cal (7-5) is coming off a 38-35 victory over SMU.

Kickoff is at 8 p.m. ET from the Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex in Honolulu. The Rainbow Warriors are 1.5-point favorites in the latest Cal vs. Hawaii odds, while the over/under is 52.5.

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The model has simulated Cal vs. Hawaii 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is going Over, and it also says one side of the spread hits almost 70% of the time!

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