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 51.5.
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