How to watch the Orange Bowl: Live stream Oregon vs. Texas Tech
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The annual stop in Florida for the NCAA football jamboree, this year's Orange Bowl is a quarterfinal encounter that sees the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Oregon Ducks go toe-to-toe at the Hard Rock Stadium. Here, we're showing you how to watch the Orange Bowl no matter where you are in the world on New Year's Day.
Both Texas Tech and Oregon had fantastic regular seasons, carrying 12-1 records in their respective Big 12 and Big Ten conferences. In the fourth year of his tenure, Red Raiders head coach Joey McGuire has finally got his boys gelling, and has transformed the defense into one of the country's least penetrable.
Making this a classic case of the immovable object coming up against the irresistible force, the Ducks have conversely one of the best offensive units in college football. Quarterback Dante Moore is already being touted as a potential No. 1 NFL draft pick in 2026, having thrown a 72.4% completion rate over 3,046 yards this term.
It's these schools first ever appearance in the Orange Bowl, meaning history will be made when they meet in Miami Gardens. So follow our guide below to discover how to watch the Orange Bowl, with free streaming options explained and advice on how to watch every minute if you're currently overseas.
What channel is the Orange Bowl on?
The Orange Bowl game between Texas Tech vs. Oregon is being broadcast on ESPN — just like all of this year's college football quarterfinals.
How to watch the Orange Bowl in the US
If you already have ESPN as part of your cable plan, then you're good to go. Gameday build-up starts at 9 a.m. ET and the Orange Bowl kicks off at 12 p.m. ET.
If you're a cord cutter or prefer to watch online, then a subscription to the ESPN streaming service is an obvious choice. You'll need its comprehensive ESPN Unlimited plan, which includes everything that the various ESPN channels have to offer (e.g. NFL, NBA, NHL, WWE, La Liga soccer) and costs $30/month. Right now, it will also throw in Hulu and Disney Plus for the same rate if you're comfortable committing to a whole year.
OTT provider DirecTV MySports offers an array of premium sports channels, including ESPN. The month-to-month provider offers CNN, FS1/FS2, NBA TV, NFL Network, Golf Channel, and TNT alongside ESPN Unlimited, all for $70/month, with a $10 discount off your first two months. MySports comes with a five-day free trial for first-time customers.
Fubo Sports + News is another sports-focused cable replacement product featuring ESPN Unlimited alongside 28 other channels. It costs $56/month, but you can get $10 off your first month. Not sure Fubo's for you? Try before you buy with its one-day free trial.
How to watch Orange Bowl for free in the UK
There's great news for college football fans in the UK, as all of the remaining NCAA games this season — including the Orange Bowl — will be shown absolutely free on the DAZN streaming service. All you have to do is register for a free account, and then watch either via your web browser or on DAZN's broad array of apps for smartphones, tablets, Smart TVs, games consoles and other streaming devices.
How to watch the Orange Bowl from anywhere
Are you overseas for the new year and unable to access your normal college football stream? Perhaps you're an American trying to watch ESPN or a Brit wanting to access your free DAZN stream? You can get around the geo-blocks that normally restrict this by using a VPN (virtual private network) by rerouting all of your internet traffic through a server located back in your home country.
NordVPN is the current MVP of the VPN world, thanks to its clean, intuitive interfaces, rapid connection speeds, industry-leading security smarts, and ability to circumvent the kind of geo-restrictions that would normally prevent you from watching content from back home. Read more in our NordVPN review or simply sign up now. You automatically get a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can cancel later for a refund if you decide it isn't for you.
How and when to watch the other 2025/26 college football quarterfinals
All four of this year's NCAA championship quarterfinals are being shown in the same place — so that's ESPN in the US and for free on DAZN in the UK. All of the avenues to watch the Orange Bowl explained above are equally valid for the other three games.
The schedule for the quarterfinals is:
- Cotton Bowl — Wednesday, December 31: Ohio State vs. Miami — 7:30 p.m. ET
- Orange Bowl — Thursday, January 1: Texas Tech vs. Oregon — 12 p.m. ET
- Rose Bowl — Thursday, January 1: Indiana vs. Alabama — 4 p.m. ET
- Sugar Bowl — Thursday, January 1: Georgia vs. Ole Miss — 8 p.m. ET
What is DAZN?
DAZN launched as a specialist sports streaming platform 10 years ago in just a handful of countries, before expanding to offer subscriptions in the US in 2018. It quickly developed a reputation for boxing and combat sports, but has since grown massively to show a wide range of sporting action from around the planet. For example, it hosted every match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup for free around the world.
Now available in more than 200 countries, it is adding higher profile events to its schedule. Depending on the territory, it shows world leading soccer, tennis, golf, rugby and cycling, and has been the exclusive broadcaster for boxing bouts including Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2, Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull and Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois.
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