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Dawgs To Play Winner Of Ole Miss-Tulane In Sugar Bowl

The third-seeded Georgia Bulldogs will play either sixth-seeded Ole Miss or 11^th-seeded Tulane in the 92nd annual Allstate Sugar Bowl as part of the College Football Playoff (CFP) Quarterfinal on Jan. 1, 2026, in the Caesars Superdome.  ESPN will televise the matchup at 8 p.m. ET.

Ole Miss (11-1) will play Tulane (11-2) in the CFP’s first round in Oxford, Miss., on Dec. 20 at 3:30 p.m. on TNT. The Bulldogs (12-1) won their 16^th Southeastern Conference title with a 28-7 rout over ninth-seeded Alabama on Dec. 6 in Atlanta to earn a first-round bye. Georgia will be making its 13^th Sugar Bowl appearance.

The winner of this year’s Sugar Bowl will advance to the CFP Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz.). This year’s CFP National Championship will be Monday, Jan. 19, in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Georgia leads the all-time series with the Rebels 35-13-1, including a 43-35 win in Athens in October.  The Bulldogs lead the series over Ole Miss in neutral sites 4-3.  Georgia topped Ole Miss 49-21 in Jackson, Miss., in 1985 to mark the last neutral site matchup.  The Bulldogs have faced Tulane 25 times and lead the series 14-10-1.  The Green Wave, who was in the SEC until the 1960s, have played the Bulldogs 13 times in New Orleans, including the last showdown there in 1972.  

Georgia has appeared in the Sugar Bowl 12 times and are 5-7:

    Jan. 1, 1947, Georgia 20, North Carolina 10

    Jan. 1, 1969, Arkansas 16, Georgia 2

    Jan. 1, 1977, Pittsburgh 27, Georgia 3

    Jan. 1, 1981, Georgia 17, Notre Dame 10

    Jan. 1, 1982, Pittsburgh 24, Georgia 20

    Jan. 1, 1983, Penn State 27, Georgia 23

    Jan. 1, 2003, Georgia 26, Florida State 13

    Jan. 3, 2006, West Virginia 38, Georgia 35

    Jan. 1, 2008, Georgia 41, Hawai’i 10

    Jan. 1, 2019, Texas 28, Georgia 21

    Jan. 1, 2020, Georgia 26, Baylor 14 

    Jan. 2, 2025, Notre Dame 23, Georgia 10

This will be Georgia’s 64th bowl game appearance – second most of any team in the country. The Bulldogs’ all-time bowl record is 38-22-3.  Georgia is making its 29^th consecutive bowl appearance, which ranks as the longest active streak in the country.

Currently, Georgia’s senior class has a record of 51-5, making it the third straight UGA senior class to win at least 50 games.  The Bulldog seniors are also seeking their ninth postseason victory, a mark that already includes the CFP Semifinal Orange Bowl and CFP National Championship during the 2021 season, the SEC Championship Game, the CFP Semifinal Peach Bowl and the CFP National Championship in 2022, the 2023 Capital One Orange Bowl, the 2024 SEC Championship Game and the 2025 SEC Championship Game.

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