| Season: | 1995 |
| Number Of Bowls: | 18 |
| Bowl Start: | December 14, 1995 |
| Bowl End: | January 2, 1996 |
| Championship Bowl: | Fiesta Bowl |
| Championship Location: | Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona |
| Champions: | Nebraska |
| Conference1: | Big Ten |
| Conference1 Teams: | 6 |
| Conference1 Wins: | 2 |
| Conference1 Losses: | 4 |
| Conference1 Ap Poll: | 5 |
| Conference2: | SEC |
| Conference2 Teams: | 6 |
| Conference2 Wins: | 2 |
| Conference2 Losses: | 4 |
| Conference2 Ap Poll: | 4 |
| Conference3: | Pac-10 |
| Conference3 Teams: | 5 |
| Conference3 Wins: | 1 |
| Conference3 Losses: | 4 |
| Conference3 Ap Poll: | 2 |
| Conference4: | Big Eight |
| Conference4 Teams: | 4 |
| Conference4 Wins: | 4 |
| Conference4 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference4 Ap Poll: | 4 |
| Conference5: | ACC |
| Conference5 Teams: | 4 |
| Conference5 Wins: | 3 |
| Conference5 Losses: | 1 |
| Conference5 Ap Poll: | 2 |
| Conference6: | SWC |
| Conference6 Teams: | 3 |
| Conference6 Wins: | 2 |
| Conference6 Losses: | 1 |
| Conference6 Ap Poll: | 3 |
| Conference7: | Big East |
| Conference7 Teams: | 2 |
| Conference7 Wins: | 2 |
| Conference7 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference7 Ap Poll: | 3 |
| Conference8: | WAC |
| Conference8 Teams: | 2 |
| Conference8 Wins: | 0 |
| Conference8 Losses: | 2 |
| Conference8 Ap Poll: | 0 |
| Conference9: | MAC |
| Conference9 Teams: | 1 |
| Conference9 Wins: | 1 |
| Conference9 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference9 Ap Poll: | 1 |
| Conference10: | Big West |
| Conference10 Teams: | 1 |
| Conference10 Wins: | 0 |
| Conference10 Losses: | 1 |
| Conference10 Ap Poll: | 0 |
The 1995–96 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the first year of the Bowl Alliance era, the Alliance achieved its goal of matching the two top-ranked teams in the country in the Fiesta Bowl, designated as the Bowl Alliance national championship game for the 1995 season. Top-ranked Nebraska soundly defeated second-ranked Florida 62–24 to repeat as national champions.
A total of 18 bowl games were played from December 14 through January 2 by 36 bowl-eligible teams.[1] This was one fewer than the 19 bowls played in 1993–94 and 1994–95, as the Freedom Bowl dissolved after 1994.
Adopted for this postseason, overtime was used for the first time in Division I-A in the Las Vegas Bowl on December 14.[2]
| - | Date | Time | Game | Site | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31 | 7:30 PM | Sugar Bowl | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA | No. 13 Virginia Tech 28, No. 9 Texas 10 | ||
| Jan 1 | 8:00 PM | Orange Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL | No. 8 Florida State 31, No. 6 Notre Dame 26 | ||
| Jan 2 | 8:30 PM | Fiesta Bowl (championship game) | Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ | No. 1 Nebraska 62, No. 2 Florida 24 | ||
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. |