The College Football Playoff Schedule for the 2024 season kicked off with a first-round game on Friday, Dec. 20. The four quarterfinals will be played across New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, while the semifinals are set for Thursday, Jan. 9 and Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.
The College Football Playoff National Championship is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.
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College Football Playoff 2024-25
Friday, Dec. 20, 2024
| First-Round Game (7) Notre Dame 27, (10) Indiana 17 |
8:00pm ET ABC/ESPN |
Notre Dame Stadium – South Bend, IN |
Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024
| First-Round Game (6) Penn State 38, (11) SMU 10 |
12:00pm ET TNT/TBS/truTV/Max |
Beaver Stadium – University Park, PA |
| First-Round Game (5) Texas 38, (12) Clemson 24 |
4:00pm ET TNT/TBS/truTV/Max |
DKR-Texas Mem. Stadium – Austin, TX |
| First-Round Game (9) Tennessee at (8) Ohio State |
8:00pm ET ABC/ESPN/ESPN3 |
Ohio Stadium – Columbus, OH |
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024
| Vrbo Fiesta Bowl – Quarterfinal (6) Penn State vs. (3) Boise State |
7:30pm ET | ESPN | State Farm Stadium – Glendale, AZ Buy Tickets |
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025
| Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl – Quarterfinal (5) Texas vs. (4) Arizona State |
1:00pm ET | ESPN | Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, GA Buy Tickets |
| Rose Bowl Game – Quarterfinal Tennessee/Ohio State vs. (1) Oregon |
5:00pm ET | ESPN | Rose Bowl Stadium – Pasadena, CA Buy Tickets |
| Allstate Sugar Bowl – Quarterfinal (7) Notre Dame vs. (2) Georgia |
8:45pm ET | ESPN | Caesars Superdome – New Orleans, LA Buy Tickets |
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025
| Capital One Orange Bowl – Semifinal Sugar winner vs. Fiesta winner |
7:30pm ET | ESPN | Hard Rock Stadium – Miami Gardens, FL Buy Tickets |
Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
| Goodyear Cotton Bowl – Semifinal Peach winner vs. Rose winner |
7:30pm ET | ESPN | AT&T Stadium – Arlington, TX Buy Tickets |
Monday, Jan. 20, 2025
| CFP National Championship Semifinal winners |
7:30pm ET | ESPN | Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, GA Buy Tickets |
Future CFP Schedules
2025-26
- 12/19/25 (Fri.) – First-Round Game
Evening - 12/20/25 (Sat.) – First-Round Game
Early afternoon - 12/20/25 (Sat.) – First-Round Game
Late afternoon - 12/20/25 (Sat.) – First-Round Game
Evening - 12/31/25 (Wed.) – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
Quarterfinal Game – Evening - 01/01/26 (Thu.) – Capital One Orange Bowl
Quarterfinal Game – Early afternoon - 01/01/26 (Thu.) – Rose Bowl Game
Quarterfinal Game – Late afternoon - 01/01/26 (Thu.) – Allstate Sugar Bowl
Quarterfinal Game – Evening - 01/08/26 (Thu.) – Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
Semifinal Game – Evening - 01/09/26 (Fri.) – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Semifinal Game – Evening - 01/19/26 (Mon.) – National Championship
Hard Rock Stadium – Miami Gardens, FL
2026-27
- To be announced
Past CFP Schedules
2023-24
- 12/29/23 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(9) Missouri 14, (7) Ohio State 3 - 12/30/23 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(11) Ole Miss 38, (10) Penn State 25 - 12/30/23 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(6) Georgia 63, (5) Florida State 3 - 01/01/24 – Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
(8) Oregon 45, (23) Liberty 6 - 01/01/24 – Rose Bowl Game
(1) Michigan 27, (4) Alabama 20 (OT) - 01/01/24 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(2) Washington 37, (3) Texas 31 - 01/08/24 – National Championship
(1) Michigan 34, (2) Washington 13
2022-23
- 12/30/22 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(6) Tennessee 31, (7) Clemson 14 - 12/31/22 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(5) Alabama 45, (9) Kansas State 20 - 12/31/22 – Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
(3) TCU 51, (2) Michigan 45 - 12/31/22 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(1) Georgia 42, (4) Ohio State 41 - 01/02/23 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(16) Tulane 46, (10) USC 45 - 01/02/23 – Rose Bowl Game
(11) Penn State 35, (8) Utah 21 - 01/09/23 – National Championship
(1) Georgia 65, (3) TCU 7
2021-22
- 12/30/21 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(10) Michigan State 31, (12) Pitt 21 - 12/31/21 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(1) Alabama 27, (4) Cincinnati 6 - 12/31/21 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(3) Georgia 34, (2) Michigan 11 - 01/01/22 – PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
(9) Oklahoma State 37, (5) Notre Dame 35 - 01/01/22 – Rose Bowl Game
(6) Ohio State 48, (11) Utah 45 - 01/01/22 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(7) Baylor 21, (8) Ole Miss 7 - 01/10/22 – National Championship
(3) Georgia 33, (1) Alabama 18
2020-21
- 12/30/20 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(6) Oklahoma 55, (7) Florida 20 - 01/01/21 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(9) Georgia 24, (8) Cincinnati 21 - 01/01/21 – Rose Bowl Game
(1) Alabama 31, (4) Notre Dame 14 - 01/01/21 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(3) Ohio State 49, (2) Clemson 28 - 01/02/21 – PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
(10) Iowa State 34, (25) Oregon 17 - 01/02/21 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(5) Texas A&M 41, (13) North Carolina 27 - 01/11/21 – National Championship
(1) Alabama 52, (3) Ohio State 24
2019-20
- 12/28/19 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(10) Penn State 53, (17) Memphis 39 - 12/28/19 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(1) LSU 63, (4) Oklahoma 28 - 12/28/19 – PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
(3) Clemson 29, (2) Ohio State 23 - 12/30/19 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(9) Florida 36, (24) Virginia 28 - 01/01/20 – Rose Bowl Game
(6) Oregon 28, (8) Wisconsin 27 - 01/01/20 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(5) Georgia 26, (7) Baylor 14 - 01/13/20 – National Championship
(1) LSU 42, (3) Clemson 25
2018-19
- 12/29/18 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(10) Florida 41, (7) Michigan 15 - 12/29/18 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(2) Clemson 30, (3) Notre Dame 3 - 12/29/18 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(1) Alabama 45, (4) Oklahoma 34 - 01/01/19 – PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
(11) LSU 40, (8) UCF 32 - 01/01/19 – Rose Bowl Game
(5) Ohio State 28, (11) Washington 23 - 01/01/19 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(14) Texas 28, (5) Georgia 21 - 01/07/19 – National Championship
(2) Clemson 44, (1) Alabama 16
2017-18
- 12/29/17 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(5) Ohio State 24, (8) USC 7 - 12/30/17 – PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
(9) Penn State 35, (11) Washington 28 - 12/30/17 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(6) Wisconsin 34, (10) Miami, FL 24 - 01/01/18 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(12) UCF 34, (7) Auburn 27 - 01/01/18 – Rose Bowl Game
(3) Georgia 54, (2) Oklahoma 48 (2OT) - 01/01/18 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(4) Alabama 24, (1) Clemson 6 - 01/08/18 – National Championship
(4) Alabama 26, (3) Georgia 23 (OT)
2016-17
- 12/30/16 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(11) Florida State 33, (6) Michigan 32 - 12/31/16 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(1) Alabama 24, (4) Washington 7 - 12/31/16 – PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
(2) Clemson 31, (3) Ohio State 0 - 01/02/17 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(8) Wisconsin 24, (15) Western Michigan 16 - 01/02/17 – Rose Bowl Game
(9) USC 52, (5) Penn State 49 - 01/02/17 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(7) Oklahoma 35, (14) Auburn 19 - 01/09/17 – National Championship
(2) Clemson 35, (1) Alabama 31
2015-16
- 12/31/15 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(18) Houston 38, (9) Florida State 24 - 12/31/15 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(2) Alabama 38, (3) Michigan State 0 - 12/31/15 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(1) Clemson 37, (4) Oklahoma 17 - 01/01/16 – BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl
(7) Ohio State 44, (8) Notre Dame 28 - 01/01/16 – Rose Bowl Game
(6) Stanford 45, (5) Iowa 16 - 01/01/16 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(12) Ole Miss 48, (16) Oklahoma State 20 - 01/11/16 – National Championship
(2) Alabama 45, (1) Clemson 40
2014-15
- 12/31/14 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(6) TCU 42, (9) Ole Miss 3 - 12/31/14 – Vizio Fiesta Bowl
(20) Boise State 38, (10) Arizona 30 - 12/31/14 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(12) Ga. Tech 49, (7) Mississippi St. 34 - 01/01/15 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(8) Michigan State 42, (5) Baylor 41 - 01/01/15 – Rose Bowl Game
(2) Oregon 59, (3) Florida State 20 - 01/01/15 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(4) Ohio State 42, (1) Alabama 35 - 01/12/15 – National Championship
(4) Ohio State 42, (2) Oregon 20
