The College Football Playoff Schedule for the 2026 season kicks off with the First Round games on Friday, Dec. 18 and Saturday, Dec. 19. The first Quarterfinal will be played on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2026, with the remaining three set for New Year’s Day (Friday, Jan. 1, 2027). The CFP Semifinals will be played two weeks later on Thursday, Jan. 14 and Friday, Jan. 15, 2027.
The College Football Playoff National Championship is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 25, 2027 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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College Football Playoff Schedule: 2026-27
Friday, Dec. 18, 2026
| First-Round Game Matchup TBD |
8:00pm ET | TV TBA | Campus Site TBD |
Saturday, Dec. 19, 2026
| First-Round Game Matchup TBD |
Noon ET | TV TBA | Campus Site TBD |
| First-Round Game Matchup TBD |
3:30pm ET | TV TBA | Campus Site TBD |
| First-Round Game Matchup TBD |
7:30pm ET | TV TBA | Campus Site TBD |
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2026
| Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Quarterfinal Game |
TBA | ESPN | State Farm Stadium – Glendale, AZ |
Friday, Jan. 1, 2027
| Goodyear Cotton Bowl Quaterfinal Game |
TBA | ESPN | AT&T Stadium – Arlington, TX |
| Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Quarterfinal Game |
TBA | ESPN | Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, GA |
| Rose Bowl Game Quarterfinal Game |
TBA | ESPN | Rose Bowl Stadium – Pasadena, CA |
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2027
| Capital One Orange Bowl Semifinal Game |
TBA | ESPN | Hard Rock Stadium – Miami Gardens, FL |
Friday, Jan., 15, 2027
| Allstate Sugar Bowl Semifinal Game |
TBA | ESPN | Caesars Superdome – New Orleans, LA |
Monday, Jan. 25, 2027
| CFP National Championship Semifinal Winners |
7:30pm ET | ABC | Allegiant Stadium – Las Vegas, NV Buy Tickets |
Future CFP Schedules
2027-28
- 12/31/27 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
Quarterfinal Game - 01/01/28 – Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
Quarterfinal Game - 01/01/28 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Quarterfinal Game - 01/01/28 – Rose Bowl Game
Quarterfinal Game - 01/13/28 – Capital One Orange Bowl
Semifinal Game - 01/14/28 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
Semifinal Game - 01/24/28 (Mon.) – National Championship
Caesars Superdome – New Orleans, LA
2028-29
- 01/22/29 (Mon.) – National Championship
Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL
2029-30
- 01/21/30 (Mon.) – National Championship
Hard Rock Stadium – Miami Gardens, FL
Past CFP Schedules
2025-26
- 12/19/25 – First Round Game
(9) Alabama 34, (8) Oklahoma 24 - 12/20/25 – First Round Game
(10) Miami 10, (7) Texas A&M 3 - 12/20/25 – First Round Game
(6) Ole Miss 41, (11) Tulane 10 - 12/20/25 – First Round Game
(5) Oregon 51, (12) James Madison 34 - 12/31/25 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(10) Miami 24, (2) Ohio State 14 - 01/01/26 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(5) Oregon 23, (4) Texas Tech 0 - 01/01/26 – Rose Bowl Game
(1) Indiana 38, (9) Alabama 3 - 01/01/26 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(6) Ole Miss 39, (3) Georgia 34 - 01/08/26 – Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
(10) Miami 31, (6) Ole Miss 27 - 01/09/26 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(1) Indiana 56, (5) Oregon 22 - 01/19/26 – National Championship
(1) Indiana 27, (10) Miami 21
2024-25
- 12/20/24 – First Round Game
(7) Notre Dame 27, (10) Indiana 17 - 12/21/24 – First Round Game
(6) Penn State 38, (11) SMU 10 - 12/21/24 – First Round Game
(5) Texas 38, (12) Clemson 24 - 12/21/24 – First Round Game
(8) Ohio State 42, (9) Tennessee 17 - 12/31/24 – Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
(6) Penn State 31, (3) Boise State 14 - 01/01/25 – Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
(5) Texas 39, (4) Arizona State 31 (2OT) - 01/01/25 – Rose Bowl Game
(8) Ohio State 41, (1) Oregon 21 - 01/02/25 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
(7) Notre Dame 23, (2) Georgia 10 - 01/09/25 – Capital One Orange Bowl
(7) Notre Dame 27, (6) Penn State 24 - 01/10/25 – Goodyear Cotton Bowl
(8) Ohio State 28, (5) Texas 14 - 01/20/25 – National Championship
(8) Ohio State 34, (7) Notre Dame 23
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
