The College Football Playoff for the 2024-25 season, the first with a 12-team field, has been set following the reveal of the rankings and bracket on Sunday.
The Oregon Ducks are the top-ranked team, and they are followed by the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs, No. 3 Texas Longhorns, and No. 4 Penn State Nittany Lions. Rounding out the top 12 are Notre Dame (5), Ohio State (6), Tennessee (7), Indiana (8), Boise State (9), SMU (10), Alabama (11), and Arizona State (12).
The top four teams in the rankings are not the top four seeds, however. That designation goes to the top four conference champions in the final rankings. The top four seeds in the 2024 College Football Playoff are No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Boise State, and No. 4 Arizona State. Each of the top four seeds receive a first round bye and will host a first round winner in the quarterfinals on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day.
First round matchups will be played at the campus sites of the higher-seeded teams. Those matchups are (12) Clemson at (5) Texas, (9) Tennessee at (8) Ohio State, (11) SMU at (6) Penn State, and (10) Indiana at (7) Notre Dame.
The remaining college football bowl games will be announced throughout the day and finalized by Sunday evening. You can follow those announcements on our live blog.
Bowl games hosting the College Football Playoff Semifinals this season are the Capital One Orange Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 and the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.
This season’s College Football Playoff National Championship will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
College Football Playoff
CFP FIRST ROUND GAMES
(10) Indiana at (7) Notre Dame
Friday, Dec. 20 | 8:00pm ET, ABC/ESPN
Notre Dame Stadium – South Bend, IN
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(11) SMU at (6) Penn State
Saturday, Dec. 21 | Noon ET, TNT/Max
Beaver Stadium – University Park, PA
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(12) Clemson at (5) Texas
Saturday, Dec. 21 | 4:00pm ET, TNT/Max
DKR – Texas Memorial Stadium – Austin, TX
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(9) Tennessee at (8) Ohio State
Saturday, Dec. 21 | 8:00pm ET, ABC/ESPN
Ohio Stadium – Columbus, OH
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CFP QUARTERFINALS
Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
SMU/Penn State vs. (3) Boise State
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 | 7:30pm ET, ESPN
State Farm Stadium – Glendale, AZ
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Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Clemson/Texas vs. (4) Arizona State
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 | 1pm ET, ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, GA
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Rose Bowl Game
Tennessee/Ohio State vs. (1) Oregon
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 | 5pm ET, ESPN
Rose Bowl Stadium – Pasadena, CA
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Allstate Sugar Bowl
Indiana/Notre Dame vs. (2) Georgia
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 | 8:45pm ET, ESPN
Caesars Superdome – New Orleans, LA
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CFP SEMIFINALS
Capital One Orange Bowl
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 | 7:30pm ET, ESPN
Hard Rock Stadium – Miami Gardens, FL
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Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 | 7:30pm ET, ESPN
AT&T Stadium – Arlington, TX
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CFP National Championship
Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 | 7:30pm ET, ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, GA
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Football Schedules
Printable Schedules
- 2024-25 Bowl Schedule (PDF w/helmets)
- 2024-25 Bowl Schedule (PDF; no images)
- College Football Playoff Bracket