College Football Playoff Schedule Set for 2024, 2025
The College Football Playoff is set to expand after the 2023-24 season, allowing 12 teams to get their shot at taking home a national title.
The current four-team format has been around since 2014 and has helped crown nine national champions, over a group of just five teams.
- Ohio State (2014)
- Alabama (2015, 2017, 2020)
- Clemson (2016, 2018)
- LSU (2019)
- Georgia (2021, 2022)
Now, with 12 teams getting their shot, fans across the nation hope that a wider array of teams will find their names distinguished along with the names above (I, for one, am not so certain that is how things will play out, but, I digress).
With just one season of football standing between us and an expanded playoff, the logistics of the newly formatted event have been finalized, according to a tweet from Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger.
Per a Cotton Bowl press release, this is what the 2024 and 2025 College Football Playoff schedules will look like.
2024 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
FIRST ROUND (HOME SITES)
December 20 (Friday): One Game
December 21 (Saturday): Three Games
QUARTERFINALS
December 31 (Thursday): Fiesta Bowl
January 1 (Friday): Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl
SEMIFINALS
January 9 (Thursday): Orange Bowl
January 10 (Friday): Cotton Bowl
CHAMPIONSHIP
January 20 (Monday)
2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
FIRST ROUND (HOME SITES)
December 19 (Friday): One Game
December 20 (Saturday): Three Games
QUARTERFINALS
December 31 (Thursday): Cotton Bowl
January 1 (Friday): Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl
SEMIFINALS
January 8 (Thursday): Fiesta Bowl
January 9 (Friday): Peach Bowl
CHAMPIONSHIP
January 19 (Monday)
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