College Football bowl season is upon us, this year with the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. Below you can find the schedule for every bowl game, including the CFP schedule.
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College Football Playoff Schedule
First Round (December 20-21)
December 20
No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame
Final Score: Indiana - 17 vs Notre Dame - 27 Notre Dame will play Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
December 21
No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State
- Date: Saturday, December 21
- Time: 12:00 PM
- Venue: Beaver Stadium (State College, Pennsylvania)
- Broadcast: TNT
No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas
- Date: Saturday, December 21
- Time: 4:00 PM
- Venue: Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas)
- Broadcast: TNT
No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Ohio State
- Date: Saturday, December 21
- Time: 8:00 PM
- Venue: Ohio Stadium (Columbus, Ohio)
- Broadcast: ESPN
Quarterfinals (December 31 - January 1)
Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
Matchup: TBD vs. No. 3 Boise State
Date: Tuesday, December 31
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona)
Broadcast: ESPN
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Matchup: TBD vs. No. 4 Arizona State
Date: Wednesday, January 1
Time: 1:00 PM
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
Broadcast: ESPN
Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential
Matchup: TBD vs. No. 1 Oregon
Date: Wednesday, January 1
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
Broadcast: ESPN
Allstate Sugar Bowl
Matchup: No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Georgia
Date: Wednesday, January 1
Time: 8:45 PM
Venue: Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
Broadcast: ESPN
Semifinals
Capital One Orange Bowl
- Matchup: Fiesta Bowl Champion vs Sugar Bowl Champion
- Date: Thursday, January 9
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Venue: Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
- Broadcast: ESPN
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
- Matchup: Peach Bowl Champion vs Rose Bowl Champion
- Date: Friday, January 10
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Venue: AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
- Broadcast: ESPN
National Championship
CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T
- Date: Monday, January 20
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
- Broadcast: ESPN
Other Bowl Games
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December 14
Cricket Celebration Bowl
Final Score: Jackson State 28, South Carolina State 7
IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl
Final Score: South Alabama 30, Western Michigan 23
December 17
Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl
Final Score: Memphis 42, West Virginia - 37
December 18
Boca Raton Bowl
Final Score: Western Kentucky - 17 vs James Madison - 27
Art of Sport LA Bowl
Final Score: California - 13 vs UNLV - 24
December 19
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Final Score: Georgia Southern - 26 vs Sam Houston - 31
December 20
StaffDNA Cure Bowl
Final Score: Ohio - 30 vs Jacksonville State - 27
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Final Score: Tulane - 8 vs Florida - 33
December 21
December 23
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Myrtle Beach Bowl
- Matchup: Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA
- Time: 11:00 AM
- Venue: Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina)
- Broadcast: ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
- Matchup: Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State
- Time: 2:30 PM
- Venue: Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho)
- Broadcast: ESPN
December 24
Hawai'i Bowl
- Matchup: South Florida vs. San José State
- Time: 8:00 PM
- Venue: Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Honolulu)
- Broadcast: ESPN
December 26
GameAbove Sports Bowl
- Matchup: Pittsburgh vs. Toledo
- Time: 2:00 PM
- Venue: Ford Field (Detroit)
- Broadcast: ESPN
Rate Bowl
- Matchup: Rutgers vs. Kansas State
- Time: 5:30 PM
- Venue: Chase Field (Phoenix)
- Broadcast: ESPN
68 Ventures Bowl
- Matchup: Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green
- Time: 9:00 PM
- Venue: Hancock Whitney Stadium (Mobile, Alabama)
- Broadcast: ESPN
December 27
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
- Matchup: Oklahoma vs. Navy
- Time: 12:00 PM
- Venue: Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas)
- Broadcast: ESPN
Birmingham Bowl
- Matchup: Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt
- Time: 3:30 PM
- Venue: Protective Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama)
- Broadcast: ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
- Matchup: Texas Tech vs. Arkansas
- Time: 7:00 PM
- Venue: Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee)
- Broadcast: ESPN
DirecTV Holiday Bowl
- Matchup: Syracuse vs. Washington State
- Time: 8:00 PM
- Venue: Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, California)
- Broadcast: Fox
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
- Matchup: Texas A&M vs. USC
- Time: 10:30 PM
- Venue: Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- Broadcast: ESPN
December 28
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Wasabi Fenway Bowl
- Matchup: UConn vs. North Carolina
- Time: 11:00 AM
- Venue: Fenway Park (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Broadcast: ESPN
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
- Matchup: Boston College vs. Nebraska
- Time: 12:00 PM
- Venue: Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)
- Broadcast: ABC
Isleta New Mexico Bowl
- Matchup: Louisiana vs. TCU
- Time: 2:15 PM
- Venue: University Stadium (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
- Broadcast: ESPN
Pop-Tarts Bowl
- Matchup: Iowa State vs. Miami
- Time: 3:30 PM
- Venue: Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
- Broadcast: ABC
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl
- Matchup: Miami (OH) vs. Colorado State
- Time: 4:30 PM
- Venue: Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona)
- Broadcast: CW Network
Go Bowling Military Bowl
- Matchup: East Carolina vs. NC State
- Time: 5:45 PM
- Venue: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
- Broadcast: ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl
- Matchup: BYU vs. Colorado
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Venue: Alamodome (San Antonio)
- Broadcast: ABC
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
- Matchup: Louisiana Tech vs. Army
- Time: 9:15 PM
- Venue: Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
- Broadcast: ESPN
December 30
TransPerfect Music City Bowl
- Matchup: Iowa vs. Missouri
- Time: 2:30 PM
- Venue: Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Broadcast: ESPN
December 31
ReliaQuest Bowl
- Matchup: Alabama vs. Michigan
- Time: 12:00 PM
- Venue: Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
- Broadcast: ESPN
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
- Matchup: Louisville vs. Washington
- Time: 2:00 PM
- Venue: Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, Texas)
- Broadcast: CBS
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
- Matchup: South Carolina vs. Illinois
- Time: 3:00 PM
- Venue: Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
- Broadcast: ABC
Kinder's Texas Bowl
- Matchup: Baylor vs. LSU
- Time: 3:30 PM
- Venue: NRG Stadium (Houston, Texas)
- Broadcast: ESPN
January 2
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
- Matchup: Duke vs. Ole Miss
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Venue: EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
- Broadcast: ESPN
January 3
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
- Matchup: North Texas vs. Texas State
- Time: 4:00 PM
- Venue: Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas, Texas)
Broadcast: ESPN
Duke's Mayo Bowl
- Matchup: Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Venue: Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Broadcast: ESPN
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January 4
Bahamas Bowl pres. by Atlantis Resorts
- Matchup: Buffalo vs. Liberty
- Time: 11:00 AM
- Venue: Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium (Nassau, Bahamas)
- Broadcast: ESPN2
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When is the College Football Playoff National Championship?
The College Football Playoff National Championship game is on Monday, January 20, 2025 at 7:30pm ET at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
When are the College Football Playoff games?
The entire schedule can be seen at the top of this article but the schedule is as follows:
- First Round: December 20-21, 2024 on home campuses of higher seeded team.
- Quarterfinals: December 31, 2024 & January 1, 2025
- Semifinals: January 9-10, 2025 (Cotton Bowl & Orange Bowl)
- CFP National Championship: January 20, 2025 at 7:30pm ET
Who is playing in the College Football Playoff National Championship?
The teams have not been decided, but the Cotton Bowl Champion will play the Orange Bowl Champion at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 20, 2025 in the CFP National Championship game.
What bowl games are in the College Football Playoff?
The Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential, Allstate Sugar Bowl, CapitalOne Orange Bowl and Goodyear Cotton Bowl are all games in the Quarterfinals or Semifinals of the College Football Playoff.