College Football Playoff Reveals Complete 2024-25 Playoff Schedule
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Get your calendars out, college football fans. On Wednesday, the College Football Playoff released the complete schedule for the 2024-25 Playoff.
This year marks the inaugural season of a 12-team format. Previously, the College Football Playoff operated with a four-team field. After a 10-year run, it was decided that expansion was needed, creating more excitement for the upcoming season.
Opening round games will begin on Friday, Dec. 20. The season will then conclude a month later, with the National Championship Game scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20.
First round matchups will be played at on-campus sites. Quarterfinal and semifinal games will be hosted by New Year's Six bowl games. Here's the complete schedule for this year's College Football Playoff:
First Round (on campuses)
- Friday, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. ET (TV: ABC, ESPN)
- Saturday, Dec. 21 at 12 p.m. ET (TV: TNT)
- Saturday, Dec. 21 at 4 p.m. ET (TV: TNT)
- Saturday, Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. ET (TV: ABC, ESPN)
Quarterfinal Round
- Vrbo Fiesta Bowl — Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET (TV: ESPN)
- Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl — Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 1 p.m. ET (TV: ESPN)
- Rose Bowl Game — Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 5 p.m. ET (TV: ESPN)
- Allstate Sugar Bowl — Wednesday, Jan 1 at 8:45 p.m. ET (TV: ESPN)
Semifinal Round
- Capital One Orange Bowl — Thursday, Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET (TV: ESPN)
- Goodyear Cotton Bowl — Friday, Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. ET (TV: ESPN)
National Championship
- National Championship (Atlanta) — Monday, Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET (TV: ESPN)
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Dustin Schutte is the publisher of Purdue Boilermakers on SI and has spent more than a decade working in sports journalism. His career began in 2013, when he covered Big Ten football. He remained in that role for eight years before working at On SI to cover the Boilermakers. Dustin graduated from Manchester University in Indiana in 2010, where he played for the men's tennis team.
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