College football will debut its new playoff-style format in 2024 to determine the NCAA champion
We are about to begin the road to the new national collegiate champion in the NCAA circuit, which will be defined in the game for the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship. It is an unusual date for what we knew as the collegiate championship, which was defined in the first days of January
However, the NCAA expanded the schedule for this knockout tournament to include 12 teams. This caused the dates for the national championship game to be moved back by about 10 days
When and where will the 2025 CFP National Championship Game be held?
The College National Championship Game is scheduled for January 20 at 19:30 ET/16:30 PT, at the spectacular Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, which will host Super Bowl LXII in 2028.
This venue was already the venue for the national championship in 2018, when Alabama defeated Georgia in overtime. It is a state-of-the-art stadium, opened in 2017 and is home to the Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and a Atlanta United FC (MLS). It also hosted the Super Bowl in 2019.
Here is the schedule for the NCAA playoff games through the championship game:
First round
Friday, December 20, 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT, ABC/ESPN
Saturday, December 21, 12:00 p.m. ET/09:00 a.m. PT, TNT
Saturday, December 21, 4:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT, TNT
Saturday, December 21, 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT, ABC/ESPN
Quarter-finals
Fiesta Bowl: Tuesday, December 31, 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, ESPN
Peach Bowl: Wednesday, January 1, 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT, ESPN
Rose Bowl: Monday, January 1, 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, ESPN
Sugar Bowl: Wednesday, January 1, 8:45 p.m. ET/5:45 p.m. PT, ESPN
Semi-finals
Orange Bowl: Thursday, January 9, 19:30 ET/16:30 PT, ESPN
Cotton Bowl: Friday, January 10, 19:30 ET/16:30 PT, ESPN
CFP National Championship
Monday, January 20, 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, ESPN
Classification of the teams participating in the CFP
The title will be contested by 12 teams, chosen by the CFP selection committee, with its final ranking last Sunday after the top 25 was decided.
The five highest-ranked conference champions and seven other teams will participate. The four highest-ranked conference champions will have a bye week and will play directly from the quarter-final round. The remaining teams will play a one-game playoff at the stadium of the higher-ranked team.
This is the classification:
Teams that rest
Oregon Ducks
Georgia Bulldogs
Boise State Broncos
Arizona State Sun Devils
First round matches
No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers at No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Winner plays: No. 2 Georgia
No. 11 SMU Mustangs at No. 6 Penn State Nittany Lions
Winner plays: No. 3 Boise State
No. 12 Clemson Tigers at No. 5 Texas Longhorns
Winner plays: No. 4 Arizona State
No. 9 Tennessee Volunteers at No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes
Winner plays: No. 1 Oregon