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Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All-star games | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games | December 14, 2024 | – January 20, 2025||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National Championship | 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location of Championship | Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia[b] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games are a series of college football bowl games in the United States, played to complete the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Team-competitive bowl games in the FBS will begin on December 14, 2024, and will conclude with the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 20, 2025. Several all-star games will then be contested.[1]
The schedule for the 2024–25 bowl games was announced on June 6, 2024.[2]
The College Football Playoff system is used to determine a national championship of Division I FBS college football. A committee of experts will rank the top 25 teams in the nation after each of the last seven weeks of the regular season. This is the eleventh year of the College Football Playoff era.
For the 2024–25 season, the playoffs have been expanded from four teams to twelve teams. The top five ranked conference champions will be selected to compete, along with the seven highest ranked remaining teams. The top four conference champions will receive a first-round bye. The first round of games will be played at campus sites. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will be played at the New Year's Six bowl games.[3][4]
The four first-round games will be played on December 20 and 21, 2024, at campus sites. The quarterfinal games will be played on December 31, 2024 and January 1, 2025, at the Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl, and Sugar Bowl. The semifinal games will be played on January 9 and 10, 2025, at the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl. The winners will advance to the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 20, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.[5]
First round December 20-21 at higher seed campus sites | Quarterfinals December 31 (Fiesta) and January 1 (Peach, Rose and Sugar) | Semifinals January 9 (Orange) and January 10 (Cotton) | Championship January 20 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Highest Ranked Conference Champion | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | 4th Highest Ranked Conference Champion | |||||||||||||||||
January 20 – Atlanta | ||||||||||||||||||
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12 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | 2nd Highest Ranked Conference Champion | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 3rd Highest Ranked Conference Champion | |||||||||||||||||
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11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Each of the games in the following table will be televised by ESPN and TNT Sports. All times are EST (UTC−5).
Date | Time | Game | Site | Teams | Affiliations | Results | Attendance |
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Dec. 20 | 8:00 p.m | Non-bowl game (First round) | Campus site | ||||
Dec. 21 | Noon | Non-bowl game (First round) | Campus site | ||||
4:00 p.m. | Non-bowl game (First round) | Campus site | |||||
8:00 p.m. | Non-bowl game (First round) | Campus site | |||||
Dec. 31 | 7:30 p.m | Fiesta Bowl (Quarterfinal) | State Farm Stadium Glendale, Arizona |
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Jan. 1 | 1:00 p.m | Peach Bowl (Quarterfinal) | Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia |
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5:00 p.m. | Rose Bowl (Quarterfinal) | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California |
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8:45 p.m | Sugar Bowl (Quarterfinal) | Caesars Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Jan. 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Orange Bowl (Semifinal) | Hard Rock Stadium Miami, Florida |
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Jan. 10 | 7:30 p.m. | Cotton Bowl (Semifinal) | AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas |
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Jan. 20 | 7:30 p.m. | College Football Playoff National Championship | Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia |
Below is the schedule for the non-CFP bowl games.[6]
The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) has one bowl game, the Celebration Bowl. Played between HBCUs, it serves as a de facto Black college football national championship. The FCS also has a postseason bracket tournament that culminates in the 2025 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game.
Date | Time (EST) | Game | Site | Television | Teams | Affiliations | Results |
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Dec. 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Celebration Bowl | Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia |
USA: ABC Canada: TSN |
TBD TBD |
SWAC MEAC |
The East-West Shrine Bowl changed location from Frisco, Texas, to Arlington, Texas.
Date | Time (EST) | Game | Site | Television | Participants | Results | Ref. |
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January 11, 2025 | Hula Bowl | FBC Mortgage Stadium Orlando, Florida |
CBS Sports Network | Team Kai Team Aina |
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January 18, 2025 | Tropical Bowl | Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida |
Varsity Sports Network | American Team National Team |
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January 30, 2025 | 8:00 p.m. | East-West Shrine Bowl | AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas |
NFL Network | West Team East Team |
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February 1, 2025 | 1:30 p.m. | Senior Bowl | Hancock Whitney Stadium Mobile, Alabama |
National Team American Team |
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February 22, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. | HBCU Legacy Bowl | Yulman Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana |
Team Robinson Team Gaither |
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The College Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee will announce its final team rankings for the season on December 8, 2024. This will be the 11th season of the CFP era, and the first season with a twelve-team playoff.[11]