{"id":5873,"date":"2024-12-13T08:57:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/?p=5873"},"modified":"2024-12-13T09:08:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:08:53","slug":"college-football-playoff-schedule-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/college-football-playoff-schedule-2\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Playoff Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

College Football Playoff Schedule<\/h3>\n

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Frank Coyle\/ Publisher<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dec. 20- Jan 20, 2025<\/strong>
\nAll times Eastern<\/strong><\/p>\n

First round – @ college team sites<\/h4>\n

Friday, Dec. 20<\/strong>
\n#10 Indiana at #7 Notre Dame – 8 pm – ABC\/ESPN<\/p>\n

Saturday, Dec. 21<\/strong>
\n#11 SMU at #6 Penn State – 12 pm – | TNT
\n#12 Clemson at #5 Texas – 4 pm – TNT
\n#9 Tennessee at #8 Ohio State – 8 pm – ABC\/ESPN<\/p>\n

Quarterfinal Games<\/strong>
\nTuesday, Dec. 31<\/strong>
\n#3 Boise State vs. #6 Penn State\/ #11 SMU winner (Fiesta Bowl) – 7:30 pm – ESPN<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Jan. 1<\/strong>
\n#4 Arizona State vs. #5 Texas\/ #12 Clemson winner (Peach Bowl) – 1 pm – ESPN
\n#1 Oregon vs. #8 Ohio State\/ #9 Tennessee winner (Rose Bowl) – 5 pm – ESPN
\n#2 Georgia vs. #7 Notre Dame\/#10 Indiana winner (Sugar Bowl) – 8:45 pm – ESPN<\/p>\n

Semifinal Games<\/strong>
\nThursday, Jan. 9<\/strong>
\nTBD vs. TBD (Orange Bowl) – 7:30 pm – ESPN<\/p>\n

Friday, Jan. 10<\/strong>
\nTBD vs. TBD (Cotton Bowl) – 7:30 pm – ESPN<\/p>\n

Monday, Jan. 20<\/strong><\/em>
\nNational Championship Game\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nTBD vs. TBD (Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia) – 7:30 pm – ESPN<\/p>\n

College Football Playoff Rankings<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The CFP ranking and seeds differ below. The four teams with playoff byes are in bold.
\nHere are the final CFP top 25 rankings, with teams in the CFP posting their seeds at the end.<\/p>\n

1 Oregon<\/strong> \u2014 highest-ranked conference champion (Big Ten) and seeded No. 1
\n2 Georgia<\/strong> \u2014 second-highest-ranked conference champion (SEC) and seeded No. 2
\n3 Texas \u2014 at-large pick (second team from the SEC), seeded No. 5
\n4 Penn State \u2014 at-large pick (second team in the Big Ten), seeded No. 6
\n5 Notre Dame \u2014 at-large pick (independent), seeded No. 7
\n6 Ohio State \u2014 at-large pick (third team from the Big Ten), seeded No. 8
\n7 Tennessee \u2014 at-large pick (third team from the SEC), seeded No. 9
\n8 Indiana \u2014 at-large pick (fourth team from the Big Ten), seeded No. 10
\n9 Boise State<\/strong> \u2014 third-highest-ranked conference champion (Mountain West) and seeded No. 3
\n10 SMU \u2014 at-large pick (from the ACC), seeded No. 11
\n11 Alabama \u2014 first team out of the CFP
\n12 Arizona State<\/strong> \u2014 fourth-highest-ranked conference champion (Big 12) and seeded No. 4<\/p>\n

13 Miami (Fla.) – second team out of the CFP
\n14 Ole Miss – third team out of the CFP
\n15 South Carolina – fourth team out of the CFP
\n16 Clemson – fifth-highest-ranked conference champion (ACC) and seeded #121
\n17 BYU – fifth team out of the CFP
\n18 Iowa State – sixth team out of the CFP
\n19 Missouri – seventh team out of the CFP
\n20 Illinois – eighth team out of the CFP
\n21 Syracuse – ninth team out of the CFP
\n22 Army – 10th team out of the CFP
\n23 Colorado – 11th team out of the CFP
\n24 UNLV – 12th team out of the CFP
\n25 Memphis – 13th team out of the CFP<\/p>\n

Boise State won the Mountain West Conference championship and lost to only top-ranked Oregon. They are the third-highest-ranked conference champion and thus received a bye into the quarterfinals despite ranking No. 9. Arizona State is ranked only #12, the Sun Devils are the fourth-highest ranked conference champion over the ACC champ #16 Clemson. They earned the #4 seed and the final first-round bye.\u00a0 Both Texas and Penn St remained in the top four seeds despite losing conference title matchups in their final games.<\/p>\n

The four quarterfinal games are not played at the campus sites. These four games \u2014 scheduled on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 \u2014 will be played at the Fiesta Bowl, Rose Bowl, Peach Bowl and Sugar Bowl. The four highest-ranked conference champions will be assigned one of these bowls in consideration of historic bowl relationships as well as seeding.<\/p>\n

The four quarterfinal winners will meet in the semifinals at either the Orange Bowl or the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10. If the seeds hold, that means (1) would meet (4) and (2) would play (3). The two semifinal winners will then play on Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the national championship.<\/p>\n

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