2024–25 NCAA football bowl games
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| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of bowls | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. The All-Star games will begin in January 2025.[1]
Schedule
[edit]The schedule for the 2024–25 bowl games was announced on June 6, 2024.[2]
Division I FBS bowl games
[edit]College Football Playoff bowl Games
[edit]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]
Each of the games in the following table will be televised by ESPN. 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 |
Non-CFP bowl games
[edit]Below is the schedule for the non-CFP bowl games.[6]
Division I FCS Bowl Game
[edit]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 |
Division II bowl Games
[edit]Division III Bowl Games
[edit]All-Star Games
[edit]Team selections
[edit]CFP top 25 standings and bowl games
[edit]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.[7]
Conference Summaries
[edit]Conference champions' bowl game
[edit]Conference performance in bowl games
[edit]Bowl-eligible teams
[edit]Bowl-ineligible teams
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The championship game was originally scheduled to be played at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.
References
[edit]- ^ "College Football Expand 12 Teams Starting With The 2024 Season". NCAA. December 1, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ Reineking, Jim (June 6, 2024). "College Football 2024 Season Bowl Game and Playoff Schedule". USA Today. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ^ Sallee, Barrett (January 9, 2024). "College Football Playoff Bracket, Predictions: Early Picks as Format Expands to 12 Teams in 2024 Season". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ^ "5-7 Format Confirmed for 12-Team Playoff". College Football Playoff. February 20, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 College Football Playoff Schedule, Dates, TV Channel, Sites". NCAA. August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ^ Andres, Patrick (July 18, 2024). "2024-25 College Football Bowl Schedule: Full List of Games and Locations". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ^ Backus, Will (August 15, 2024). "College Football Playoff Rankings Schedule: Complete List of Dates, Times Announced for 2024 Season". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 25, 2024.