The College Football Playoff (CFP) schedule for the 2024-25 season has been announced, featuring an expanded 12-team format. The first round of games will begin on December 20, 2024, with matches continuing through January 5, 2025. The Rose Bowl will serve as a quarterfinal game on January 1, 2025, maintaining its traditional New Year's Day slot. The Fiesta Bowl will have an exclusive game on New Year's Eve. The first-round games will be broadcast on TNT, including two early Saturday afternoon games, while subsequent games will primarily air on ESPN, with some on ABC. The first 27 hours of the expanded CFP will feature intense matchups.
ICYMI: The college football bowl schedule starts the week of the Army-Navy game this year. Plus: no New Year's Day bowl games except for the playoffs: https://t.co/VRGjsCiarl
College football bowl game schedule announced: How will expanded Playoff impact slate? https://t.co/HXetijAIjJ
College football bowl schedule below. In a shift, bowl season begins the week of the Army-Navy game: https://t.co/1WdetUSV3f
Never too early to start your @BowlSeason countdown 🗓️ The 2024 ACC Bowl Partners' Dates and Times have been announced! 📰 https://t.co/eDnJkZBvlr https://t.co/reTm8Qkyld
The NFL, College Football Playoff Games Have Schedule Conflict https://t.co/Sb70hxptaK
With the release of the College Football Playoff schedule combined with the NFL schedule get ready for 84 FOOTBALL games in December and January. Football on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, no day is left out. Glorious! Details ⤵️ https://t.co/SX5jy00YV9
TNT gets the sacrificial games against the NFL on Fox and NBC. Friday night and Saturday night CFP games on ABC\ ESPN should help to drive overall ratings for those first four games. Rest of the CFP games all appear to be on ESPN only with no ABC simulcast. https://t.co/5hXAFTlZQj
College Football Playoffs: Fiesta Bowl gets exclusive New Year's Eve game; dates, times https://t.co/hb8H0wtFGF via @azcentral @jennarortiz
College Football Playoffs: Fiesta Bowl gets exclusive New Year's Eve game; dates, times https://t.co/wQFXdhSryS
Here is a chart of the number of games in next season's CFP by what day of the week they fall on. https://t.co/x0LzXQoIqC
So starting Dec. 20, there will either be at least one NFL regular season game or college playoff game on every day from Dec. 20-Jan. 5 except 12/24, 12/27, 12/28 and 1/3. https://t.co/vnDvJe335l
I'm most excited for the first round/quarterfinal days. Dec. 21 and Jan. 1 should be perfect days to be a college football fan. https://t.co/5fmPToI2RU
The Rose Bowl Game will serve as a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game this season. The game will keep its tradition and play on Jan. 1, 2025. https://t.co/DBkYhrr6AF
The two early Saturday first-round games land on TNT. https://t.co/2pTm0mvDGy
The College Football Playoff schedule is set, including broadcast networks for the first round. Irish could end up playing Saturday afternoon on TNT. Not sure a night game in December is anyone’s idea of a good time. https://t.co/u7K3aYZdCe
Here is entire 12-team @CFBPlayoff schedule for this season https://t.co/iVarhqn40G
A hell of a 27 hours or so of college football to open the expanded CFP on Friday Dec. 20 night and into Saturday Dec. 21 evening. https://t.co/jvWhUiuvf2
Upcoming Kickoff times for the new @CFBPlayoff format https://t.co/zC845VAfxY
All the key dates ahead of the 2024-25 season 🗓️⤵️