2024–25 College Football Playoff

College football tournament

Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl Classic
January 9–10, 2025

Championship

2025 CFP National Championship
January 20, 2025

← 2023–24

The 2024–25 College Football Playoff is an upcoming a single-elimination bracket invitational tournament to determine the national champion of the 2024 college football season.^[1]^[2]

The 2024–25 playoff will be the first to use a twelve-team bracket; the previous 10 iterations of the College Football Playoff contained only four teams.^[1]^[2] The top five ranked conference champions will be selected to compete, along with the top seven at-large teams. Furthermore, the top four conference champions will receive a first-round bye in the playoff.^[2]^[3]

Bracket


First round December 20 or 21 at higher seed Campus Sites	Quarterfinals December 31 (Fiesta) or January 1 (Peach, Rose, Sugar)	Semifinals January 9 (Orange) or January 10 (Cotton)	Championship January 20



	1

8

9

	4
			Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
5

12

	2

7

10

	3

6

11

References

^ ^a ^b Santaromita, Dan (January 8, 2024). "Georgia, Alabama open as favorites to win 2025 CFP title". The Athletic. Retrieved January 9, 2024. the competition to get in the top four this season didn't allow much room for error. That won't be the case next year with the 12-team playoff field debuting.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sallee, Barrett (January 9, 2024). "College Football Playoff bracket, predictions: Early picks as format expands to 12 teams in 2024 season". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 9, 2024. An early look ahead at who could make history as the first programs included in a 12-team playoff field
^ https://collegefootballplayoff.com/news/2024/2/20/5-7-format-confirmed.aspx