We are about to begin the road to the new national collegiate champion in the NCAA circuit, which will be defined in the game for the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship. It is an unusual date for what we knew as the collegiate championship, which was defined in the first days of January

However, the NCAA expanded the schedule for this knockout tournament to include 12 teams. This caused the dates for the national championship game to be moved back by about 10 days

When and where will the 2025 CFP National Championship Game be held?

The College National Championship Game is scheduled for January 20 at 19:30 ET/16:30 PT, at the spectacular Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, which will host Super Bowl LXII in 2028.

This venue was already the venue for the national championship in 2018, when Alabama defeated Georgia in overtime. It is a state-of-the-art stadium, opened in 2017 and is home to the Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and a Atlanta United FC (MLS). It also hosted the Super Bowl in 2019.

Here is the schedule for the NCAA playoff games through the championship game:

First round

• Friday, December 20, 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT, ABC/ESPN
• Saturday, December 21, 12:00 p.m. ET/09:00 a.m. PT, TNT
• Saturday, December 21, 4:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT, TNT
• Saturday, December 21, 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT, ABC/ESPN

Quarter-finals

• Fiesta Bowl: Tuesday, December 31, 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, ESPN
• Peach Bowl: Wednesday, January 1, 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT, ESPN
• Rose Bowl: Monday, January 1, 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, ESPN
• Sugar Bowl: Wednesday, January 1, 8:45 p.m. ET/5:45 p.m. PT, ESPN

Semi-finals

• Orange Bowl: Thursday, January 9, 19:30 ET/16:30 PT, ESPN
• Cotton Bowl: Friday, January 10, 19:30 ET/16:30 PT, ESPN

CFP National Championship

• Monday, January 20, 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, ESPN

Classification of the teams participating in the CFP

The title will be contested by 12 teams, chosen by the CFP selection committee, with its final ranking last Sunday after the top 25 was decided.

The five highest-ranked conference champions and seven other teams will participate. The four highest-ranked conference champions will have a bye week and will play directly from the quarter-final round. The remaining teams will play a one-game playoff at the stadium of the higher-ranked team.

This is the classification:

Teams that rest

1. Oregon Ducks
2. Georgia Bulldogs
3. Boise State Broncos
4. Arizona State Sun Devils

First round matches

• No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers at No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Winner plays: No. 2 Georgia

• No. 11 SMU Mustangs at No. 6 Penn State Nittany Lions

Winner plays: No. 3 Boise State

• No. 12 Clemson Tigers at No. 5 Texas Longhorns

Winner plays: No. 4 Arizona State

• No. 9 Tennessee Volunteers at No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes

Winner plays: No. 1 Oregon