College Football Playoff opens with 1 game Dec. 19 and 3 more on Dec. 20; TV and kickoff times set

FILE – A playoff logo is seen on an endzone marker during a game between Texas and Clemson in the first round of the College Football Playoff, Dec. 21, 2024, in Austin, Texas. | Eric Gay, Associated Press, file. IRVING, Texas (AP) — The College Football Playoff will open with one first-round game on Dec. 19 and three more on Dec. 20, CFP administrators announced Tuesday. The Friday night game will start at 8 p.m. EST and be televised by ABC and ESPN, as will the noon game on Saturday. TNT, truTV and HBO Max will carry the 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. games on Saturday. Each of the first four games will be played on campuses of the higher-seeded teams. The quarterfinals begin at the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Eve at 7:30 p.m. The other quarterfinals are New Year’s Day at the Orange Bowl at noon, Rose Bowl at 4 p.m. and Sugar Bowl at 8 p.m. Semifinals are Jan. 8 at the Fiesta Bowl and Jan. 9 at the Peach Bowl, and the championship game is at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Jan. 19. All three of those games start at 7:30. ESPN will televise all quarterfinals and semifinals and the championship game. The initial CFP rankings will be released Tuesday night.The post College Football Playoff opens with 1 game Dec. 19 and 3 more on Dec. 20; TV and kickoff times set appeared first on East Idaho News.
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