The college playoff semifinals will be played in the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl on January 1, 2021, and the national championship will be January 11, 2021 in Miami. (Note: The Rose Bowl will be played in Arlington, Texas this year)
CFP Semifinal #1 Rose Bowl Game Presented by Capital One No.1 Alabama vs No. 4 Notre Dame AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas 5 p.m. • ESPN
CFP Semifinal #2 Allstate Sugar Bowl No. 2 Clemson vs No. 3 Ohio State Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana 8:45 p.m. • ESPN
Here is the committee’s final ranking (of 1-6) and up-to-date bowl pairings:
Alabama (11-0)Clemson (10-1)Ohio State (6-0)Notre Dame (10-1)Texas A&M (8-1)Oklahoma (8-2)Florida (8-3)Cincinnati (9-0)Georgia (7-2)Iowa State (8-3)Indiana (6-1)Coastal carolina (11-1)North Carolina (8-3)Northwestern (6-2)Iowa (6-2)BYU (10-1)USC (5-1)Miami (8-2)Louisiana (9-1)Texas (6-3)Oklahoma State (7-3)San Jose State (7-0)N. C. State (8-3)Tulsa (6-2)Oregon (4-2)
Alabama has been ranked No. 1 in the CFP rankings 23 times now, more than all other teams combined at 19 times ranked at the top spot.
The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 ranked team vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among six bowl games—the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and the Rose Bowl Game.
This season’s Playoff Semifinals will take place Friday, January 1, 2021, at the Rose Bowl Game and the Sugar Bowl. The College Football Playoff National Championship will be Monday, January 11, 2021, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Last season’s NFL Super Bowl was played at Hard Rock Stadium.
Here are the Bowl Pairings for the 2020 season (all times ET). They will be unveiled throughout Sunday afternoon. Keep this page bookmarked to see updated pairings.
Monday, December 21
Myrtle Beach Bowl Appalachian State vs North Texas Brooks Stadium • Conway, South Carolina 2:30 p.m. • ESPN
Tuesday, December 22
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Tulane vs Nevada Albertsons Stadium • Boise, Idaho 3:30 p.m. • ESPN
RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl UCF vs BYU FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida 7 p.m. • ESPN
Wednesday, December 23
R+L Carriers Bowl Louisiana Tech vs Georgia Southern Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana 3 p.m. • ESPN
Montgomery Bowl Memphis vs Florida Atlantic Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama 7 p.m. • ESPN
Thursday, December 24
New Mexico Bowl Hawai’i vs Houston Toyota Stadium • Frisco, Texas 3:30 p.m. • ESPN
Friday, December 25
Camelia Bowl Marshall vs Buffalo Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama 2:30 p.m. • ESPN
Saturday, December 26
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl South Carolina vs UAB Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida Noon • ABC
FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl Liberty vs Coastal Carolina Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida Noon • ESPN
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl UTSA vs Louisiana Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas 3:30 p.m. • ABC
LendingTree Bowl Western Kentucky vs Georgia State Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, Alabama 3:30 p.m. • ESPN
Monday, December 28
Military Bowl Presented by Perspects TBD Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland 2:30 p.m. • ESPN
Tuesday, December 29
Cheez-It Bowl Miami (Fla.) vs Oklahoma State Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida 5:30 p.m. • ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl Texas vs Colorado Alamodome • San Antonio, Texas 9 p.m. • ESPN
Wednesday, December 30
Duke’s Mayo Bowl Wake Forest vs Wisconsin Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina Noon • ESPN
TransPerfect Music City Bowl Missouri vs Iowa Nissan Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee 4 p.m. • ESPN
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic Oklahoma vs Florida AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas 8 p.m. • ESPN
Thursday, December 31
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Tulsa vs Mississippi State Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas Noon • ESPN
Arizona Bowl Ball State vs San Jose State Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 2 p.m. • CBSSN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl West Virginia vs Tennessee Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee 4 p.m. • ESPN
Mercari Texas Bowl TCU vs Arkansas NRG Stadium • Houston, Texas 8 p.m. • ESPN
Friday, January 1
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Cincinnati vs Georgia Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia 12:30 p.m. • ESPN
Vrbo Citrus Bowl Auburn vs Northwestern Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida 1 p.m. • ABC
CFP Semifinal #1 Rose Bowl Game Presented by Capital One No.1 Alabama vs No. 4 Notre Dame AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas 5 p.m. • ESPN
CFP Semifinal #2 Allstate Sugar Bowl No. 2 Clemson vs No. 3 Ohio State Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana 8:45 p.m. • ESPN
Saturday, January 2
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl N.C. State vs Kentucky TIAA Bank Field • Jacksonville, Florida Noon • ESPN
Outback Bowl Ole Miss vs Indiana Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida 12:30 p.m. • ABC
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl Oregon vs Iowa State State Farm Stadium • Glendale, Arizona 4 p.m. • ESPN
Capital One Orange Bowl Texas A&M vs North Carolina Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida 8 p.m. • ESPN
Monday, January 11
CFP National Championship TBD vs TBD Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida 8 p.m. • ESPN
Canceled Bowl Games Redbox Bowl Hawai’i Bowl Bahamas Bowl San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl Quick Lane Bowl Las Vegas Bowl New Era Pinstripe Bowl LA Bowl Tony the Tiger Bowl TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Guaranteed Rate Bowl
