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9 cities bid to host College Football Playoff championship games

Christopher Smith

By Christopher Smith

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Wednesday marked the deadline for cities to submit bids to host the 2018, ’19 and ’20 College Football Playoff championship game.

A total of nine cities are bidding for the three games, ESPN’s Brett McMurphy reported.

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Last year, Ohio State and Oregon played the inaugural CFP championship in Arlington, Texas. SEC teams are eyeing a trip to Glendale, Ariz., after the 2015 season and Tampa, Fla., after the 2016 season.

Here are the cities bidding to become the next three championship sites.

2018

  1. Atlanta
  2. Houston
  3. Miami/South Florida
  4. Santa Clara, Calif.

2019

  1. Charlotte
  2. Detroit
  3. Houston
  4. New Orleans
  5. San Antonio
  6. Santa Clara, Calif.

2020

  1. Charlotte
  2. Houston
  3. Minneapolis
  4. New Orleans
  5. San Antonio
  6. Santa Clara, Calif.

In other news, there will be one fewer bowl game following the 2015 season than originally anticipated.

Christopher Smith

An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.

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