College Football Playoff announces dates for games through 2025 season

Last month, the College Football Playoff agreed to deals with the Cotton, Fiesta and Peach Bowls through the 2025 season. On Thursday, the CFP announced the dates for all of the New Year’s Six games and National Championship Games up through that point.

The College Football Playoff rotates the two semifinal games each year between the New Year’s Six bowl games. Then, the site of the National Championship Game is also constantly rotating between cities.

The dates through the 2019 season had previously been announced, but now college football fans can do some serious long-term planning.

Here are the dates for the New Year’s Six games and National Championship Games through the 2025 season (semifinal indicates game is part of CFP):

2018-19
Sat., Dec. 29: Peach Bowl, Cotton Bowl semifinal, Orange Bowl semifinal
Tues., Jan. 1: Fiesta Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl
Mon., Jan. 7: CFP National Championship (Santa Clara, Calif.)

2019-20
Sat., Dec. 28: Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl semifinal, Peach Bowl semifinal
Wed., Jan. 1: Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl
Mon., Jan. 13: CFP National Championship (New Orleans)

2020-21
Wed., Dec. 30: Cotton Bowl
Fri., Jan. 1: Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl semifinal, Sugar Bowl semifinal
Sat., Jan. 2: Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl
Mon., Jan. 11: CFP National Championship (Miami)

2021-22
Thurs., Dec. 30: Peach Bowl
Fri., Dec. 31: Cotton Bowl semifinal, Orange Bowl semifinal
Sat., Jan. 1: Fiesta Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl
Mon., Jan. 10: CFP National Championship (Indianapolis)

2022-23
Fri., Dec. 30: Orange Bowl
Sat., Dec. 31: Fiesta Bowl semifinal, Peach Bowl semifinal
Mon., Jan. 2: Cotton Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl
Mon., Jan. 9: CFP National Championship (Los Angeles)

2023-24
Fri., Dec. 29: Peach Bowl
Sat., Dec. 30: Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl
Mon., Jan. 1: Cotton Bowl, Rose Bowl semifinal, Sugar Bowl semifinal
Mon., Jan. 8: CFP National Championship (Houston)

2024-25
Sat., Dec. 28: Peach Bowl, Cotton Bowl semifinal, Orange Bowl semifinal
Mon., Dec. 30: Fiesta Bowl
Wed., Jan. 1: Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl
Mon., Jan. 6: CFP National Championship (Site TBD)

2025-26
Sat., Dec. 27: Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl semifinal, Peach Bowl semifinal
Tues., Dec. 30: Orange Bowl
Thurs., Jan. 1: Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl
Mon., Jan. 5: CFP National Championship (Site TBD)

Jake Rill

Jake Rill contributes to news coverage for Saturday Down South. He has covered the SEC since 2016.