Tampa to replace Dallas as CFP National Championship host for 2029, per report

Tampa will reportedly host the College Football Playoff National Championship in 4 years.

Dallas had been slated to host the game. Brett McMurphy of the Action Network reported Monday that Dallas has a scheduling conflict that means it has to give up hosting the CFP national title.

Breaking: Tampa replaces Dallas to host Jan. 22, 2029 @CFBPlayoff title game, sources said. Other future national title sites, as I reported in May, remain Las Vegas (Jan. 25, 2027), New Orleans (Jan. 24, 2028) & Miami (Jan. 21, 2030). Tampa also hosted 2017 title game. Dallas…

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) January 20, 2025

The news comes on the day that the current season’s CFP National Championship is being played in Atlanta. Host sites for the next 5 national titles are now planned out, though 2028-30 are not yet official:

• Jan. 19, 2026: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami
• Jan. 25, 2027: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas
• Jan. 24, 2028: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans
• Jan. 22, 2029: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
• Jan. 21, 2030: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami

Tampa last hosted the game on Jan. 9, 2017. The third national title game of the CFP era, No. 2 Clemson defeated No. 1 Alabama 35-31 in a thriller. It was Clemson’s first national title won under Dabo Swinney.

Andrew Olson

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