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STILLWATER – The College Football Playoff Board of Directors are having the annual spring meeting and while they are looking at change for the future including a change to the seeding process for the upcoming 2025-26 CFP, it was fairly easy to come up with the schedule for the playoffs and those were released on midday Tuesday, April 22.
The drive is for destination Miami and South Florida to play for the CFP National Championship on Monday, Jan. 19 inside Hard Rock Stadium.
Below are all the playoff dates for this coming season’s CFP.
Teams ranked 5-12 will take part in the first-round games, which will be played at the school of the higher-ranked team. TBA
| Date | Time (CT) | Game/Round | TV |
| Weds. Dec. 31, 2025 | 6:30 pm | Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | ESPN |
| Thurs. Jan. 1, 2026 | 11:00 am | Playoff Quarterfinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl | ESPN |
| Thurs. Jan. 1, 2026 | 3:00 pm | Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential | ESPN |
| Thurs. Jan. 1, 2026 | 7:00 pm | Playoff Quarterfinal at the AllState Sugar Bowl | ESPN |
| Thurs. Jan. 9, 2026 | 6:30 pm | Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl | ESPN |
| Fri. Jan. 9, 2026 | 6:30 pm | Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | ESPN |
| Mon. Jan. 19, 2026 | 6:30 pm | College Football Playoff National Championship | ESPN |
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