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Per the official CollegeFootballPlayoff.com, “TNT Sports will present two first-round College Football Playoff games during the 2024 and 2025 seasons”. TNT will also begin broadcasting two quarterfinal games from 2026-2028. The network will be the “primary network televising the sublicensed CFP games.
ESPN will broadcast all other College Football Playoff games on its networks, including the annual national championship. The first 12-team playoff selection show will be Sunday, December 8. The four highest-ranking conference champions will be seeded 1-4 and they will receive first round byes. Teams seeded 5-8 will host teams seed 9-12 in the the first round. The opening round will be played December 20-21. The quarterfinals will be played at the VRBO Fiesta Bowl, the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, the Rose Bowl Game, and the Allstate Sugar Bowl, from December 31-January 1. The semifinals will be January 9-10 at the Capital One Orange Bowl and the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. The the national championship will be in Atlanta on January 20.
TNT’s decision to broadcast College Football Playoff games is huge with their contract ending covering the NBA at the end of the 2025-2026. The decision could mean the end of the legendary “Inside the NBA” show and NBA playoff coverage, which has been fantastic with Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, and Stan Van Gundy covering the games.
