The College Football Playoff (CFP), which began in 2014, will be played each bowl season to determine the national champion in FBS Division I college football. The CFP replaces the BCS format that had determined college football's national champion since 1998. The CFP includes two semifinal games followed by a national championship game. The four teams that play in the CFP will be voted on by the selection committee at the end of the season, using the criteria strength of schedule, head-to-head wins and record. The CFP selection committee consists of 13 members and will rank the top 25 teams in the country six times, starting Monday, October 29. The rankings will be released on the Tuesday after the committee votes, with the sixth and final vote determining the four teams and their seeds in the CFP. The winners of the semifinal games will advance to play each other in the College Football Playoff Championship Game.
The College Football Playoff is an evolution from the BCS, which crowned a champion in the BCS National Championship Game. The location of the CFP championship will move around to different host cities, but the national semifinals will rotate among the “New Year’s Six” bowl games: Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
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2018 College Football Playoff Preview
The 2018 College Football Playoff rankings will be released on Sunday, December 2, 2018, where the four teams will be announced for the CFP semifinals. The College Football Playoff Championship Game will take place on Monday, January 7, 2019, featuring the winners of the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl.
The two semifinal games of the College Football Playoff will rotate between the "New Year's Six" bowl games every year. The fifth year of the CFP will feature the Orange Bowl and the Cotton Bowl as the semifinal locations, with both games being played on Saturday, December 29, 2018. The semifinals will move to the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl in 2019-2020.
As home to the NFL's San Francisco 49ers since 2014, Levi's Stadium has already hosted Super Bowl 50 and WWE Wrestlemania 31. The facility will become the pinnacle of the 2018-2019 season, bringing the fifth College Football Playoff to an end on Monday, January 7, for the 2019 College Football Playoff Championship Game.
College Football Playoff Event Guide
What teams will play in the College Football Playoff?
The College Football Playoff selection committee will choose the four teams to play in the CFP. They will seed the teams to determine which teams face each other in the semifinal games. There is no restriction on how many teams could be selected per conference, or which conferences the teams must come from. The criteria for reaching the CFP will be strength of schedule, head-to-head wins and record. There are no computer polls in the CFP selection process.
What are the New Year's Six bowl games?
The New Year's Six is the name for the six bowl games that will rotate as the College Football Playoff semifinal games. They include the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The name comes from their scheduling, which typically sees all six of the games land on New Year’s Day or within a few days of it. This strategy should insure that all six games contain the best possible matchups.
Who is on the College Football Playoff selection committee?
The 2018 members of the College Football Playoff selection committee include Frank Beamer, Paola Boivin, Jeff Bower, Joe Castiglione, Herb Deromedi, Ken Hatfield, Chris Howard, Bobby Johnson, Ronnie Lott, Gene Smith, Todd Stansbury and Scott Stricklin, and Rob Mullens is the Chair of the College Football Playoff.
What is the schedule for the 2019 College Football Playoff?
The College Football Playoff semifinal games will be played on Saturday, December 29, 2018, with one in Miami Gardens, Florida at the Orange Bowl, and the other in Arlington, Texas at the Cotton Bowl. The CFP Championship Game will be held the following week on Monday, January 7, 2019, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.