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The College Football Playoff rolls along this week as we enter the semifinal round and inch ever closer toward crowning a national champion for the 2024 season. No. 5 seed Texas travels to play 8-seed Ohio State in a highly anticipated Cotton Bowl filled with storylines on Friday, while the day prior on the other side of the bracket, 6-seed Penn State prepares to battle with 7-seed Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl fresh off the upset of Georgia.
The winners of the matchups will face off in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship, which takes place on Monday, Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. None of the final four teams have won a national championship since 2014. Penn State and Notre Dame have not won national championships in the BCS or CFP era.
2024-25 College Football Playoff schedule
All times Eastern
Semifinals
Friday, Jan. 10
- Cotton Bowl — (8) Ohio State vs. (5) Texas: 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
- AT&T Stadium — Arlington, Texas
National Championship
Monday, Jan. 20
- 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium — Atlanta
2024-25 College Football Playoff scores
First round
- (7) Notre Dame 27, (10) Indiana 17 | Recap
- Notre Dame Stadium — South Bend, Indiana
- (6) Penn State 38, (11) SMU 10 | Recap
- Beaver Stadium — State College, Pennsylvania
- (5) Texas 38, (12) Clemson 24 | Recap
- Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium — Austin, Texas
- (8) Ohio State 42, (9) Tennessee 17 | Recap
- Ohio Stadium — Columbus, Ohio
Quarterfinals
- Fiesta Bowl — (6) Penn State 31, (3) Boise State 14 | Recap
- State Farm Stadium — Glendale, Ariz.
- Peach Bowl — (5) Texas 39, (4) Arizona State 31 | Recap
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium — Atlanta
- Rose Bowl — (8) Ohio State 41, (1) Oregon 21 | Recap
- Rose Bowl — Pasadena, Calif.
- Sugar Bowl — (7) Notre Dame 23, (2) Georgia 10 | Recap
- Caesars Superdome — New Orleans
Semifinals
- Orange Bowl — (7) Notre Dame 27, (6) Penn State 24 | Recap
- Hard Rock Stadium — Miami Gardens, Fla.
