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When Is the College Football Playoff?

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The College Football Playoffs will be played for the first time at the end of the 2014 NCAA College Football Season. The playoffs will consist of two semifinal games played on Jan. 1. 2014, New Year’s Day, and a championship game on Jan. 12.

Here is the schedule:

Semifinal 1: Participants TBD

Rose Bowl Stadium
Pasadena, California
January 1, 2015
4:30 p.m. ET

Semifinal 2: Participants TBD

Mercedes-Benz Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
January 1, 2015
8:30 p.m. ET

College Football Playoff National Championship

Monday, January 12, 2015
AT&T Stadium
Arlington, Texas
7:30 p.m. ET

The Selection Committee’s Top 25 will be revealed on ESPN seven times during the season — every Tuesday between Oct. 28 and Dec. 2. The final ranking will take place on Sunday, Dec. 7.

Here’s the television schedule:

October 28 – 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
November 4 – 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
November 11 – 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
November 18 – 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2
November 25 – 7 p.m. ET on ESPN
December 2 – 7 p.m. ET on ESPN
December 7 – 12:45 p.m. ET on ESPN (Selection Sunday and Playoff Semifinal teams announced)

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