The expanded playoff format will start with
four first-round games played at campus sites on Dec. 20 and
Dec. 21. Two of those games will be broadcast on TNT, which has
a sublicense with ESPN.
ESPN will carry the remaining nine games of the playoffs.
The quarterfinals begin on New Year's Eve with the Fiesta Bowl
at 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by a trio of games on New Year's Day.
The Peach Bowl will begin at 1 p.m., the Rose Bowl at 5 p.m. and
the Sugar Bowl at 8:45 p.m.
Both semifinals will start at 7:30 p.m. The first, the Orange
Bowl, will be played on Jan. 9, and the second, the Cotton Bowl,
will take place on Jan. 10.
The championship game is set for 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 20 at
Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The playoff field will be announced on Dec. 8 after the
conclusion of conference championship weekend. The top four
seeds will receive a first-round bye.
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