The 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship is a college football

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that is scheduled to be played on January 8th, 2024, at

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in Houston, Texas. It will be the tenth and final

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under the 4-team CFP format and will determine the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2023 season. Aside from any all-star games following after, this will be the culminating game of the 2023–24 bowl season. Sponsored by telecommunications company

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, the game will be officially known as the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T. It will be televised nationally by

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Background

Host selection

NRG Stadium was the site chosen for the National Championship Game on November 1, 2017. Houston will be the tenth city to host the College Football Playoff National Championship (after Arlington,

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, Tampa,

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, Santa Clara,

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, Indianapolis, and Inglewood).

College Football Playoff

The four teams competing in the Playoff were selected by the CFP selection committee, whose final rankings were released on December 3, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. EST. The championship game will be the tenth in College Football Playoff history. The semifinals will both be played on January 1, 2024.

Bracket

Venue

NRG Stadium is a 72,220-seat venue in Houston, Texas. Opened in August 2002, the

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stadium is home to the

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(NFL)'s Houston Texans, as well as the annual

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in college football. It had hosted Super Bowls XXXVIII and LI in 2004 and 2017, respectively.

Broadcasting

This is scheduled to be the tenth consecutive

game to be televised on

References

External links

Game statistics
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