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2024–25 College Football Playoff
The 2024–25 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 11th edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP). Following the first 10 iterations of the College Football Playoff comprising four teams, the 2024–25 playoff was the first to include 12 teams as ranked by the College Football Playoff poll. The five highest-ranked conference champions, including at least one from the Group of Five conferences, were selected to compete, along with the next seven highest-ranked teams. Furthermore, this was the only iteration of the 12-team playoff where the four highest-ranked conference champions each received a first-round bye in the playoff, as the format was changed to have the four highest-ranked teams overall receive a first-round bye for the 2025 season. The playoff bracket's first-round games were held on December20 and 21 at respective campus sites; th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Orange Bowl
The 2025 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 9, 2025, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The 91st annual Orange Bowl was one of the 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games, 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season, 2024 FBS football season, along with one of the College Football Playoff's semifinal matches. The game featured the 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the 2024 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Penn State Nittany Lions. The game began at approximately 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST and aired on ESPN College Football, ESPN. Sponsored by bank holding company Capital One, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl. Background The 2025 Orange Bowl was a semifinal game for the College Football Playoff (CFP). The game featured the winner of the 2024 Fiesta Bowl (December), Fiesta Bowl, Penn Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Football National Championships In NCAA Division I FBS
A national championship in the highest level of college football in the United States, currently the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), is a designation awarded annually by various organizations to their selection of the best college football team. Division I FBS football is the only National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sport for which the NCAA does not host a yearly championship event. As such, it is sometimes referred to as a "mythical national championship". Due to the lack of an official NCAA title, determining the nation's top college football team has often engendered controversy. A championship team is independently declared by multiple individuals and organizations, often referred to as "selectors". These choices are not always unanimous. In 1969 even the president of the United States, Richard Nixon, made a selection by announcing, ahead of the season-ending 1969 Texas vs. Arkansas football game, "game of the century" between No. 1 1969 Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 NCAA Football Bowl Games
The 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games in the United States, primarily played to complete the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Team-competitive bowl games in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) began on December 14, 2024, and concluded with the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 20, 2025. Several all-star games then followed. Schedule The schedule for the 2024–25 bowl games was announced on June 6, 2024. Division I FBS bowl games College Football Playoff bowl games The College Football Playoff system is used to determine a national championship of DivisionI FBS college football. This is the 11th year of the College Football Playoff era. For the 2024–25 season, the playoffs were expanded from four teams to 12 teams. A committee of experts ranked the top 25 FBS teams after each of the last six weeks of the regular season. Upon release of the final rankings, the top five ranked conference ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bracket (tournament)
A bracket or tournament bracket is a tree-like diagram that represents the series of games played during a knockout tournament. Different knockout tournament formats have different brackets; the simplest and most common is that of the single-elimination tournament. The name "bracket" is American English, derived from the resemblance of the links in the tree diagram to the bracket punctuation symbol ] or seeding. In some tournaments, the full bracket is determined before the first match. In such cases, fans may enjoy trying to predict the winners of the initial round and of the consequent later matchups. This is called "bracketology", particularly in relation to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. This prediction is not possible in tournaments such as the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League knockout phase, in which the pairings for a later round might not be made until after the previous round has been played (UEFA Champions League makes its ultimate bracket draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Mercedes-Benz Stadium is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Opened in 2017 as a replacement for the Georgia Dome, it is the home of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer (MLS). The stadium is owned by the Government of Georgia (U.S. state), state of Georgia through the Georgia World Congress Center, Georgia World Congress Center Authority, and operated by Arthur Blank, AMB Group, the parent organization of the Falcons and Atlanta United FC. In 2016, the total cost of its construction was estimated at United States dollar, US$1.6 billion. The stadium officially opened on August 26, 2017, with a Falcons preseason game against the 2017 Arizona Cardinals season, Arizona Cardinals, despite the retractable roof system being incomplete at the time. Several events formerly held at the Georgia Dome moved to Mercedes-Benz Stadium following its completion, including multiple college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 College Football Playoff National Championship
The 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship was a college football bowl game played on January 20, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The eleventh College Football Playoff National Championship, the game determined the College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season, 2024 season. It was the final game of the 2024–25 College Football Playoff (CFP), the first national championship under the 12-team CFP format, and, aside from any all-star games afterward, the culminating game of the 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games, 2024–25 bowl season. The game began at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST and was televised nationally by ESPN College Football, ESPN. Sponsored by telecommunications company AT&T, the game was officially known as the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T. The game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Sugar Bowl
The 2025 Sugar Bowl (officially known as the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2025, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The game was the 91st annual playing of the Sugar Bowl and one of the quarterfinals of the 2024–25 College Football Playoff (CFP) concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The game featured two of the twelve teams chosen by the selection committee to participate in the playoff: the No. 7 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish, an FBS independent, and the No. 2 seed Georgia Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The winner qualified for the Orange Bowl (one of the CFP semifinals) to be played against the winner of the Fiesta Bowl. The game was originally scheduled to be played on January 1 but was postponed to the following day due to a terrorist attack in the nearby French Quarter early on the morning of New Year's Day. Notre Dame ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Rose Bowl
The 2025 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2025, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The 111th annual Rose Bowl game was one of the 2024–25 College Football Playoff (CFP) quarterfinals and featured top-ranked Oregon and sixth-ranked Ohio State, both members of the Big Ten Conference. This was the first time since the 1944 game in which two teams from the same conference competed in the Rose Bowl. The game began at approximately 2:00 p.m. PST. The Rose Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Prudential financial service company, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the 2025 Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential. Background The 2025 Rose Bowl was a quarterfinal game for the 2024–25 College Football Playoff (CFP). Oregon, being the top-ranked team in the final CFP rankings and winner of the Big Ten Championship Game, received a bye in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Peach Bowl
The 2025 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The 57th annual Peach Bowl game was one of the College Football Playoff (CFP) quarterfinal games and featured Texas and Arizona State. The Peach Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. Sponsored by restaurant chain Chick-fil-A, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Background The 2025 Peach Bowl was a quarterfinal game for the College Football Playoff (CFP). Arizona State, the number 12 team in the final CFP rankings and winner of the Big 12 Championship Game, received a bye in the new 12-team format of the CFP and was selected to play in the bowl game as the tournament's fourth seed. The 12th seed, Clemson (16th in the final CFP rankings), and fifth seed, Texas (third in the final CFP rankings), competed for the other spot in the Peach Bowl. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Fiesta Bowl (December)
The 2024 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2024, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The 54th annual Fiesta Bowl featured Boise State and Penn State, and was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. It was also one of the College Football Playoff (CFP) quarterfinal games, beginning at approximately 5:30 p.m. MST and airing on ESPN. Sponsored by online vacation rental marketplace Vrbo, the game was officially known as the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Background The 2024 Fiesta Bowl was the first-ever quarterfinal game for the College Football Playoff (CFP). Boise State, being the ninth-ranked team in the final CFP rankings and winning their conference championship game, received a bye in the CFP's new 12-team format and was selected to play in the bowl game as the third seed in the CFP playoff. The playoff's 11th seed, SMU (ranked 10th in the final CFP poll), and sixth seed, Penn State (ranked fourth in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group Of Five Conferences
In college football, the Group of Five (G5) are five athletic conferences whose members are part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), in contrast to the power conferences, who are granted a degree of autonomy from certain NCAA rules. In collegiate sports other than football, the conferences are collectively known as mid-majors. The five conferences are the American Athletic Conference (American), Conference USA (CUSA), Mid-American Conference (MAC), Mountain West Conference (MW) and Sun Belt Conference. The Pac-12 Conference – which was formerly a power conference – is generally considered to be a ''de facto'' member of the group since 2021–2026 NCAA conference realignment, a realignment in the early 2020s saw it lose its autonomy status after all but two of its original members left for other power conferences. In addition, three schools compete in FB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
