2023-24 College Football National Championship Game Selection Information

 

The College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Committee is set for the 2023-2024 season.

The CFP selection committee selects the top four teams in the playoff and assigns them to semifinal games. The committee meets in-person beginning late in the football season and produces a ranking of the top 25 teams each week leading up to its final selections. 

 

Committee members will convene in person on Mondays and Tuesdays. Their rankings will be revealed on ESPN from 6 to 7 pm (Central) on Tuesday, October 31; Tuesday, November 7; Tuesday, November 14; Tuesday, November 21; and Tuesday, November 28. The final rankings will be revealed on ESPN from 11 am to 3 pm (Central) on ESPN on "Selection Sunday," December 3. 

 

Selection committee members are: Chris Ault (University of Nevada); Mitch Barnhart (athletics director, University of Kentucky); Jennifer Cohen (University of Washington); Boo Corrigan (chair) (athletics director, North Carolina State University); Chet Gladchuk (athletics director at the US Naval Academy); Jim Grobe (Marshall); Warde Manuel (athletics director at the University of Michigan); David Sayler (Miami, Ohio); Will Shields (former All-American offensive lineman, University of Nebraska); Gene Taylor (athletics director, Kansas State University); Joe Taylor (Vice President for Athletics and Community Wellness, Virginia Union University); Rod West (group president Entergy Corporation and former linebacker at the University of Notre Dame); and Kelly Whiteside (associate professor in Sports Media and Journalism, Montclair State University; longtime sportswriter, USA Today, Sports Illustrated and Newsday).

On Selection Sunday, the committee will announce the rankings and the matchups of the top four teams for the 2023 Playoff Semifinals at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, California. Both games will be played on January 1, 2024.

The committee also will announce the pairings for the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (December 29, 2023), Capital One Orange Bowl (December 30, 2023), Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (December 30, 2023) and the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (January 1, 2024).

 

This season's 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship Game will be played at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Monday, January 8, 2024.

 

The 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship Game will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, January 6, 2025.

The 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship Game will be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Monday, January 5, 2026.