Schedule, results, TV for playoffs

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals are complete after the final three games of the first round were decided on Saturday.

The home team won all four of their opening round games after gaining early leads in the first half of their respective games.

Penn State will face Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve after a convincing win over SMU. After the Fighting Irish’s win over Indiana, Notre Dame will play Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. The winner of those two bowl games will meet in the semifinal game of the Orange Bowl the following week.

Texas travels to the Peach Bowl to play running back Cam Skattebo and the Arizona State Sun Devils. Ohio State travels to the Rose Bowl for a rematch against the top-seeded Oregon Ducks. The Buckeyes (2022) and Ducks (2020) won their most recent appearances in the Rose Bowl Game. The winner of these two games will meet in the Cotton Bowl.

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College Football Playoff first round results

FRIDAY, DEC. 20

Game 1: No. 7 Notre Dame def. No. 10 Indiana, 27-17

SATURDAY, DEC. 21

Game 2: No. 6 Penn State def. No. 11 SMU, 38-10
Game 3: No. 5 Texas def. No. 12 Clemson, 38-24
Game 4: No. 8 Ohio State def. No. 9 Tennessee, 42-17

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College Football Playoff quarterfinal schedule

The four quarterfinal games will be played on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in place of four bowl games, including one game on December 31st and three on January 1st.

Always east

TUESDAY, DEC. 31

Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Boise State vs. No. 6 Penn State, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1ST

Peach peel: No. 4 Arizona State vs. No. 5 Texas, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Rose bowl: No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 8 Ohio State, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Sugar bowl: No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 7 Notre Dame, 8:45 p.m. (ESPN)

When are the College Football Playoff semifinals?

The semifinal games will be played on January 9th and 10th at the site of two bowl games.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 9

Orange peel: Fiesta Bowl winners vs. Sugar Bowl winners, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 10

Cotton cup: Peach Bowl winners vs. Rose Bowl winners, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

When is the College Football Playoff National Championship?

Date: Monday, January 20th
Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta
Who?: Orange Bowl winners vs. Cotton Bowl winners, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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