WASHINGTON– The very first year of the 12-team University Football Playoff will certainly start with a first-round video game on Dec. 20 and wrap up with the title video game one month later on in Atlanta.
The CFP introduced its whole routine on Wednesday. The 4 first-round video games will certainly get on Dec. 20 and 21. ABC and ESPN will certainly air video games on Friday and Saturday evening with an 8 p.m. EST first, while TNT will certainly have the Dec. 21 mid-day video games at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. The mid-day video games will certainly face a set of NFL video games with Houston-Kansas City at 1 p.m. and Baltimore-Pittsburgh at 4:30 p.m.
Mike Mulvihill, Fox head of state for understandings and analytics, believes there will certainly be area to suit both target markets. Fox has the Ravens-Steelers video game as it takes on a CFP late mid-day matches.
” I assume it will certainly be great for the NFL and university football to exist side-by-side on that particular day. I assume both occasions will certainly rank simply great,” he stated.
The 4 first-round video games, which will certainly be used university universities, will certainly be introduced on Dec. 8. TNT has a set of video games via a sublicense with ESPN.
ESPN’s $ 7.8 billion offer with the CFP, which was introduced in March, enabled it to sublicense video games to various other networks. Financial regards to the sublicense were not introduced.
The quarterfinals, semifinals and champion will certainly broadcast on ESPN.
The leading 4 meeting champs will certainly obtain first-round byes. The quarterfinals will certainly start on Dec. 31 with the Carnival Dish at 7:30 p.m. New Year’s Day will certainly kickoff with the Peach Dish at 1 p.m. adhered to by the Rose Dish in its typical 5 p.m. place and the Sugar Dish at 8:45 p.m.
The semifinals are the Orange Dish on Jan. 9 and Cotton Dish on Jan. 10. Both have 7:30 p.m. begin times prior to the national championship occurs on Jan. 20 in Atlanta.
ESPN will certainly reveal its routine for the majority of the championship game on Thursday.