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College Football on TNT. How does that sound? Weird, right? Well, it is coming soon. Today, ESPN and TNT Sports announced a new partnership in which TNT will sublicense College Football Playoffs games. Beginning next season, TNT will broadcast two first-round CFP games for the next five years. Additionally, TNT will broadcast two quarterfinal games starting in 2026 through 2028.
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ESPN will present the remaining games across its platforms, including the CFP National Championship Game, as the new 12-team playoff format debuts.
TNT’s College Football Playoff partnership with ESPN comes as the network is on the verge of losing its NBA rights to NBC in 2025-26. Before the “Inside The NBA” band breaks up, I hope we get a football broadcast with Shaq and Charles Barkley. I’d watch them call a Penn State-Oregon game next season.
Key dates for the 2024-25 CFP schedule:
- CFP First Round, Dec. 20-21
- CFP Quarterfinals:
- CFP Semifinals:
- CFP National Championship Game, Jan. 20 (Atlanta, Ga.)
College Football Playoff 12-Team Bracket
First Round (on-campus games)
- Game 1: No. 5 Seed vs. No. 12 Seed
- Game 2: No. 6 Seed vs. No. 11 Seed
- Game 3: No. 7 Seed vs. No. 10 Seed
- Game 4: No. 8 Seed vs. No. 9 Seed
Quarterfinals (bowl games)
- Game 5: No. 1 Seed vs. Winner of Game 4
- Game 6: No. 2 Seed vs. Winner of Game 3
- Game 7: No. 3 Seed vs. Winner of Game 2
- Game 8: No. 4 Seed vs. Winner of Game 1
Semifinals (bowl games)
- Game 9: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 8
- Game 10: Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 7
National Championship
- Game 11: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10
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