The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff will kick off with a first-round game on Dec. 20 and conclude with the title game one month later in Atlanta.
The CFP announced its entire schedule on Wednesday. The four first-round games will be on Dec. 20 and 21. ABC and ESPN will televise games on Friday and Saturday night with an 8 p.m. EST kickoff, while TNT will have the Dec. 21 afternoon games at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. The afternoon games will go up against a pair of NFL games with the Houston Texans taking on the Kansas City Chiefs at 1 p.m. and the Baltimore Ravens against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 4:30 p.m on FOX and the FOX Sports App.
The four first-round games, which will be played on college campuses, will be announced on Dec. 8. TNT has a pair of games through a sublicense with ESPN.ESPN's $7.8 billion deal with the CFP, which was announced in March, allowed it to sublicense games to other networks. Financial terms of the sublicense were not announced.The quarterfinals, semifinals and championship will air on ESPN.The top four conference champions will receive first-round byes. The quarterfinals will begin on Dec.
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