| IRVING, Texas – Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the College Football Playoff (CFP), announced today that the CFP’s Management Committee has selected the sites for the 2025 and 2026 national championship games. The 2026 title game will take place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Miami also hosted the 2021 CFP National Championship. The location of the 2025 national championship game was also confirmed, and an announcement on that site will be made in the near future. “We are delighted to be returning to Miami,” Hancock said. “South Florida was a great host for the 2021 national championship game despite the event having to be scaled back because of COVID-19, and we look forward to returning in 2026 with a full complement of events and activities during national championship weekend. The first-class stadium, convention center, hotels and supportive people in South Florida made the decision to return quite easy. The CFP National Championship has become one of the most popular sporting events in the United States in a short period of time, and we look forward to a terrific celebration in Miami in 2026.” Following are the communities in which the first 10 national championship games of the playoff era have been played or are scheduled to be played: |
| 2015: | North Texas (AT&T Stadium, Arlington) |
| 2016: | Arizona (University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale) |
| 2017: | Tampa Bay (Raymond James Stadium, Tampa) |
| 2018: | Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium) |
| 2019: | Bay Area (Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara) |
| 2020: | New Orleans (Mercedes-Benz Superdome) |
| 2021: | Miami (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens) |
| 2022: | Indianapolis (Lucas Oil Stadium) |
| 2023: | Los Angeles (SoFi Stadium, Inglewood) |
| 2024: | Houston (NRG Stadium) |
| For more information on the CFP, visit CollegeFootballPlayoff.com. -#CFBPlayoff- About the College Football Playoff The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 ranked team vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among six bowl games – the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game. This season’s Playoff Semifinals will take place Saturday, December 31, 2022, at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The Los Angeles region will host the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, January 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium. |
