This year's CFP national championship is set for kickoff at 7:30 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 20. The game will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Learn more >

Notre Dame and Ohio State will play at Mercedez Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The title game is on Monday, Jan. 20. It kicks off at 5:30 pm. MT/6:30 p.m. CT. The Notre Dame-Ohio State game will be televised nationally on ESPN.

The 2025 CFP National Championship Game is set for January 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET. If January 20 seems later than usual, that’s because it is. With the expansion of the playoff to 12 teams, the national title game has been pushed back approximately 10 days to allow for the additional games.

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, who went to high school at CBC, takes a handoff from quarterback Riley Leonard in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in New Orleans. Love ran for 19 yards in his team’s 23-10 Sugar Bowl victory.

Bowl season culminates with the College Football Playoff National Championship, which will crown the first champion of the new 12-team playoff on Monday, January 20. Next up in deciding the two teams that will ultimately play in that championship game are the CFP quarterfinals, which conclude on New Year’s Day with three matchups.

College football embarks on a historic round of semifinal playoff games as the expanded 12-team format is narrowed down to four contenders for the national championship. With things set to kick off, let’s lock in our final predictions against the spread for the two big games.