Do you ever dream of coming home and being greeted by a colorful fruit bowl? Just imagine, a place for those shiny, candy red apples atop a mountain of melons that are just calling your name.

The other four games — the Cotton Bowl, the Orange Bowl, the Peach Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl — rotate being quarterfinal and semifinal sites in the current format. After hosting a semifinal to ...

The final four teams in the 12-team CFP field will play in either the Fiesta Bowl or Peach Bowl for a spot in the national championship game. REQUIRED READING: In Tennessee-Nico Iamaleava breakup ...

As for the other quarterfinal game, the Cotton Bowl will be contested on New Year’s Eve, with a kickoff time of 7:30 p.m. ET. Both semifinal games, the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl ...

This year’s CFP Semifinals include the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 8, followed by the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl the next night. The national championship is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 19 ...

The Orange Bowl will kick off the tripleheader at noon ET, and the Sugar Bowl will begin at 8 ET. The Fiesta and Peach Bowls will take their turns as semifinal hosts in 2026. The Fiesta Bowl will ...

The 2026 Fiesta Bowl will be played on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026 as the first game of the College Football Playoff semifinals, the College Football Playoff and ESPN announced Tuesday. The game at ...

January 8 7:30 p.m. Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl ESPN Friday, January 9 7:30 p.m. Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl ESPN Monday, January 19 7:30 p.m. College Football ...