'College GameDay' announces CFP quarterfinals location

ESPN's "College GameDay" will be attending one quarterfinal game in the College Football Playoff. GameDay is set to attend the Rose Bowl game (kickoff at 4 p.m. ET) on Thursday, Jan. 1. The No. 9 seed Alabama Crimson Tide play the No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers in the Rose Bowl, which is one of four playoff quarterfinals.

On New Year's Day, GameDay's coverage will begin at 9 a.m. and run until noon ET as usual. The show will be held in the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.

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GameDay opted to attend the Rose Bowl over the Sugar Bowl (Georgia vs. Ole Miss), Cotton Bowl (Ohio State vs. Miami) and Orange Bowl (Oregon vs. Texas Tech). GameDay could not go wrong with choosing where to go for quarterfinals, which are all expected to be very competitive games.

Rece Davis, Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit, Nick Saban and Pat McAfee will all be in Pasadena for GameDay's show live from the Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl will mark the third straight Alabama game that GameDay has attended.

GameDay's 2025 season locations

• Week 1: Texas at Ohio State

• Week 2: Michigan at Oklahoma

• Week 4: Florida at Miami

• Week 5: Oregon at Penn State

• Week 6: Vanderbilt at Alabama

• Week 7: Indiana at Oregon

• Week 9: Missouri at Vanderbilt

• Week 10: Cincinnati at Utah

• Week 11: BYU at Texas Tech

• Week 12: Notre Dame at Pittsburgh

• Week 13: USC at Oregon

• Week 14: Ohio State at Michigan

• Championship Week: Georgia vs. Alabama (SEC championship)

• Playoff first-round: Alabama at Oklahoma (Friday)

• Playoff first-round: Miami at Texas A&M (Saturday)

• Playoff quarterfinals: Alabama vs. Indiana (Rose Bowl)

CFP quarterfinals schedule

• Ohio State vs. Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 31 (ESPN/ESPN2)

• Texas Tech vs. Oregon, noon ET on Thursday, Jan. 1 (ESPN/ESPN2)

• Indiana vs. Alabama, 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 1 (ESPN/ESPN2)

• Georgia vs. Ole Miss, 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 1 (ESPN/ESPN2)

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