College Football Playoff ranking release schedule: Dates, times for 2024 season

The college football season is less than two weeks away from commencing, now the dates for the release of College Football Playoff rankings have been set.

Thursday morning the College Football Playoff Selection Committee outlined today its schedule for releasing its rankings this season as the selection committee convened in Southern California this week.

The rankings will be announced for the first time on Tuesday, November 5, the American Election Day and Week 11 of the 2024 season and will be published over a period of four weeks and three days before the release of the first 12-team CFP. The committee also laid down that as the five winners of conference championships take automatic status for the playoff, the four of them that emerge top will get first round waivers, and as such conference championships are no longer a criteria for breaking ties.

Here are the dates and times for the College Football Playoff rankings release:Here are the dates and times for the College Football Playoff rankings release:

College Football Playoff rankings schedule, Date and time

Monday, November 4, 2013 7 p. m. ET

November 12, 2013 – Tuesday at 9 p. m. ET (miscellaneous announcement during the breaks of the State Farm Champions Classic college basketball games)

Tuesday November 19: 7. 00 p. m. ET

Tuesday Nov. 26 : At 8 p. ET

Tuesday, Dec. 3: 7 p. m. ET

Sunday, Dec. 8 (Selection Sunday): 12 p. m. , Eastern Time

When is the College Football Playoff?

The 12-team College Football Playoff will begin on Dec. 20 and will culminate with the national championship game on Jan. 20, 2025: Here is the full schedule:The 12-team College Football Playoff will begin on Dec. 20 and will culminate with the national championship game on Jan. 20, 2025: Here is the full schedule:

First round

Saturday, December 21, 2024: One game (Campus sites)

The last of the play offs to include Three games (Campus siteS) Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024

Quarterfinals

January 1, 2025, Fiesta Bowl

January 1, 2025; Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl & Sugar Bowl

Semifinals

Thursday, Jan. 9: Orange Bowl

Cotton Bowl, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025

National Championship

January 20, 2025, a Monday: Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta