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Need tickets for your team's College Football Playoff game? Here's info on how to score


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Now that the College Football Playoff matchups and schedule have been released, diehard fans for all 12 teams that are still alive can start making travel plans to cheer on their teams in person.

The most important element for those potential road trips is, of course, securing tickets to the games.

While the top four seeds – Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State – have an extra week before they have to play their first games, fans of the teams playing first-round games need to get to work quickly. Fortunately, we have all the information you need to secure those golden tickets.

FULL BOWL LINEUP: Schedule, matchups, times for all 46 postseason games

College Football Playoff matchups, schedule

All first-round games will take place at the home field of the higher-seeded team and will be played on either Friday, Dec. 20 or Saturday, Dec. 21.

CFP First round

No. 5 Texas vs. No. 12 Clemson

  • Saturday, Dec. 21 at 4 p.m. ET on TNT and Max
  • Darrel K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
  • Winner will play No. 4 Arizona State in quarterfinals

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No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 11 SMU

  • Saturday, Dec. 21 at noon ET on TNT and Max
  • Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania
  • Winner will play No. 3 Boise State in quarterfinals

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No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Indiana

  • Friday, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN and ABC
  • Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
  • Winner will play No. 2 Georgia in quarterfinals

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No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Tennessee

  • Saturday, Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN and ABC
  • Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, 8 p.m. ET
  • Winner will play No. 1 Oregon in quarterfinals

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CFP championship bracket

CFP Quarterfinals

No. 4 Arizona State vs. Texas/Clemson winner

  • Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (Atlanta)
  • Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN

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No. 1 Oregon vs. Ohio State/Tennessee winner

  • Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
  • Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN and ABC

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No. 3 Boise State vs. Penn State/SMU winner

  • Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Arizona)
  • Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN

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No. 2 Georgia vs. Notre Dame/Indiana winner

  • Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)
  • Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 8:45 p.m. ET on ESPN

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CFP Semifinals

National semifinal 1

  • Capital One Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens, Florida)
  • Thursday, Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN

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National semifinal 2

  • Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (Arlington, Texas)
  • Friday, Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m ET on ESPN

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CFP national championship game

  • Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta.
  • Monday, Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN

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