New Orleans lands extra College Football Playoff video games at Sugar Bowl

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – New Orleans will stay a serious cease on the College Football Playoff calendar for years to return.

The College Football Playoff introduced Thursday that the Allstate Sugar Bowl will host further CFP quarterfinal and semifinal video games in the course of the 2028-31 playoff cycle, securing extra main faculty soccer video games for Caesars Superdome.

The Sugar Bowl Committee will stage CFP quarterfinal matchups on Jan. 1, 2029, and Jan. 1, 2032. The Sugar Bowl may even host CFP semifinal video games on Jan. 10, 2030, and Jan. 10, 2031.

The announcement provides to an already packed CFP calendar for New Orleans. The upcoming season will see the Sugar Bowl host a CFP semifinal on Jan. 15, 2027, marking the fourth time the sport has hosted a CFP semifinal for the reason that playoff started in 2014.

During the 2027-28 season, New Orleans will host two main CFP video games. The Sugar Bowl will host a CFP quarterfinal on Dec. 31, 2027, adopted by the CFP National Championship on Jan. 24, 2028.

The newly introduced Sugar Bowl CFP dates are:

• 2028-29 season: CFP Quarterfinal on the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2029
• 2029-30 season: CFP Semifinal on the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 10, 2030
• 2030-31 season: CFP Semifinal on the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 10, 2031
• 2031-32 season: CFP Quarterfinal on the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2032

The Sugar Bowl has been tied to New Orleans since its first sport on Jan. 1, 1935, when Tulane defeated Temple at Tulane Stadium. The sport moved to the Superdome in 1975 and has remained one of many metropolis’s signature annual sporting occasions. The January 2006 Sugar Bowl was moved to Atlanta after Hurricane Katrina.

The sport’s most up-to-date version, performed Jan. 1, 2026, additionally served as a CFP quarterfinal. Ole Miss defeated Georgia 39-34 earlier than an introduced crowd of 68,371 at Caesars Superdome.

Over its 92-year historical past, the Sugar Bowl has hosted 29 nationwide champions, 114 College Football Hall of Fame gamers, 55 College Football Hall of Fame coaches and 21 Heisman Trophy winners.

The announcement means New Orleans is about to host not less than six CFP video games tied to the Sugar Bowl between the 2026 and 2031 seasons, together with the 2028 CFP National Championship.

The College Football Playoff contains 4 first-round video games performed on campus websites earlier than the quarterfinals and semifinals rotate among the many New Year’s Six bowls: the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl.

The 2027 College Football Playoff National Championship will probably be performed Jan. 25, 2027, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

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