The College Football Playoff announced Monday the dates and times next season for its quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game, including the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl semifinal at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Jan. 9.

The quarterfinals will begin New Year’s Eve with the Cotton Bowl at 7:30 p.m. The three other quarterfinals games are set for New Year’s Day: the Orange Bowl at noon, the Rose Bowl at 4 p.m. and the Sugar Bowl at 8 p.m.

The Peach Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl will host the semifinals next season. The Fiesta will go first, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8, followed the next day by the Peach Bowl, also at 7:30 p.m.

The winning teams from the Peach and the Fiesta will meet in the CFP Championship game at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

ESPN will televise all seven of those games.

Times and network information for the eight first-round games will come later from the CFP.

The Peach Bowl hosted a quarterfinals game this past season. Texas defeated Arizona State 39-31.

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