CFP National Championship Locations for 2024, 2025 & Beyond
While Billy Napier may have a lot of work to do to get the Florida Gators to the CFP National Championship, it is still nice to daydream about potential trips to the culmination of the college football season.
With the game rotating to a different city every year, here is where a champion will be crowed for the next three seasons.
CFP National Championship Host Sites
- 2024 – Houston, Texas (NRG Stadium)
Opened in 2002, NRG Stadium is the primary home of the Houston Texas. The stadium hosted Super Bowl 38, the one where Janet Jackson did the thing.
It also hosted Wrestlemania 25, the one where Undertaker first beat Shawn Michaels.
NRG Stadium is also slated to host World Cup matches in 2026.
This will be the first time Houston has hosted the national championship game.
- 2025 – Atlanta, Georgia (Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
Since opening in 2017 to replace the Georgia Dome, Mercedes-Benz Stadium is one of the Crown Jewels of North American stadiums.
Home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta FC, the stadium hosted Super Bowl 53 (the bore fest between Los Angeles and New England).
It was supposed to host the 2020 Final Four, but that didn’t happen due to reasons.
It’s the permanent host of the SEC Championship Game and this will be the second time Atlanta has hosted the CFP National Championship, having served as host in 2018 when some guy named Tua threw a touchdown.
- 2026 – Miami Gardens, Florida (Hard Rock Stadium)
The oldest stadium on the list, Hard Rock Stadium opened as Joe Robbie Stadium in 1986.
It has served host to the Miami Dolphins, the Florida Marlins, six Super Bowls, four BCS national championship games, and Wrestlemania 28 (the one that was once in a lifetime, until it wasn’t).
Hard Rock Stadium also is home to the six people that show up to Miami Hurricanes games and is the annual home of the Orange Bowl.
Miami hosted the CFP National Championship game in 2021 with limited capacity, because reasons.