ATLANTA (Dec. 8, 2024) – In the first-ever College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, the Big 12 Champion No. 4 seed Arizona State Sun Devils will face the winner of the CFP First Round game between the No. 12 seed Clemson Tigers and to the No. 5 seed Texas Longhorns. The winner of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl will then play in the CFP semifinals the following week.

The 57th Annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl will take place on New Year’s Day at 1:00 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and will be nationally televised by ESPN. This was preceded by the CFP first round game between No. 12 seed Clemson and No TNT/MAX.

The newly expanded 12-team CFP field consists of the five highest-ranked conference champions by the CFP Selection Committee and the seven highest-ranked remaining teams. The four top-seeded conference champions were then seeded one through four, each receiving a first-round bye, while the other eight teams played in the first round, with the higher seeds beating the lower seeds either on campus or elsewhere designated locations by the higher institution. Quarterfinal and semifinal contests will then be played in the New Year’s Six bowl games.

The Sun Devils secured a spot in the CFP after winning the program’s first Big 12 championship with a 45-19 victory over Iowa State in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday.

Arizona State received the four seed and a first-round bye as the Big 12’s fourth-seeded conference champion, while Texas finished fifth in the SEC and Clemson received the 12th overall seed as ACC champion.

“We are ushering in the new era of our sport and the expanded College Football Playoff with a compelling matchup in our first-ever quarterfinal game at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl,” said Gary Stokan, Peach Bowl, Inc . CEO and President. “We look forward to welcoming Arizona State and either Clemson or Texas to the capital of college football as the teams compete for a chance to return to Atlanta when the city hosts its second CFP National Championship on January 20th .”

This is Arizona State’s first CFP appearance and its second trip to the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The Sun Devils’ only previous Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl came in 1970, when No. 8 Arizona State defeated No. 8 North Carolina 48-26.

“It is an honor to welcome Arizona State back to our game for the first time in 54 years, as well as being the winner of the Clemson-Texas showdown,” he said Percy VaughnChairman of Peach Bowl, Inc. “All of these teams have had outstanding seasons and we expect to ring in the new year with one of the most important games of the season as the winner takes a step toward a national title with a spot in the CFP semifinals would like to come closer.” .”

This will mark Clemson’s seventh CFP appearance, while Texas is participating in the CFP for the second straight year and the Longhorns are looking to earn the program’s first playoff win. The Tigers lead all other programs with eight appearances in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and are hoping to return to play for the first time since 2012. Should the Longhorns advance, they would make their first appearance at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

Arizona State’s only previous meeting with Texas came in the 2007 Holiday Bowl, where the Longhorns defeated the Sun Devils 52-34. Clemson and Arizona State have never met on the gridiron.

The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl last hosted a CFP game in 2022, when eventual No. 1 national champion Georgia defeated No. 4 Ohio State 42-41 in the CFP semifinals. This game’s attendance of 79,330 set new records at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and Mercedes-Benz Stadium and surpassed the number of fans who attended Super Bowl LIII, the 2018 CFP National Championship and the SEC Championship at the same venue . The New Year’s Eve primetime showdown also reached a total television audience of 22.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl ever and the most-watched college football game of the 2022 season.

The first supply of tickets for this year’s CFP quarterfinals at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl has already sold out. This is the 25th time the Bowl has been sold out in the last 28 games since 1997.

Ticket availability on the secondary market via Ticketmaster

Fans still interested in finding tickets on the secondary ticket market can visit the official Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl ticket exchange Ticketmaster. It often happens that prices on the secondary market exceed the face value. Visit https://chick-fil-apeachbowl.com/tickets to view tickets for resale on the exchange.