ESPN will feature more than two dozen offerings during the first-ever quarterfinal showdowns of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff on Tuesday, December 31, and Wednesday, January 1, courtesy of ESPN’s unique CFP MegaCast Production. The primary broadcast of all four games will be on ESPN, with additional viewing options on ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, SEC Network, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App.

Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show Presenting MegaCast offering from Pasadena
MegaCast fan favorite for the third year in a row Field pass returns to the College Football Playoff. Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show offers entertaining, free-flowing commentary on the CFP quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential on ESPN2, featuring top-ranked Oregon and No. 8 Ohio State. Pat McAfee will anchor the coverage and dictate the action as he prowls the sidelines of the Rose Bowl. He will be joined throughout the game by a number of ESPN analysts, notables and celebrities. His regular guest The Pat McAfee Show crew of AJ Hawk, Darius Butler, Connor Campbell, Ty Schmit And Clay Digswill join McAfee from “The Granddaddy of Them All.”

New to this year’s College Football Playoff presentation is the integration of MindFly technology during the playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential and the Allstate Sugar Bowl. ESPN will attach MindFly BodyCams to three referees (referee, center judge and head linesman) to provide viewers with unprecedented, decisive footage of close plays during these two CFP quarterfinals. The camera is presented as part of AT&T’s “Connected Cam” sponsorship. The wearable camera technology uses an AI-stabilized POV camera with a built-in microphone.

Additional alternative presentations (all available on the ESPN app):

• Command Center (ESPN2 – Fiesta, Peach, Sugar/ESPNU – Rose): A multi-angle presentation that includes up to four different angles simultaneously, with real-time player and team statistics complementing gameplay.
• SkyCast (ESPNU – Fiesta, Peach, Sugar/ESPNEWS – Rose): The view from above of the action and behind the offense, which is popular for most plays. This unique angle has long been one of ESPN’s alternative viewing options and is available at multiple games each week. Replays are shown every time the main show presents a replay, without losing the SkyCam look.
  • For the first time, Vrbo presents the SkyCast offering for the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve. This AltCast will bring Vrbo’s “No Host” theme to life and will also include a QR code encouraging fans to participate and have a chance to win four (4) tickets to the 2025 CFP National Championship on Monday, November January 20, win $15,000 OneKeyCash.

CFP Marching Bands on the ESPN app
For the fourth consecutive year, the College Football Playoff marching band halftime performances will be available on the ESPN app. The sights and sounds of the Blue Thunder Marching Band, Penn State Blue Band, Sun Devil Marching Band, Longhorn Band, Oregon Marching Band, Ohio State University Marching Band, Georgia Redcoat Marching Band and Band of Fighting Irish will be featured live stream their respective College Football Playoff quarterfinals via the All-22 view.

Commentators ready for quarterfinal showdowns
In addition to the numerous ESPN presentations, fans can hear the CFP Quarterfinals call from a variety of broadcast teams:

• Main broadcast (ESPN): ESPN’s top commentary team Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit And Holly Rowe next to Stormy Buonantonie are on the call for the Playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential. Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick, Kris Budden And Tom Luginbill will announce the playoff quarterfinals at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. The CFP action kicks off on New Year’s Day Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, Katie George And Taylor McGregor in the playoff quarterfinals at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, during Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy, Molly McGrath And Laura Rutledge End the evening with the playoff quarterfinals in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
• ESPN Radio (ESPN app): Broadcasts of all four quarterfinals will be available nationwide on more than 400 ESPN Radio stations, the ESPN app, ESPNRadio.com, SiriusXM, Apple Music, iHeartRadio and TuneIn.

• • Penn State/Boise State: Mike Couzens, Max Starks, Lauren Sisler
  • State of Texas/Arizona: Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra
  • Ohio State/Oregon: Marc Kestecher, Kelly Stouffer, Ian Fitzsimmons
  • Notre Dame/Georgia: Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
• Hometown Audio (SEC Network): Texas and Georgia fans will be able to hear the local radio broadcast of the Texas and Georgia quarterfinal games, with their audio feed synchronized with ESPN’s SkyCast presentation on SEC Network. This MegaCast feed is made possible in partnership with the Longhorn Radio Network Powered by LEARFIELD and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network by IMG College, featuring Craig Way, Roger Wallace and Will Matthews for the Longhorns and Scott Howard, Eric Zeier and DJ Shockley for the Bulldogs .
• Spanish Showcases (ESPN Deportes/ESPN App): All four quarterfinals feature Spanish-language calls with Eduardo Varela and Pablo Viruega (Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and Rose Bowl Presented by Prudential), Eitan Benezra and Alex Pombo (Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl), and Javier Trejo Garay and Miquel Pasquel (Allstate). sugar bowl).

Studio shows are in the quarterfinals on ESPN and SEC Network
College GameDay, built by The Home Depot continues its playoff run with a special edition from the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl Game, presented by Prudential on Wednesday, January 1 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.). Rece Davis is leading the show in its 10th season at the helm, supported at the desk by Matchday Analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee And Nick Saban. reporter Jen Lada And Jess SimsCollege Football Insider Pete Thamel and college football betting analyst “Stanford Steve” Coughlin round that off Matchday On-air crew for the quarterfinals. ESPN will show studio footage throughout the day on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day surrounding the CFP.

SEC Network will also offer on-site studio programming for the CFP quarterfinals featuring Texas and Georgia, with all shows presented by Allstate. On Monday, December 30th, SEC this morning hosted by Peter Burns And Chris Doering will air live from SEC Network’s Charlotte studios from 9 a.m. to noon, with real-time coverage of the CFP Quarterfinal Media Days ahead of Texas/Arizona State and Notre Dame/Georgia. The Paul Finebaum Show will broadcast live from New Orleans on Monday and Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m., with a short program on Wednesday about the SEC teams in the quarterfinals.

Dari Nowkhah, Chris Doering And Benjamin Watson will bring Atlanta viewers to the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Laura Rutledge, Paul Finebaum, Roman Harper, Tim Tebow And Jordan Rodgers Post in New Orleans for the Allstate Sugar Bowl. SEC now will enjoy the perspective of both sets on New Year’s Eve from 7 to 8 p.m., while the trio Nowkhah, Doering and Watson will be seen live from Atlanta and Mercedes-Benz Stadium on New Year’s Day from 12 p.m. SEC Nation with Rutledge, Marty Smith, Finebaum, Harper, Tebow and Rodgers will kick off at Caesars Superdome at 7 p.m., and the crew of Smith, Harper and Tebow will take over at halftime. SEC Football Finals will bring the action to a close at the end of the evening from the Big Easy.

Digital program contributions for the postseason available
Matt Simms, Sam Ravech And Skubie Mageza will host a digital post-game show titled The summary, at the end of each round. Live from studios in Bristol, Connecticut, the trio will watch the final game of the day and break down all the action. The show is available to stream live on YouTube, Facebook and the ESPN app and will be broadcast live on January 1st, January 10th and January 20th. The kickoffwith Gary Striewski And Randy Scottconcludes the college football season with two episodes remaining on December 27th and January 17th at 11am

Second episode of ESPN Original Inside the College Football Playoff, presented by Capital One Coming December 27 on ESPN+ (Watch trailer)
This winter, the series expanded to five episodes with a one-hour season premiere. Inside the College Football Playoff, presented by Capital One returns to ESPN+. Episode 1 gave fans the opportunity to relive the incredible journeys of this year’s top teams and explore how college football has evolved into this exciting new era. Episode 2 – Bring It Home, premiering Friday, December 27, takes viewers on campus for the first round of the CFP as fans experience the excitement of a hometown atmosphere with postseason implications. Episodes are also available to stream on Disney+ and will be rebroadcast on ESPN and ESPN2. The next ESPN+ premiere dates for the final three episodes are Tuesday, January 7, Wednesday, January 15, and Friday, January 24.

ESPN and TSN are teaming up to bring CFP to the big screen
ESPN has extended its theatrical distribution agreement with Theater Sports Network (TSN) to present all 11 games of the College Football Playoff (CFP). To find your local listings, visit TheaterSportsNetwork.com. Additionally, Cosm’s Los Angeles and Dallas locations will also provide immersive game viewing experiences during this year’s College Football Playoff.

As the exclusive home of the CFP since the event’s premiere in 2015, ESPN expanded its current package through the 2025–26 season and extended its rights agreement through the 2031–32 season, adding all four games of the new CFP First Round each year to ESPN’s existing six New Year’s Games (now playoff quarterfinals and playoff semifinals) and the CFP National Championship.