Football Zebras is obtaining the officiating assignments to the 2024-25 bowl games and will reporting them here.

We are posting here the conference assignments to the bowl games and will update this post with the crew assignments prior to the first bowl games.

Each conference has its own criteria for determining the officials assigned to a bowl game. In some cases, a conference will consider its championship game to be equivalent to a bowl assignment, and not give those officials another postseason game.

Bowls are distributed to the conferences in a manner than an officiating crew is not from one of the participating team’s conferences. The Power conferences work at least 5 bowls each (including all playoff games). The Group of 5 conferences work 3 bowls each.

The College Football Playoff games will be assigned to the four Power conferences, according to sources with knowledge of the process. Eight crews will be assigned to the First Round playoffs and the Quarterfinals, according to a preseason memo from National coordinator of officiating Steve Shaw:

New for this year will be that advancement to the Semifinal games and the National Championship Game will be based on crew performance from the first eight CFP games and avoiding conflict – all subject to approval of the CFP.

This will mirror the playoff assignment principles that we have followed in FCS where we assign the first two rounds of games and then advancement is based on performance with the avoidance of conflict. That process has worked well, and I look forward to implementing this process for the CFP.

First Round Playoffs Friday, Dec. 20 College Football Playoff First-Round Game ¹⁰Indiana vs. ⁷Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium – South Bend, Ind. | 8 p.m. ABC / ESPN ESPN+ Officials Big 12 Saturday, Dec. 21 College Football Playoff First-Round Game ¹¹Southern Methodist vs. ⁶Penn State Beaver Stadium – University Park, Pa. | Noon TNT MAX Officials SEC College Football Playoff First-Round Game ¹²Clemson vs. ⁵Texas Darrel K. Royal Memorial Stadium – Austin, Texas | 4 p.m. TNT MAX Officials Big Ten College Football Playoff First-Round Game ⁹Tennessee vs. ⁸Ohio State Ohio Stadium – Columbus, Ohio | 8 p.m. ABC / ESPN ESPN+ Officials ACC Quarterfinal Playoffs Tuesday, Dec. 31 Fiesta Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal) SMU/Penn State winner vs. ³Boise State State Farm Stadium – Glendale, Ariz. | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials SEC Wednesday, Jan. 1 Peach Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal) Clemson/Texas winner vs. ⁴Arizona State Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta | 1 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Big Ten Wednesday, Jan. 1 Rose Bowl Game (CFP Quarterfinal) Tennessee/Ohio State winner vs. ¹Oregon Rose Bowl – Pasadena, Calif. | 5 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials ACC Final Four bowls Sugar Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal) Indiana/Notre Dame winner vs. ²Georgia Caesars Superdome – New Orleans | 8:45 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Big 12 Thursday, Jan. 9 Orange Bowl (CFP Semifinal) Sugar Bowl winner vs. Fiesta Bowl winner Hard Rock Stadium – Miami | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Crew to be determined after Quarterfinals Friday, Jan. 10 Cotton Bowl Classic (CFP Semifinal) Rose Bowl winner vs. Peach Bowl winner AT&T Stadium – Arlington, Texas | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Crew to be determined after Quarterfinals Monday, Jan. 20 National Championship Game Orange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl winner Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Crew to be determined after Quarterfinals Opening weekend bowls Saturday, Dec. 14 Celebration Bowl Jackson State vs. South Carolina State Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta | Noon ABC ESPN+ Officials Conference USA Salute to Veterans Bowl South Alabama vs. Western Michigan Cramton Bowl – Montgomery, Ala. | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Mountain West First week bowls Tuesday, Dec. 17 Boca Raton Bowl Western Kentucky vs. James Madison FAU Stadium – Boca Raton, Fla. | 5:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Mountain West Frisco Bowl Memphis vs. West Virginia Toyota Stadium – Frisco, Texas | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Sun Belt Wednesday, Dec. 18 LA Bowl California vs. UNLV SoFi Stadium – Inglewood, Calif. | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Sun Belt Thursday, Dec. 19 New Orleans Bowl Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston Caesars Superdome – New Orleans | 7 p.m. ESPN2 ESPN+ Officials MAC Friday, Dec. 20 Cure Bowl Ohio vs. Jacksonville State Camping World Stadium – Orlando | Noon ESPN ESPN+ Officials American Athletic Gasparilla Bowl Tulane vs. Florida Raymond James Stadium – Tampa | 3:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials MAC Second week bowls Monday, Dec. 23 Myrtle Beach Bowl Coastal Carolina vs. Texas-San Antonio Brooks Stadium – Conway, S.C. | 11 a.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Conference USA Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State Albertsons Stadium – Boise, Idaho | 2:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Sun Belt Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaiʻi Bowl South Florida vs. San José State Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex – Honolulu | 8 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Sun Belt Thursday, Dec. 26 GameAbove Sports Bowl Pittsburgh vs. Toledo Ford Field – Detroit | 2 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Conference USA Rate Bowl Rutgers vs. Kansas State Chase Field – Phoenix | 5:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials ACC 68 Ventures Bowl Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green Hancock Whitney Stadium – Mobile, Ala. | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Conference USA Friday, Dec. 27 Armed Forces Bowl Oklahoma vs. Navy Amon G. Carter Stadium – Fort Worth, Texas | Noon ESPN ESPN+ Officials Big 12 Birmingham Bowl Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt Protective Stadium – Birmingham, Ala. | 3:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Big Ten Liberty Bowl Texas Tech vs. Arkansas Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium – Memphis | 7 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Big Ten Holiday Bowl Syracuse vs. Washington State Snapdragon Stadium – San Diego | 8 p.m. Fox Officials Big Ten Las Vegas Bowl Texas A&M vs. USC Allegiant Stadium – Las Vegas | 10:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials ACC Saturday, Dec. 28 Fenway Bowl Connecticutt vs. North Carolina Fenway Park – Boston | 11 a.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Mountain West Pinstripe Bowl Boston College vs. Nebraska Yankee Stadium – The Bronx, N.Y. | Noon ABC ESPN+ Officials SEC New Mexico Bowl Louisiana vs. Texas Christian University Stadium – Albuquerque, N.M. | 2:15 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials American Athletic Pop-Tarts Bowl Iowa State vs. Miami Camping World Stadium – Orlando | 3:30 p.m. ABC ESPN+ Officials SEC Arizona Bowl Miami (Ohio) vs. Colorado State Arizona Stadium – Tucson, Ariz. | 4:30 p.m. CW Officials American Athletic Military Bowl East Carolina vs. North Carolina State Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium – Annapolis, Md. | 5:45 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Mountain West Alamo Bowl Brigham Young vs. Colorado Alamodome – San Antonio | 7:30 p.m. ABC ESPN+ Officials SEC Independence Bowl Marshall vs. Army Independence Stadium – Shreveport, La. | 9:15 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials MAC Third week bowls & New Year’s Monday, Dec. 30 Music City Bowl Iowa vs. Missouri Nissan Stadium – Nashville | 2:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials ACC Tuesday, Dec. 31 ReliaQuest Bowl Alabama vs. Michigan Raymond James Stadium – Tampa | Noon ESPN ESPN+ Officials Big 12 Sun Bowl Louisviile vs. Washington Sun Bowl – El Paso, Texas | 2 p.m. CBS PARAMOUNT+ Officials Big 12 Citrus Bowl South Carolina vs. Illinois Camping World Stadium – Orlando | 3 p.m. ABC ESPN+ Officials Big 12 Texas Bowl Baylor vs. Louisiana State NRG Stadium – Houston | 3:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials ACC Thursday, Jan. 2 Gator Bowl Duke vs. Ole Miss Everbank Stadium – Jacksonville, Fla. | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials Big Ten Friday, Jan. 3 First Responder Bowl North Texas vs. Texas State Gerald J. Ford Stadium – University Park, Texas | 4 p.m. ESPN ESPN+ Officials MAC Duke’s Mayo Bowl Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech Bank of America Stadium – Charlotte, N.C. | 7:30 p.m. ESPN PARAMOUNT+ Officials SEC Saturday, Jan. 4 Bahamas Bowl Buffalo vs. Liberty Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium – Nassau, Bahamas | 11 a.m. ESPN2 ESPN+ Officials American Athletic