2024-25 bowl games
2024-25 bowl officiating assignments
Officiating crew conference assignments for the 2024-25 bowl games.
Football Zebras has obtained the officiating assignments to the 2024-25 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.
In the listings below, all times are Eastern. The following symbols are placed next to the names of the officials, and the criteria for those symbols is listed at the bottom of the post. RO is the replay official and CO is the replay communicator.
- ═★═ 2023-24 New Year’s Six or National Championship Game official
- ★ 2023-24 bowl game official
- MDP Mackie Development Program official, the NFL’s development and training pipeline
- PRO XFL, USFL, or UFL official (2022-24)
- CC 2024 conference championship official
First Round Playoffs College Football Playoff First-Round Game¹⁰Indiana vs. ⁷Notre DameNotre Dame Stadium – South Bend, Ind. | 8 p.m. ABC ESPN ESPN+
 College Football Playoff First-Round Game¹¹Southern Methodist vs. ⁶Penn StateBeaver Stadium – University Park, Pa. | Noon TNT MAX
 College Football Playoff First-Round Game¹²Clemson vs. ⁵TexasDarrel K. Royal Memorial Stadium – Austin, Texas | 4 p.m. TNT MAX
 College Football Playoff First-Round Game⁹Tennessee vs. ⁸Ohio StateOhio Stadium – Columbus, Ohio | 8 p.m. ABC ESPN ESPN+
Quarterfinal Playoffs Fiesta Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal)⁶Penn State vs. ³Boise StateState Farm Stadium – Glendale, Ariz. | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Peach Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal)⁵Texas vs. ⁴Arizona StateMercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta | 1 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Rose Bowl Game (CFP Quarterfinal)⁸Ohio State vs. ¹OregonRose Bowl – Pasadena, Calif. | 5 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Sugar Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal)⁷Notre Dame vs. ²GeorgiaCaesars Superdome – New Orleans | 4 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Orange Bowl (CFP Semifinal)⁷Notre Dame vs. ⁶Penn StateHard Rock Stadium – Miami | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Cotton Bowl Classic (CFP Semifinal)⁸Ohio State vs. ⁵TexasAT&T Stadium – Arlington, Texas | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 National Championship GameOrange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl winnerMercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
Opening weekend bowls Celebration BowlJackson State vs. South Carolina StateMercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta | Noon ABC ESPN+
 Salute to Veterans BowlSouth Alabama vs. Western MichiganCramton Bowl – Montgomery, Ala. | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
First week bowls Boca Raton BowlWestern Kentucky vs. James MadisonFAU Stadium – Boca Raton, Fla. | 5:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Frisco BowlMemphis vs. West VirginiaToyota Stadium – Frisco, Texas | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 LA BowlCalifornia vs. UNLVSoFi Stadium – Inglewood, Calif. | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 New Orleans BowlGeorgia Southern vs. Sam HoustonCaesars Superdome – New Orleans | 7 p.m. ESPN2 ESPN+
 Cure BowlOhio vs. Jacksonville StateCamping World Stadium – Orlando | Noon ESPN ESPN+
 Gasparilla BowlTulane vs. FloridaRaymond James Stadium – Tampa | 3:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
Second week bowls Myrtle Beach BowlCoastal Carolina vs. Texas-San AntonioBrooks Stadium – Conway, S.C. | 11 a.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Famous Idaho Potato BowlNorthern Illinois vs. Fresno StateAlbertsons Stadium – Boise, Idaho | 2:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Hawaiʻi BowlSouth Florida vs. San José StateClarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex – Honolulu | 8 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 GameAbove Sports BowlPittsburgh vs. ToledoFord Field – Detroit | 2 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Rate BowlRutgers vs. Kansas StateChase Field – Phoenix | 5:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
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 68 Ventures BowlArkansas State vs. Bowling GreenHancock Whitney Stadium – Mobile, Ala. | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Armed Forces BowlOklahoma vs. NavyAmon G. Carter Stadium – Fort Worth, Texas | Noon ESPN ESPN+
 Birmingham BowlGeorgia Tech vs. VanderbiltProtective Stadium – Birmingham, Ala. | 3:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Liberty BowlTexas Tech vs. ArkansasSimmons Bank Liberty Stadium – Memphis | 7 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Holiday BowlSyracuse vs. Washington StateSnapdragon Stadium – San Diego | 8 p.m. Fox
 Las Vegas BowlTexas A&M vs. USCAllegiant Stadium – Las Vegas | 10:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Fenway BowlConnecticutt vs. North CarolinaFenway Park – Boston | 11 a.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Pinstripe BowlBoston College vs. NebraskaYankee Stadium – The Bronx, N.Y. | Noon ABC ESPN+
 New Mexico BowlLouisiana vs. Texas ChristianUniversity Stadium – Albuquerque, N.M. | 2:15 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Pop-Tarts BowlIowa State vs. MiamiCamping World Stadium – Orlando | 3:30 p.m. ABC ESPN+
 Arizona BowlMiami (Ohio) vs. Colorado StateArizona Stadium – Tucson, Ariz. | 4:30 p.m. CW
 Military BowlEast Carolina vs. North Carolina StateNavy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium – Annapolis, Md. | 5:45 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Alamo BowlBrigham Young vs. ColoradoAlamodome – San Antonio | 7:30 p.m. ABC ESPN+
 Independence BowlLouisiana Tech* vs. ArmyIndependence Stadium – Shreveport, La. | 9:15 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
Third week bowls & New Year’s Music City BowlIowa vs. MissouriNissan Stadium – Nashville | 2:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 ReliaQuest BowlAlabama vs. MichiganRaymond James Stadium – Tampa | Noon ESPN ESPN+
 Sun BowlLouisviile vs. WashingtonSun Bowl – El Paso, Texas | 2 p.m. CBS PARAMOUNT+
 Citrus BowlSouth Carolina vs. IllinoisCamping World Stadium – Orlando | 3 p.m. ABC ESPN+
 Texas BowlBaylor vs. Louisiana StateNRG Stadium – Houston | 3:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Gator BowlDuke vs. Ole MissEverbank Stadium – Jacksonville, Fla. | 8 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 First Responder BowlNorth Texas vs. Texas StateGerald J. Ford Stadium – University Park, Texas | 4 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Duke’s Mayo BowlMinnesota vs. Virginia TechBank of America Stadium – Charlotte, N.C. | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
 Bahamas BowlBuffalo vs. LibertyThomas A. Robinson National Stadium – Nassau, Bahamas | 11 a.m. ESPN2 ESPN+
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Symbol criteria
The following criteria apply to the participation symbols shown above:
Officials that were assigned alternates from last year’s bowls are not marked with a star.
The Mackie Development Program run by the NFL is a development program which the league uses as a hiring pool. Officials will attend meetings and shadow NFL officials during OTAs, training camps, and preseason games. The MDP also assigns officials to college invitational all-star games — Hula Bowl, Senior Bowl, Shrine Bowl, and the Legacy Bowl — for evaluation purposes. Officials marked above must have been in the preseason program or worked a college invitational game in the last 3 years. The NFL did not provide a list for 2023 or 2024 development officials, as they have in previous years, so we used the best available information. Keep in mind that some officials may no longer be in the program, but their departures are not communicated.
The rosters of the spring pro leagues for the the USFL 2022-23, the XFL 2023, and the UFL 2024 seasons are included, but officials who only worked the 2020 XFL are not included as of this year.
Conference championship assignments are indicated for non-alternate officials at the end of the 2024 season.
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Anonymous
December 13, 2024 at 7:50 pm
Weird that you exclude alternate assignments.
matsschwieger
December 19, 2024 at 4:17 am
Found a typo.
The Bs name in the “New Orleans Bowl” is “Kurt Dingmann”.
Anonymous
January 9, 2025 at 10:22 pm
Can somebody please explain what each of the letters means on the back of the referee’s uniforms? I have not been able to find this anywhere on the internet – one that includes “C”. If you can find it, please provide a link. Thank you.