2024-25 bowl games
SEC officiating crew assigned to the National Championship
This year’s crew also worked the Fiesta Bowl
The expanded playoffs have lead to a level-up assignment procedure for the Semifinal and National Championship games. After the first eight games were played, the crews for the final three games were determined.
All playoff games in the bowl subdivision are officiated by Power conference crews — ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC. All crew assignments are made in coordination with the College Football Playoff administration.
The Semifinal crews were announced last week, but the Championship crew was not. The assignment would go to one of the higher ranked playoff crews, but a crew could not work a game with a team from the same conference.
This leaves the SEC as the odd conference out, as the ACC and Big 12 worked the semifinal round and the Ohio State Buckeyes locked out a Big Ten crew from working.
The SEC crew is the same crew that worked the Fiesta Bowl.
National Championship Game
⁸Ohio State vs. ⁷Notre Dame
Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+
| Officials | SEC | |
|---|---|---|
| R | Steve Marlowe | ═★═ CC |
| U | Brent Sowell | ★ CC |
| H | Chad Green | ★ MDP PRO CC |
| L | Jeremiah Harris | MDP PRO CC |
| F | Phillip Davenport | ═★═ CC |
| S | Justin Larrew | ═★═ MDP PRO CC |
| B | Keith Parham | CC |
| C | Jason McArthur | ★ CC |
| ALT | David Smith | ★ |
| RO | John Allmond | ★ CC |
| CO | Bryan Greenwood | ★ CC |
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Anonymous
January 12, 2025 at 10:52 pm
Steve Marlowe is a damn good official.
David Steinle
January 13, 2025 at 7:45 am
First time an SEC crew has officiated a CFP championship game, and the first time for the SEC officiating any championship game since the Orange Bowl following the 2004 season.
The ACC was also ineligible to officiate the championship game with Notre Dame playing. As part of their contract with the conference, the Fighting Irish must use ACC officials to call its games against conference teams, whether it be in South Bend or an ACC stadium. Additionally, ACC officials call Notre Dame road games vs. non-ACC teams (this year vs. Navy and USC).