2025 Peach Bowl
| 2025 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||
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| College Football Playoff Quarterfinal 57th Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Larry Smith (Big Ten)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (analyst), and Katie George (sideline) (ESPN) Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), and Paul Carcaterra (sideline) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Peach Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The 57th annual Peach Bowl game will be one of the college football playoff quarterfinal games and will feature two of the playoff teams. The Peach Bowl will be one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. Sponsored by restaurant chain Chick-fil-A, the game is officially known as the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.[2][3]
Background
The 2024 Peach bowl is a quarterfinal game for the College Football Playoff (CFP).[4] Arizona State being the number 12 team in the final CFP rankings and winning the their conference championship game, received an automatic bye in the new 12 team format of the CFP and was selected to play in the bowl game as the 4th seed. No. 12 Clemson and No. 5 Texas will compete for the other spot in the Peach Bowl on December 21, 2024.[4][5] The winner of the Peach Bowl will advance in the playoff to the Cotton Bowl to face the winner of the Rose Bowl.[6]
If Texas wins their first round game, this will be the second all-time meeting between the Sun Devils and the Longhorns, with the first meeting taking place in the 2007 Holiday Bowl,[7] while the game would be the first time Clemson and Arizona State have played each other should the Tigers win their game against the Longhorns.[8]
| First round | Peach Bowl | ||||||||
| 4 | Arizona State | ||||||||
| 12 | Clemson | ||||||||
| 5 | Texas | ||||||||
Teams
Arizona State Sun Devils
The bowl game will be the second Peach Bowl appearance for the Sun Devils with a record of 1–0, with the program's last appearance in the 1970 game.[9] Arizona State will enter the game as the Big 12 Conference Champions with an 11–2 record (7–2 in conference), their first season in the conference.[10]
Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 16/3 Clemson/Texas | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| No. 12 Arizona State | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia
- Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
- Game time: TBA
- TV announcers (ESPN): Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (analyst), and Katie George (sideline)
References
- ^ Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "Dates for 2024 and 2025 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowls announced". Gwinnett Daily Post. 2024-11-26. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
- ^ "CFP Announces Future Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Dates". Peach Bowl. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b Veenstra, David (December 8, 2024). "College Football Playoff field set: ASU football receives bye, to play in quarterfinals at Peach Bowl". ArizonaSports.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ George, Dustin (December 8, 2024). "Clemson to face Texas in CFP first round, winner faces Arizona State in Peach Bowl". WSPA-TV. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "CFP_2024-25_STANDARDIZED_BRACKET 12.08.24 KC-NEW" (PDF). collegefootballplayoff.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Texas Longhorns vs. Arizona State Sun Devils football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Clemson Tigers vs. Arizona State Sun Devils football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ Denny, Brad; Cortez, Alexis (December 8, 2024). "Arizona State to play in Peach Bowl as No. 4 seed in College Football Playoff". KTVK. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ Hawkins, Stephen (December 7, 2024). "Arizona State makes College Football Playoff with 45-19 win over Iowa State in Big 12 title game". Associated Press. Retrieved December 9, 2024.