Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl CEO Gary Stokan surveys the Jan. 1 College Football Playoff tripleheader with great anticipation. No.
4 Arizona State vs. No. 5 Texas in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl.
"Fun matchup." No. 1 Oregon vs.
No. 8 Ohio State at the Rose Bowl. "Great matchup.
" No. 2 Georgia vs. No.
7 Notre Dame at the Sugar Bowl. "Classic matchup." It's three games on New Year's Day with national championship implications – as college football intended.
"I respect the commissioners and the presidents wanting to keep the tradition of the bowls who have been so important to the growth of college football," Stokan said. "We just host first-class events. It's very difficult to put on these events week to week if you are going to do home games on campuses when you're talking about doing it during the holiday season.
" This will be one of the debates the conference commissioners and school presidents will have after the 2025-26 season when it comes to tweaking the College Football Playoff format. The quarterfinals will also be played on Dec. 31 and Jan.
1 in 2025-26 . Will quarterfinals move on campus? Should first- and second-round games be played on campus after that? Or will the rotation of six bowl games – the Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Peach, Rose and Sugar – continue to be part of the quarterfinal and semifinal rotation? That is one of many debates that will follow in the next calendar year, and this year’s quarterfinal round could offer clues to how that will play out. "Any ti.
