The next NCAA major college football national championship game — the College Football Playoff National Championship — is scheduled for Monday, January 19, 2026.

Quick Scoop

  • The College Football Playoff National Championship for the 2025 season will be played on January 19, 2026.
  • Kickoff is listed for the evening (around 7:30 p.m. Eastern) at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
  • This game caps the expanded 2025–26 College Football Playoff schedule that runs from December 19, 2025, through January 19, 2026.

Extra context

  • The NCAA also crowns an FCS champion separately; the 2026 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game (FCS title) was played earlier on January 5, 2026 , in Nashville.
  • When most fans online ask “when is the NCAA football championship game ,” they typically mean the CFP National Championship rather than the FCS title game.

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