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UPDATED with latest: No. 7 Notre Dame will face No. 8 Ohio State in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday, January 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and will air live on ESPN, which is unleashing its Megacast coverage featuring 11 different feeds of the game across the networks, ESPN+ and the app.
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe and Molly McGrath will the be the announcing team for the main ESPN telecast, which has programming set all day ahead of its College GameDay pregame show that starts at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT.
Among the offerings across the ESPN networks, all presented in 4K for the first time on Comcast, DirecTV, Dish Network, Optimum, Sling TV, Verizon and YouTube TV:
Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show will call the game with McAfee on the sidelines and be joined by AJ Hawk, Darius Butler, Connor Campbell, Ty Schmit and Tone Digs.
Command Center on ESPNU features a multi-angle presentation with player and team statistics. The telecast will feature four main video feeds including the main telecast from ESPN, SkyCam and head coach cams.
SkyCast on ESPNNews has a camera situated above the action and behind the offense on most plays.
The Spanish-language call on ESPN Deportes will feature Eduardo Varela, Pablo Viruega, Katia Castorena and Ciro Procuna.
The College Football Playoff bracket was finalized December 8, setting the stage for the first year of a 12-team postseason that will crown a national champion. Both Notre Dame and Ohio State defeated higher seeds in each of their games on their road to the title game.
Three teams from the West — Oregon, Arizona State and Boise State, conference champs all — received first-round byes, as did Georgia after knocking off Texas in the SEC title game.
They played first-round winners in quarterfinal games December 31-January 1, with the semifinals January 9-10. All games after the first round were played on ABC or ESPN.
Here is the CFP TV schedule with results:
First Round
Friday, December 20
No. 7 Notre Dame 27, No. 10 Indiana 17
Saturday, December 21
No. 6 Penn State 38, No. 11 SMU 10
No. 5 Texas 38, No. 12 Clemson 24
No. 8 Ohio State 42, No. 9 Tennessee 17
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, December 31
Fiesta Bowl: No. 6 Penn State 31, No. 3 Boise State 14
Wednesday, January 1
Peach Bowl: No. 5 Texas 39, No. 4 Arizona State 31 (2 OT)
Rose Bowl: No. 8 Ohio State 41, No. 1 Oregon 21
*Thursday, January 2
Sugar Bowl: No. 7 Notre Dame 23, No. 2 Georgia 10
*Postponed from January 1
Semifinals
Thursday, January 9
Orange Bowl: No. 7 Notre Dame 27, No. 6 Penn State 24
Friday, January 10
Cotton Bowl: No. 8 Ohio State 28, No. 5 Texas 14
CFP National Championship
Monday, January 20
No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 Ohio State
Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Announcing team: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe, Molly McGrath