CFP
Where is the 2024 CFP National Championship being played? Past and future venues
The Michigan Wolverines and Washington Huskies will battle it out in the CFP final in Houston (Texas) on 8 January.
Houston’s 72,000 capacity NRG Stadium wil opens its doors next Monday to legions of college football fans for the 2024 CFP National Championship final. The stadium opened in August 2002 and is home to NFL side Houston Texans and has hosted Super Bowls XXXVIII and LI in 2004 and 2017, respectively.
The NRG will also be one of the 2026 World Cup venues and is no stranger to hosting soccer games with Gold Cup, Copa America, MLS All Star game along with a plethora of high profile friendly games being staged at the Texas venue.
The stadium has also hosted scores of music concerts over the years with the likes of U2, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce and Taylor Swift having performed at the venue.
Michigan Wolverines will face Washington Huskies after winning the Rose and Sugar Bowl’s respectively.
Hosting the CFP final
Cities around the country bid to host each year’s championship game. The playoff group’s leaders make a selection from those proposals, in a similar fashion to other large sporting events, such as the NCAA Final Four. Officials say the championship game will be held in a different city each year, and that bids must propose host stadiums with a capacity of at least 65,000 spectators.
CFP finals: past and future venues
2021 – Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
2022 – Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
2023 – SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
2024 – NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.
2025 - Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia
2026 – Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.