Sources: Tampa Selected as Site for 2029 College Football Playoff National Championship

ATLANTA – Tampa was chosen by the College Football Playoff to replace Dallas as host for the 2029 national title game, sources told Action Network.

Dallas had previously been selected to host the CFP championship game on Jan. 22, 2029, but couldn’t because of scheduling conflicts, sources said.

Tampa, Phoenix and Houston were previously selected as back-up sites to host a future national title game if the CFP’s original selected cities were not available.

The other future national title sites, as reported by Action Network last May, remain Las Vegas (Jan. 25, 2027), New Orleans (Jan. 24, 2028) and Miami (Jan. 21, 2030).

An official announcement of the 2027-30 CFP national title sites is expected within the next few months, sources said.

Ohio State and Notre Dame will meet in Atlanta in the national title game on Monday. Miami will host next season’s title game on Jan. 19, 2026, the final year of the original 12-year College Football Playoff contract.

The addition of Tampa will make it one of four cities to host multiple national title games since the College Football Playoff began in 2024. Miami is scheduled to host three times (2021, 2026 and 2030), with Atlanta (2018 and 2025), New Orleans (2020 and 2028) and Tampa (2017 and 2029) twice each.