Georgia to play Indiana or Notre Dame in College Football Playoff Quarterfinal

The Georgia Bulldogs will play the Indiana Hoosiers or Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoff, it was announced on Sunday.

Georgia (11-2) finished as the No. 2 team in the final College Football Playoff Rankings after defeating the No. 2 Texas Longhorns in the 2024 SEC Championship Game, 22-19 in overtime.

The Bulldogs will take on the winner of the First Round matchup between Indiana and Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The game will be played on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, La., and it will be televised by ESPN at 8:45pm ET.

“There is a tremendous amount of history (for Georgia at the Sugar Bowl),” said head coach Kirby Smart. “I know — as a early child, one of the first games that I remember actually seeing and watching back in the early ’80s as a 5-, 6-year-old kid and Herschel Walker and the moments that happened in the Sugar Bowl. All the way through a lot of games that I’ve been a part of, whether it was Florida State-Georgia when I was a GA at Florida State; a lot of years at Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. I think my kids think their second home is the Sugar Bowl, because they spent a lot of time there. And they’re very spoiled when it comes to playing in an electric atmosphere, big matchups, big games. The SEC has been paired with the Sugar Bowl for a long time. It’s got a longstanding history, and Georgia does too.”

Bowl games hosting the College Football Playoff Semifinals this season are the Capital One Orange Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 and the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.

This season’s College Football Playoff National Championship will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

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