<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> 1 vs. 4 Seed CFP Semifinal Game </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <2016 Peach </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 Sugar Bowl is a College Football Playoff semifinals bowl game that was played on January 1, 2018, at the Mercedes - Benz Superdome in New Orleans . This 84th Sugar Bowl game matched two of the top four teams selected by the Selection Committee to compete for a spot at the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship to be played on January 8, 2018, at Mercedes - Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia . It was one of the 2017--18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season . Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game is officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl . </P> <P> The contest was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio, with kickoff at 8: 00 PM CT (9: 00 PM ET). </P>

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