<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> College Football Playoff National Championship </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <2017 </Td> <Td> 2019> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship is a college football bowl game that will determine the national champion in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the 2017 season . It will be played at Mercedes - Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 8, 2018 . As part of a three - year rotation, the game will be played between the winners of two semi-final bowl games which will be played on January 1, 2018: the Rose Bowl Game, and the Sugar Bowl . The participants in these two games will be determined following the conclusion of the 2017 regular season . </P> <P> Mercedes - Benz Stadium was announced as the host site for the fourth College Football National Championship on November 4, 2015 . </P>

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