About the Data

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• 1 - Quick Lane Bowl becomes GameAbove Sports Bowl,  "Guaranteed Rate" rebranded itself as "Rate", "Camellia Bowl" becomes "Salute to Veterans Bowl"
• 2 - Through 2025, the PAC-12 tie-ins remain in place for 'legacy members" of PAC-12 who moved to ACC, the B1G and the Big 12 after the 2023 season. This affects the Holiday Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Sun Bowl, Los Angeles Bowl, and Independence Bowl.
• 3 - Marshall backed out of Independence Bowl 6 days after matchup was announced. After losing head coach, the team reportedly had nearly 40 players (including every QB) either in the portal or declared for NFL Draft
• Holiday Bowl moves from Petco Park (home of the San Diego Padres) to Snapdragon Stadium on the campus of San Diego State
• Cure Bowl moves to Camping World Stadium
• By agreement with the ACC, Notre Dame is eligible for all ACC bowl games.

Additional Information

Playoff Revenue Distribution Policy

The following is a breakdown of the CFP revenue distribution:

For the 2024-25 academic year:

Each conference will receive $300,000 for each of its schools when the school’s football team meets the NCAA’s APR for participation in a postseason football game. Each independent institution will also receive $300,000 when its football team meets that standard.

A conference will receive $4 million for each team that makes the College Football Playoff (12 schools) and each team that advances to the Playoff Quarterfinals (eight schools).

A conference will receive $6 million for each team that advances to a Playoff Semifinal (four schools) and each team that advances to the national championship game (two schools).

Each conference whose team participates in the College Football Playoff will receive $3 million to cover expenses for each round.

Based on calculations from the 2023-24 season, the following distributions were made in the spring of 2024 (Estimates for the 2024-25 season will be finalized following the 2025 CFP National Championship.):

Each of the 10 conferences received a base amount. For conferences that have contracts for their champions to participate in the Orange, Rose, or Sugar bowls, the base combined with the full academic performance pool was approximately $79.41 million for each conference. The five conferences that do not have contracts for their champions to participate in the Orange, Rose or Sugar bowls received approximately $102.77 million in aggregate (full academic pool plus base). The conferences distribute these funds as they choose. Notre Dame received a payment of $3.89 million by meeting the APR standard; the other six independents shared $1.89 million.

Certain conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision received approximately $3.08 million in aggregate.