Looking Back At The College Football Playoff Logo History

Photo courtesy of @CFBPlayoff on Twitter.

Today’s semifinal matchups between Alabama and Michigan at the Rose Bowl and Texas and Washington at the Sugar Bowl mark the 10th season of the College Football Playoff.

It’s also the final year of the four-team format, which will expand to 12 teams next season, coinciding with conference realignment that will see four teams added to the Big Ten and two to the SEC.

With that, we’ve decided to take a look back at the logos of the first 10 playoffs, which rotated semifinal locations between the Rose and Sugar bowls, Orange and Cotton bowls and Peach and Fiesta bowls.

The College Football Playoff National Championship, meanwhile, has been held at NFL stadiums in Arlington, Glendale, Tampa, Atlanta, Santa Clara, New Orleans, Miami, Indianapolis and Inglewood, with Houston coming on Jan. 8.

2014-15

Rose Bowl – No. 2 Oregon 59, No. 3 Florida State 20
Sugar Bowl – No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 1 Alabama 35
National Championship – No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 2 Oregon 20

2015-16

Orange Bowl – No. 1 Clemson 37, No. 4 Oklahoma 17
Cotton Bowl – No. 2 Alabama 38, No. 3 Michigan State 0
National Championship – No. 2 Alabama 45, No. 1 Clemson 40

2016-17

Peach Bowl – No. 1 Alabama 24, No. 4 Washington 7
Fiesta Bowl – No. 2 Clemson 31, No. 3 Ohio State 0
National Championship – No. 2 Clemson 35, No. 1 Alabama 31

2017-18

Rose Bowl – No. 3 Georgia 54, No. 2 Oklahoma 48 (OT)
Sugar Bowl – No. 4 Alabama 24, No. 1 Clemson 6
National Championship – No. 4 Alabama 36, No. 3 Georgia 23 (OT)

2018-19

Cotton Bowl – No. 2 Clemson 30, No. 3 Notre Dame 3
Orange Bowl – No. 1 Alabama 45, No. 4 Oklahoma 34
National Championship – No. 2 Clemson 44, No. 1 Alabama 16

2019-20

Peach Bowl – No. 1 LSU 63, No. 4 Oklahoma 28
Fiesta Bowl – No. 3 Clemson 29, No. 2 Ohio State 23
National Championship – No. 1 LSU 42, No. 3 Clemson 25

2020-21

Rose Bowl – No. 1 Alabama 31, No. 4 Notre Dame 14
Sugar Bowl – No. 3 Ohio State 49, No. 2 Clemson 28
National Championship – No. 1 Alabama 52, No. 3 Ohio State 24

2021-22

Cotton Bowl – No. 1 Alabama 27, No. 4 Cincinnati 6
Orange Bowl – No. 3 Georgia 34, No. 2 Michigan 11
National Championship – No. 3 Georgia 33, No. 1 Alabama 18

2022-23

Fiesta Bowl – No. 3 TCU 51, No. 2 Michigan 45
Peach Bowl – No. 1 Georgia 42, No. 4 Ohio State 41
National Championship – No. 1 Georgia 65, No. 3 TCU 7

2023-24

Rose Bowl – No. 1 Michigan vs No. 4 Alabama
Sugar Bowl – No. 2 Washington vs No. 3 Texas
National Championship – TBD

Stay tuned, as next week we’ll have an in-depth look at the uniform matchups from the previous College Football Playoff National Championship matchups, as well as the patches that each team wore in the title game.