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MIAMI -- The College Football Playoff semifinals have arrived, highlighted by a matchup between Notre Dame and Penn State today – Thursday, Jan. 9. The Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish are meeting in Miami to take part in the Orange Bowl. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
Several streaming services will broadcast the game live, and you can watch on Fubo (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial) or Sling (promotional offers).
The winner of Thursday’s matchup will advance to the national championship on Jan. 20.
The other side of the bracket features a matchup between the Texas Longhorns and Ohio State Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl. Those two teams meet Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Here’s how you can watch Thursday’s game:
What: 2025 Orange Bowl: Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
When: Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025
Time: 7:30 p.m. Eastern
Where: Hard Rock Stadium | Miami, Fla.
Channel: ESPN
Best Streaming Options: Fubo (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial) or Sling (promotional offers).
Channel finder if you have cable: You can access the channel by using the channel finders online: Verizon Fios, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, DIRECTV and Dish.
Here is more background from the Associated Press:
It’s been a long time since either Notre Dame or Penn State reached college football’s mountaintop as national champions. It was 1988 for the Fighting Irish, 1986 for the Nittany Lions. There’s been good seasons and bad seasons in the three-plus decades that have followed, coaching changes and a complete overhaul of what the sport looks like.
Yet here they are — back again, on the doorstep of a title shot.
The loss to Northern Illinois is no longer relevant to Notre Dame. The losses to Ohio State and Oregon don’t matter to Penn State right now. The Irish (13-1) and Nittany Lions (13-2) face off in the Orange Bowl on Thursday night, the first of two College Football Playoff semifinal games; the other is Friday when Texas takes on Ohio State.
“Obviously, you don’t get to this point in the season without being good in all three phases,” Penn State coach James Franklin said. “So far, got a ton of respect for what we’ve seen on film and what we’ve studied, and we’ve got a lot of work to do.