College Football National Championship Trophy Making Appearance In Salt Lake City
Sep 3, 2024, 5:01 PM
ATLANTA, GA - December 6: The National Championship trophy is displayed following the College Football Playoff Semifinal Head Coaches News Conference on December 6, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
(Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – College football royalty will be in the Beehive State tomorrow afternoon as the CFP National Championship Trophy traverses through Utah.
The trophy will be on display for college football fanatics to view as it travels through Utah on Wednesday, September 4.
🏈🏆 College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy Tour
📅 Wednesday, September 4
🕰 Noon – 2 p.m. MT
📍 Kent’s Market • 3673 W 2600 North • Plain City, Utah#CFBPlayoff #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/hiKB19u77l— College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) September 3, 2024
The trophy’s first stop will be Kent’s Market in Plain City, Utah, from noon to 2 p.m. MT.
Handlers will then transport the ultimate college football prize to Macey’s at 4530 South & Highland Drive in Salt Lake City, Utah, from 4 to 6 p.m. MT.
🏈🏆 College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy Tour
📅 Wednesday, September 4
🕰 4 – 6 p.m. MT
📍 Macey’s • 4530 S Highland Drive • Salt Lake City, Utah#CFBPlayoff #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/XslLjTGhRl— College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) September 3, 2024
No team from Utah has won a Division 1 National Championship in the College Football Playoff era. The last in-state team to win a title was the 1984 BYU Cougars.
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The national championship games are scheduled for January 20, 2025, in Atlanta and January 19, 2026, in Miami.
“On behalf of the Management Committee and the Board of Managers, this is thrilling,” Hancock added. “It’s been a long process, but we are pleased that more teams and more students will have the opportunity to compete for the national championship beginning in the 2024 season. A new era of college football is about to begin. I look forward to it.”
The last piece to fall into place was the Rose Bowl’s signing an agreement to join the expansion and give up its January 1 window.
