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The upcoming college football playoff system, which begins next season, now has a name. College Football Playoff.

Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Tex. won the bid for the first National Championship game under the four-team playoff format, just nine months after hosting the NCAA Final Four in March, 2014.

“We decided to call the playoff what it is — the College Football Playoff,” BCS Director Bill Hancock said. “We think the new playoff will be the most dynamic improvement to college football in a generation. Certainly, it’s what the fans want. We also invite everyone to vote online to select the logo and help us kick off the new College Football Playoff.”

The committee is expected to unveil the logo for the playoff next month, but there will not be a title sponsor attached to it.

“It won’t be ‘The Vizio Championship Tournament,'” Hancock said, alluding to the Rose Bowl title sponsor. “The Final Four doesn’t have one. The Masters doesn’t. The Super Bowl. That’s the kind of event we have.”

Hancock also added that the semifinals will maintain their original sponsors, explaining that it will be “something to the effect of” the College Football Semifinals at the Discover Orange Bowl.

The first set of semifinals in the rotation will be The Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, Calif. and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. These games will both be played on Jan. 1, 2015.

Other bowl semifinals in the 12 year rotation will be: the Orange, Fiesta, Chic-Fil-A, and Cotton Bowls.

The National Championship Game will be played on Jan. 12, 2015.