College Football Playoff announces future title game sites

One day after releasing the initial College Football Playoff rankings, the CFP announced future title game locations Wednesday afternoon.

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The winners: Atlanta (2018), Santa Clara, California (2019) and New Orleans (2020). The CFP previously announced title game sites for this season (Glendale, Arizona) and next season (Tampa, Florida).

Big Ten cities Detroit and Minneapolis were in the running for the 2018-20 games, but did not end up receiving a bid, for one reason or another.

Here's what Bill Hancock had to say about the Big Ten cities:

Bill Hancock on Det and Minny: Those two cities excellent bids... we want to move the event around. We had better options in other cities

— Mark Snyder (@Mark__Snyder) November 4, 2015

Bill Hancock notes Minneapolis has Super Bowl ('18) and Final Four (?19) and ?we?re not sure we wanted to be third in that row."

— Brian Bennett (@GBrianBennett) November 4, 2015

Hancock on Detroit: One thing that happened to Detroit was convention center not available. Comparing with other cities, is what made diff

— Mark Snyder (@Mark__Snyder) November 4, 2015

Will the Big Ten footprint ever get a CFP title game?

As for the Midwest, I?d say it?s probably Indianapolis or bust.

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) November 4, 2015