Arizona and Tampa, Fla., will host college football's 2016 and 2017 national championship games.

Glendale's University of Phoenix Stadium, the site of the Fiesta Bowl and home of the Arizona Cardinals, was chosen over three other venues for the Jan. 11, 2016, game.

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., does not host one of the College Football Playoff's six major bowl games, but it has hosted Super Bowls after the 2000 (shown here) and 2008 seasons. Andy Lyons/Allsport

Tampa's Raymond James Stadium was selected over five other venues for the Jan. 9, 2017, game. Raymond James hosts the Outback Bowl each year and is home to the South Florida Bulls and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The commissioners of the 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick voted on the sites.

AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, was announced in April as the site of the title game in 2015, the first year the NCAA moves to the four-team College Football Playoff.

Since 1999, the Glendale/Phoenix area has hosted four BCS title games. This will be the first college football title game in Tampa, which has hosted four Super Bowls -- two at Raymond James Stadium.

Tampa also will become the first city that does not hold one of the College Football Playoff's six major bowls to host a national title game. Tampa finished as the runner-up to Arlington to host the first title game in the post-BCS era.