The 12 groups vying to win the College Football Playoff (CFP) nationwide title have been revealed Sunday by the CFP choice committee with Miami making the playoffs whereas Notre Dame and ACC champions Duke are not noted.
The prime 4 seeds — No. 1 Indiana (13-0), No. 2 Ohio State (12-1), the defending nationwide champion, No. 3 Georgia (12-1) and No. 4 Texas Tech (12-1) — earn first-round byes and can robotically advance to the quarterfinals.
On Saturday, Indiana received its first Big Ten championship since 1967 after upsetting then-No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 in Indianapolis. This is the primary time the Hoosiers are ranked because the nation’s prime faculty soccer workforce.
Georgia outclassed Alabama (10-3) 28-7 on Saturday to say the Southeastern Conference title in Atlanta for the second consecutive yr whereas Texas Tech received its first Big 12 Conference title after dismantling BYU (11-2) 34-7 in Arlington, Texas.
The first spherical takes place on December 19 and 20.
The matchups (all instances Eastern):
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No. 9 Alabama (10-3) at No. 8 Oklahoma (10-2) – December 19, 8 p.m. ESPN/ABC
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No. 10 Miami (10-2) at No. 7 Texas A&M (11-1) – December 20, 12 p.m. ESPN/ABC
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No. 11 Tulane (11-2) at No. 6 Ole Miss (11-1) – December 20, 3:30 p.m. TNT/HBO Max
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No. 12 James Madison (12-1) at No. 5 Oregon (11-1) – December 20, 7:30 p.m. TNT/HBO Max
The 5 highest-ranked convention winners obtain computerized CFP berths.
On Friday, Tulane, a Group of 5 college, captured the American Conference title after a 34-21 victory towards North Texas in New Orleans.
Another Group of 5 workforce made it to school soccer’s model of the “Big Dance.” James Madison beat Troy 31-14 to take the Sun Belt Conference championship in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Unranked Duke (8-5) beat Virginia (10-3) 27-20 in extra time in Charlotte, North Carolina, to win the varsity’s first outright ACC championship since 1962. However, Tulane and James Madison had a better CFP rating than unranked Duke.
The Hurricanes leapfrogged Notre Dame to make it within the CFP ballot. The Fighting Irish have been ranked greater than Miami in earlier polls regardless that Miami defeated Notre Dame 27-24 within the groups’ opener on August 31.
CFP choice committee chair, Hunter Yuracheck, defined why Miami was chosen over Notre Dame.
“You look at those two teams on paper, and they’re almost equal in their schedule strength, their common opponents, the results against their common opponents,” Yurachek stated in an ESPN interview. “But the one metric we had to fall back on, again, was the head-to-head.”
The CFP quarterfinals are set for December 31 and January 1.
The video games can be performed within the Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas; the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida; the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California; and theSugar Bowl at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
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No. 10 Miami or No. 7 Texas A&M vs No. 2 Ohio State – December 31, 7:30 p.m ESPN, Cotton Bowl
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No. 12 James Madison or No. 5 Oregon vs No. 4 Texas Tech – January 1, 12 p.m. ESPN, Orange Bowl
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No. 9 Alabama or No. 8 Oklahoma vs No. 1 Indiana – January 1, 4 p.m. ESPN, Rose Bowl
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No. 11 Tulane or No. 6 Ole Miss vs No. 3 Georgia – January 1, 8 p.m. ESPN, Sugar Bowl
The semifinals will happen on January 8 and 9 within the Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
A nationwide champion can be topped at Hard Rock Stadium on January 19.
Last season, Ohio State outlasted Notre Dame 34-23 to win the nationwide title within the CFP’s inaugural 12-team format.
This story has been up to date with further reporting.