It’s two weeks later than usual, but the regular season of college football is finally over. It’s time to talk about the College Ledge Football Playoff and how it has changed now that the conference championship week is in the books.
The first seeded seed will be Alabama, who has dominated all season long and is now the SEC champion after a -46-46 win over Florida. The Crimson Tide Sugar Bowl is likely to face Notre Dame. Fighting took him to the chin in the Irish ACC Championship game, with Clemson suffering a 34-10 defeat that would take him down to No. 4 seed in the CFP this season.
Notre Dame Telesas gets a nod for its good win over A&M, including an earlier win over Clemson last season. Yes, the Tigers had a short hand in that game, but even with Saturday’s result the CFP selection committee can’t believe that the outcome of that game would have been different if both teams had been at full strength. Notre Dame also beat North Carolina on the road, while Texas A&M Florida and Unraveled Ub Burn have won two teams with winning records.
The Tigers will descend to No. 2 seed after that impressive performance. Clemson will face the expected No. 3 state of Ohio, which included a relatively short undefeated season in the Big Ten Championship game with a 22-10 grind-out-out win over Northwestern. The Clemson-Ohio State semifinals will be held in Arlington, Texas after exiting the Rose Bowl because California does not allow fans to participate in sporting events.
College Football .L Playoff
Jan 11 |
National Championship |
Title game | Semifinal winners |
Jan. |
CFP semifinals |
Semifinals |
(2) Clemson v. (3) Ohio State |
Jan. |
Bowl of sugar |
Semifinals |
(1) Alabama Vs. (4) Notre Dame |
Oklahoma won the Big 12 title 27-21 over Iowa State, losing the cyclone since the start of the season. The Sunners are expected to head to Dallas soon to play in the Cotton Bowl against Florida, which will enter the New Year’s Six despite having three losing teams.
Reg Rego won Friday night despite not winning the Pack-12 title on Friday night. Ducks filled in for division winners and Washington Washington and beat USC in Los Angeles, 31-24. Reg Reagan predicts playing in the Fiesta Bowl against Iowa State, which is likely to be ahead of Indiana in the final CFP rankings. Hoosiers have been inactive for the past two weeks due to COVID-19 issues.
Georgia is expected to feature in the Peach Bowl, which has been closed since Saturday, against Cincinnati, a representative of Group Five F Five. The Barclays defeated Tulsa 27-24 to win the AAC title and become the highest rated conference champion out of five groups. In fact, they will be given a sufficient rating to become an at-large team without automatic berths.
Finally, in the Orange Bowl, the rest of the ACC’s top-rated team is North Carolina, so Tar Hills will represent the league in that game. They are predicted to face Texas A&M, the highest rated team remaining either from the SEC or the Big Ten.
New Year’s Six Bowl games
Jan. |
Orange |
ACC / ND vs. SEC / Big Ten |
North Carolina Vs. Texas A&M |
Jan. |
Fiesta |
At-big vs at-big |
Reg Reagan v Iowa State |
Jan. |
Peach |
At-big vs at-big |
Georgia vs. Cincinnati |
30 December |
Cotton |
At-big vs at-big |
Oklahoma vs. Florida |
Jerry Palm will have a full set of 2020 Bowl estimates available later Saturday night.
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