College Football Playoff standings revealed: Who made the 12-team field?
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College Football Playoff standings revealed: Who made the 12-team field?

Posted on by Amelia Pressman

The final round of the College Football Playoff. (Hassan Ahmad/Yahoo Sports)

The final round of the College Football Playoff. (Hassan Ahmad/Yahoo Sports)

After more than four months of on-field results and politics from coaches, athletic directors and fans, the College Football Playoff selection committee announced the 12-team field on Sunday.

The biggest question on Sunday was who would clinch the final overall spot between Alabama and SMU.

The committee put SMU (11-2) on the field one night after it lost to Clemson 34-31 on a last-second field goal in the ACC championship game. Alabama (9-3) is eliminated after failing to make its conference title game.

This decision will be debated for a long time. As for the rest of the bracket, it evolved like this:

1. Oregon (13-0, Big Ten champion)

2. Georgia (11-2, SEC champions)

3. Boise State (12-1, Mountain West champions)

4. Arizona State (11-2, Big 12 champion)

No. 12 Clemson (10-3, ACC champion) at No. 5 Texas (11-2, overall): Dec. 20, 8 p.m. AND

No. 11 SMU (11-2, overall) at No. 6 Penn State (11-2, overall): Dec. 21, 12 p.m. ET

No. 10 Indiana (11-1, overall) at No. 7 Notre Dame (11-1, overall): Dec. 21, 4 p.m. ET

No. 9 Tennessee (10-2, overall) and No. 8 Ohio State (10-2, overall): Dec. 21, 8 p.m. ET

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  • Complete CFP field, byes, first round matchups

    Bye

    1.Oregon
    2. Georgia
    3. Boise State
    4. Arizona State

    First Round Playoff Matches
    No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame, Dec. 20, 8 ET, ESPN
    No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State, Dec. 21, 12 p.m. ET, TNT
    No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas, Dec. 21, 4 ET, TNT
    No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Ohio State, Dec. 21, 8 ET, ESPN

    The College Football Playoff round has been decided. (Hassan Ahmad/Yahoo Sports)The College Football Playoff round has been decided. (Hassan Ahmad/Yahoo Sports)

    The College Football Playoff round has been decided. (Hassan Ahmad/Yahoo Sports)

  • The complete CFP rankings

    Playoff teams in bold

    1.Oregon

    2. Georgia

    3.Texas

    4. Penn State

    5. Notre Dame

    6. Ohio State

    7. Tennessee

    8.Indiana

    9. Boise State

    10. SMU

    11.Alabama

    12. Arizona State

    13.Miami

    14. Ole Miss

    15.South Carolina

    16. Clemson

    17.BYU

    18. Iowa State

    19. Missouri

    20. Illinois

    21. Syracuse

    22nd Army

    23.Colorado

    24. UNLV

    25. Memphis

  • Oregon wanted to win the CFP championship

    Here are each team’s chances to win the national title (via BetMGM):

    Oregon: +325

    Georgia: +350

    Texas: +375

    Ohio State: +450

    Penn State: +700

    Notre Dame: +1200

    Tennessee: +2500

    SMU: +3500

    Clemson: +4000

    Arizona State: +4000

    Indiana: +5000

    Boise State: +5000

  • The Committee appreciates the strength of the schedule

    Perhaps in response to Nick Saban’s tirade about the importance of a strict schedule, CFP Chairman Warde Manuel is making it clear that they are taking this into account.

  • CFP Chairman: SMU’s performance in the title game helped

  • Saban is still fighting for Alabama

  • SMU reacts to getting into the playoffs

  • SMU MAKES IT OVER ALABAMA!

    The Mustangs are in last place in the field after their narrow loss in the ACC title game to Clemson. They travel to Penn State to take on the Nittany Lions.

  • Indiana plays at Notre Dame in South Bend

    It will be a clash of teams from Indiana as the Hoosiers will head north to take on the Fighting Irish.

  • Tennessee plays Ohio State in Columbus

    The Vols will be upset because they didn’t get a home game and now have to play the Buckeyes in the Horseshoe.

  • Penn State, Notre Dame, Ohio State ranked 6-8

    The Nittany Lions, Fighting Irish and Buckeyes will all host playoff games in their home stadiums.

  • Texas is ranked No. 5 and will face Clemson

    Clemson is the other conference champion, but is ranked well below the others and will finish at No. 12 in the rankings. Texas is ranked No. 5 despite its second loss to Georgia in the SEC title game.

  • Four byes: Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State

    As expected, the Big Ten, SEC, MWC and Big 12 champions receive first-round byes in the College Football Playoff.

    No. 1: Oregon
    No. 2: Georgia
    No. 3: Boise State
    No. 4: Arizona State

  • Continue to the rankings

    As expected, Oregon is ranked #1 and Georgia is ranked #2.

  • Mayo Bowl sums up the mood of college football fans

  • Herbstreit acknowledges the terrible loss in Alabama

    Analyst Kirk Herbstreit mentioned Alabama’s loss to Oklahoma later in the broadcast.

    There will be great consternation for both of these fan bases (SMU and Alabama) as ESPN tries to drag things out as long as possible.

  • Saban makes the case for Alabama

    Nick Saban promotes Alabama over SMU in a self-serving and suboptimal moment on the selection show early in production.

    “All wins are not the same as other wins.” Alabama was beaten by a 6-6 Oklahoma team, but he forgot to mention that.

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