The College Football Playoff field is set after Conference Championship Game weekend finalized the field. And just like the ACC Championship Game wasn’t set until the final game of the regular season, the ACC Championship Game would put the final touches to the 12-team field.

While Notre Dame misses the playoff despite winning 10 straight after an 0-2 start, it was at the expense of one of the teams they lost to (Miami was the last at-large team in the field).

I was surprised the committee went with a rematch of Alabama-Oklahoma in the first round, and there are those who felt that the Crimson Tide should have been excluded after their 21-point SEC Championship Game loss to Georgia (just like 11-win BYU was bounced because of their 27-point loss in the Big 12 Championship Game to Texas T

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