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Now that we know the 12 teams, let’s talk about the 12 things that you need to know as the playoff kicks off with first-round games later this month.
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Who comes out on top in the first 12-team College Football Playoff?
The first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is here, filled with teams that have worked all season for the opportunity to compete for the national championship. Picking out the first round of the bracket is going to be interesting, considering none of these games will be at neutral sites. For example, Notre Dame was rewarded with home game in the cold, and a night game to boot, in South Bend.
I must state this right off the bat: I graduated from Penn State in 2012. I am a Nittany Lions fan. So, this is biased.
But I must also state: I could not be happier about the draw that Penn State got from the College Football Playoff Committee.
When it became clear that Penn State’s first-round opponent would be either Alabama or SMU, I prayed that it would be SMU. And that’s exactly what the Committee decided, leaving Alabama out.
If Penn State fans wanted SMU in over Alabama, that means the Committee probably got it wrong.
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The first ever 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is set, and there was drama on the back end. Would it be SMU fresh off of a dramatic loss to Clemson in the ACC Championship Game? Or Alabama based on its strength of schedule?
The Alabama brand and three losses – two of which were ugly – didn’t get the nod as the two-loss Mustangs slid in at the No. 11 spot.
As expected, Oregon will get the first seed with SEC champion Georgia, Mountain West champion Boise State and Big 12 champion Arizona State rounding out the top four and earning first-round byes.