In the first class of the boom College Football Playoff , there has been a impression that there is more mirror symmetry than in late year .

Only one squad terminate the time of year undefeated , as Oregon pull off a 13 - 0 crusade and a expectant Ten claim in their first time of year in the Big Ten .

Everyone else in the Big Ten and SEC , the two top conference in the land , lose at least two game , while just Notre Dame and Boise State manage to fetch up the time of year with one expiration — Boise ’s come in a snug exit to Oregon and Notre Dame ’s a disgraceful habitation red ink to Northern Illinois .

On top of have a Brobdingnagian chemical group of two and three deprivation squad cluster up , Clemson crash the political party as an robotlike modifier with a 56 - chiliad walkoff battleground finish against SMU on Saturday nighttime in the ACC Championship plot , create some serious dramatic event regarding who would get the twelfth and last point .

This was amount into the weekend , that was contain by alabama , but they require some service as we know at least one squad would startle from the exterior into the top 12 ( the self-aggrandising 12 paladin ) .

Clemson doing the same meant there was a determination to be made between the Tide and SMU , and a twelvemonth after an undefeated Florida State got pass on out of the 4 - squad playoff in party favor of the Tide , no one was quite certain how the Committee would do by thing .

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Only one squad finish up the time of year undefeated , as Oregon rip off a 13 - 0 safari and a large Ten championship in their first time of year in the Big Ten .

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As such , there was quite a little of stress when it come meter for the last College Football Playoff pick show on Sunday .

As a admonisher of how the angle bracket work , the 4 in high spirits graded group discussion champion pull in first orotund bye-bye , with the next 7 high stratified squad make full in the 5 - 12 seed .

# This was last cfp rankings

1 .

Oregon2 .

Texas4 .

Penn State5 .

Notre Dame6 .

Ohio State7 .

Boise State10 .

Clemson

# First Round

12 .

Clemson at 5 .

Texas ( Dec. 21 , 4 p.m.

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9 .

Ohio State ( Dec. 21 , 8 p.m.

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11 .

SMU at 6 .

Penn State ( Dec. 21 , 12 p.m.

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10 .

Notre Dame ( Dec. 20 , 8 p.m.

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# quarterfinal

Winner 5/12 vs. 4 .

Arizona State ( Peach Bowl , Jan. 1 , 1 p.m.

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Winner 8/9 vs. 1 .

Oregon ( Rose Bowl , Jan. 1 , 5 p.m.

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Winner 6/11 vs. 3 .

Boise State ( Fiesta Bowl , Dec. 31 , 8 p.m.

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Winner 7/10 vs. 2 .

Georgia ( Sugar Bowl , Jan. 1 , 8:45 p.m.

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