College football playoffs: Alabama, Clemson, Ohio and Notre Dame

This CFP format, which has been in effect since the 2014 season, led to Alabama and Clemson each winning the national title twice. Ohio State won the first season of the PCP, while LSU won last season.

What will this last football playoff look like during a pandemic? There has already been a major change. Officials announced on Saturday that the Rose Bowl semifinal has been moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, because the families of the football teams will not be able to participate in the match in California due to coronavirus restrictions.

Alabama (11-0) will take on Notre Dame (10-1) in Texas, while Clemson (10-1) and Ohio State (6-0) will face off in the semifinals for the second season in a row, this time at New Orleans Sugar Bowl.

Why did Alabama play in Arlington instead of the Sugar Bowl? The advantage of several fans, said, on ESPN, the president of the selection committee of the football college, Gary Barta.

“Regarding the uniqueness of this year, the No. 1 team by the committee benefits from the doubt or perhaps the biggest advantage,” Barta said. “In this case, we know that there will be 16,000 fans who can watch in Arlington and we know that there will be 3,000 fans who will be able to watch the match in New Orleans. The committee decided that the advantage was for team No. 1 to have more fans able to see them play. “

The national championship game is scheduled to take place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on January 11th.

Texas A&M falls short to 5th

Just outside the playoffs was Texas A&M at number 5. Aggies, who went 8-1, lost to Alabama earlier in the season and failed to make it to the Southeastern Conference championship game.

In terms of what did Notre Dame offer – which was blown up by Clemson 34-10 on Saturday in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game – against Texas A&M?

“Very similar resumes, but in the end the committee felt that Notre Dame had won its way based on the full analysis of the resume and probably reached an additional victory against a ranked team,” Barta said. Aggies’ win was against Florida, while Notre Dame had beaten Clemson and North Carolina during the regular season.

Oklahoma (8-2) climbed to sixth after winning the Big 12 championship game. Cincinnati, the champion of the American Athletic Conference, was left in the top six, despite a 9-0 record and three wins against teams ranked. The Bearcats are in eighth place behind Florida.

This season, the committee evaluated teams that played only six games and up to 11 – with conferences such as Big Ten starting the season in late October and Pac-12 in early November. The Big 12, SEC and ACC began in September.

Alabama continued to beat Florida to win the SEC 52-46 crown on Saturday. Ohio State, despite declining by 22 players, returned to defeat the Northwestern 22-10 in the Big Ten championship game.

Barta said there was no dissent in the room over placing Ohio in third place, despite playing only six games.

“The committee decided that Ohio State belonged to the field because they are undefeated, they defeated two ranked teams throughout the year, including last night, and they won their Big Ten championship.”