COLUMBUS (AP) — Despite playing just six games because of a COVID-19 issues, Ohio State made the College Football Playoff as the No. 3 seed and will face No. 2 Clemson in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day.
The pairing Sunday by the CFP selection committee sets up a rematch of last year’s semifinal in the Fiesta Bowl.
Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence bested Justin Fields and the Buckeyes in that one, 29-23.
College Football Playoff
Semifinal — Game 1
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Notre Dame
AT&T Stadium; Arlington, TX
Jan. 1, 2021 (5:00 p.m./ESPN)
Allstate Sugar Bowl (Semifinal — Game 2)
No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 3 Ohio State
Mercedes-Benz Superdome; New Orleans
Jan. 1, 2021 (8:45 p.m./ESPN)
College Football Playoff National Championship Game
Hard Rock Stadium; Miami Gardens, FL
Jan. 11, 2021.(8:00 p.m./ESPN)
The playoff committee put Ohio State (6-0) in despite the Big Ten’s pandemic-delayed season and the Buckeyes having three scheduled games wiped out because of outbreaks.
The College Football Playoff is starting to produce the level of frustration among fans and competitors that ultimately crushed the Bowl Championship Series seven years ago.
Alabama and Clemson fill the top two seeds in the playoff. One of those two teams has won 12 of the last 15 playoff games.
AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo writes that Texas A&M is upset about not making the final four.
Indiana is mad about being left out of the New Year’s Six.
Cincinnati and other Group of Five teams have never been more disrespected.
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