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2018 College Football Playoff

Jan. 8
National Championship
Atlanta
8 p.m. ESPN

Jan. 1
Rose Bowl Semifinal
Pasadena, Calif.
5 p.m. ESPN
No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Georgia

Sugar Bowl Semifinal
New Orleans
8:45 p.m. ESPN
No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 Alabama

Peach Bowl
12:30 p.m. ESPN
No. 7 Auburn vs. No. 12 UCF

Dec. 30
Fiesta Bowl
4 p.m. ESPN
No. 9 Penn State vs. No. 11 Washington

Orange Bowl Miami
8 p.m. ESPN
No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 10 Miami

Dec. 29
Cotton Bowl
8:30 p.m. ESPN
No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 8 USC

Other Bowl Games

Jan. 1
Outback
12 p.m. ESPN2
Michigan vs. South Carolina

Citrus
1 p.m. ABC
Notre Dame vs. LSU

Dec. 30
TaxSlayer
12 p.m. ESPN
Louisville vs. Mississippi State

Liberty
12:30 p.m. ABC
Memphis vs. Iowa State

Dec. 29
Belk
1 p.m. ESPN
Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M

Hyundai Sun
3 p.m. CBS
NC State vs. Arizona State

Music City
4:30 p.m. ESPN
Kentucky vs. Northwestern

Arizona
5:30 p.m. CBSSN
New Mexico State vs. Utah State

Dec. 28
Military
1:30 p.m. ESPN
Virginia vs. Navy

Camping World
5:15 p.m. ESPN
Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State

Alamo
9 p.m. ESPN
Stanford vs. TCU

Holiday
9 p.m. Fox
Michigan State vs. Washington State

Dec. 27
Independence
1:30 p.m. ESPN
Florida State vs. Southern Miss

Pinstripe
5:15 p.m. ESPN
Iowa vs. Boston College

Foster Farms
8:30 p.m. Fox
Purdue vs. Arizona

Texas
9 p.m. ESPN
Texas vs. missouri

Dec. 26
Heart of Dallas
1:30 p.m. ESPN
West Virginia vs. Utah

Quick Lane
5:15 p.m. ESPN
Duke vs. Northern Illinois

Cactus Phoenix
9 p.m. ESPN
Kansas State vs. UCLA
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Originally Posted by RealSNR:
Interestingly, these two playoff games are what assholes who loved the BCS would use as arguments for why a playoff was a bad idea.

"That team isn't as good as you think they are. They'd just get trounced by the #1 or #2 team in the country anyway. We're better off seeing them compete in more fitting matchups in a bowl game than a playoff where the talent disparity would be on display."

But in any case, I think we can safely put to bed the notion that the playoff should be expanded past 4 teams.

No, this is a pretty rare exception. This Alabama team is one of the best CFB teams ever. Probably the best team since Miami in 2001.

OU isn't that good, but Georgia proved that Alabama can be tested.
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