College Playoff Set After Toughest Decision Yet

Ohio State fans will not be happy
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Dec 3, 2017 12:00 PM CST
College Playoff Set After Toughest Decision Yet
Ohio State players hold the championship trophy following the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game against Wisconsin, early Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, in Indianapolis. Ohio State won 27-21.   (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Alabama is in. The Crimson Tide got the nod over Ohio State and will play Clemson in the College Football Playoff on Jan. 1 in the Sugar Bowl, per the AP. Oklahoma and Georgia will meet in the Rose Bowl on the same day. Tide or Buckeyes was the question facing the selection committee, the toughest call in the four-year history of the playoff.

The Tide had been more consistent and lost just once. The Buckeyes lost twice, including an embarrassing 31-point beating to unranked Iowa, but have the more impressive set of victories. Ohio State won the Big Ten while Alabama did not even win its Southeastern Conference division. The committee rolled with the Tide, and for the first time the playoff will include two teams from the same conference. Alabama joins SEC champion Georgia and an all-SEC title game is possible.

(More Alabama Crimson Tide stories.)

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