Overview
- Alabama fell 28-7 to Georgia in the SEC title game to drop to 10-3, and the CFP has never selected a three-loss at-large team.
- Notre Dame and Miami both finished 10-2, Miami won the head-to-head 27-24, and chair Hunter Yurachek has said head-to-head is just one datapoint that is easier to apply when teams are adjacent.
- BYU’s 34-7 loss to Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship severely weakened the Cougars’ at-large case.
- Tulane and James Madison won conference titles as Duke captured the ACC with five losses, creating a path for the ACC to be left out under the five highest-ranked champions rule.
- Indiana’s 13-10 win over Ohio State positions the Hoosiers for the No. 1 seed, and the full 12-team bracket will be unveiled at noon ET on ESPN.