Indiana clinch CFP’s No 1 seed as Alabama and Miami push out Notre Dame | College football
Alabama and Miami are in, Notre Dame are out and Indiana are No 1 in the College Football Playoff’s 12-team bracket released on Sunday.
The undefeated Hoosiers vaulted to the top spot based on their history-making win in the Big Ten title game against Ohio State, who fell one spot after their 13-10 loss. SEC champion Georgia are third and and Big 12 champ Texas Tech fourth. All four get first-round byes.
Most of the drama surrounded the bubble teams, and it was Alabama at No 9 and Miami at No 10 making the field by leapfrogging last season’s finalists, Notre Dame, who lost to the Hurricanes during opening week.
American Conference champion Tulane got the 11th spot and Sun Belt champion James Madison got the last spot over Duke, the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The rest of the field: No 5 Oregon, No 6 Ole Miss, No 7 Texas A&M and No 8 Oklahoma.
The playoffs start 19-20 December with first-round games: James Madison at Oregon; Tulane at Misssissippi; Miami at Texas A&M; and Alabama at Oklahoma.
The final is set for 19 January at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.
