College Football Playoff, Bowl Game
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With just one day until bowl pairings are officially announced, we forecast who will play where, including the College Football Playoff.
There was no shortage of drama surrounding this year's College Football Playoff (CFP) selection. The CFP committee didn't make many controversial choices, but a couple of decisions have been hotly debated since the bracket was announced just over a week ago.
Hall of Famer and ESPN basketball analyst Charles Barkley has an opinion on most everything, and that includes the College Football Playoff committee's decision to leave 10-2 Notre Dame off of the 12-team bracket.
The College Football Playoff selection committee's final top 25 of the season produced a 12-team bracket that includes two regular-season rematches in the first round: No. 9 Alabama at No. 8 Oklahoma and No. 11 Tulane at No. 6 Ole Miss. Oklahoma beat Alabama, 23-21, on Nov. 15 and Ole Miss cruised to a 45-10 win against Tulane on Sept. 20.