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The Huskies rank fourth nationally in points per game (44.5) and 22nd in yards per game (477.2), both better than every team Alabama has played. Eastern, and Clemson and Ohio State start at 7 p.m. “I’m just incredibly pleased with our team, their resilience through the season and in this game”, Sooners coach Bob Stoops, who won his 10th conference title in 17 years, said.

Up close and personal, actually. Petersen’s response: “Not real well”. “I’ve never seen a guy that young with that much poise and that much confidence in us and we have all the confidence in the world in him”. I haven’t had a chance to really know any of the specifics about schemes and the details of their players.

Alabama is 4-0 all-time against Washington, the last meeting between the schools coming back in 1986.

Penn State jumped three spots by winning the Big Ten title game.

The College Football Playoff’s selection committee on Sunday announced the four teams that will contend for this season’s national championship: Alabama (13-0), followed by Clemson (12-1), Ohio State (11-1) and Washington (12-1).

Penn State (11-2, No. 7 CFP) won its first conference title in eight years.

Florida coach Jim McElwain was certainly impressed after his No. 15 Gators took a 54-16 whipping in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday.

Ohio State lost to Penn State on October 22, but closed the season with a double-overtime victory over then-No. The Nittany Lions suffered two losses, one a 39-point loss to MI and a 42-39 loss to Pittsburgh.

It was the 25th straight victory over two seasons for Alabama, which has outscored its past four victims by a combined 166-34.

Saturday’s lopsided win means Alabama will again play at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, which is often called “Tuscaloosa East”.

The Huskies will travel 2,635 miles for the game while Alabama, which just played in the Georgia Dome, is just 202 miles from its semifinal destination.

“That’s something we’ve got to do, sooner than later”, he said.

“It was detailed, it was hard conversation”, CFP committee chairman Kirby Hocutt said on ESPN. Washington defensive back Taylor Rapp (21) holds the game MVP trophy after Washington’s 41-10 win over Colorado in the Pac-12 Conference championship NCAA college football game Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif.

Commence debate – the pairings are in, and Penn State and MI are out.

Petersen’s Huskies will face the top-ranked Crimson Tide in the Peach Bowl on December 31 in a College Football Playoff semifinal. The other semifinal playoff, the Fiesta Bowl, is in Glendale, Arizona, between No. 2 seed Clemson and No. 3 seed Ohio State.

Beyond Alabama, the CFP selection committee will not only have a decision to make on who is in, but also where they’ll be seeded. MI was No. 6, likely now bound for the Orange Bowl.

“We already know the tremendous challenge that we have, going against Alabama”.

Their affinity for the Crimson Tide actually started when they were 9 year olds, while watching the 1965 Orange Bowl.

The 15-win watch is back.

Saban will be going for his sixth national championship, his fifth at Alabama.

Alabama was ranked No. 1, to no one’s surprise.

As the old pro in the College Football Playoff, having made the national Final Four each of the first three seasons of its existence, Nick Saban made sure to extend a warm welcome to its newest addition.

Roughly three minutes later, Alabama’s Joshua Jacobs retuned a blocked Florida punt 27 yards for a touchdown to put the Crimson Tide up 16-7.

The SEC Championship game marked its silver anniversary Saturday with a celebration of the event’s history and a coronation of Alabama as the league’s dominant team this season.

Alabama got all 61 first-place votes in the poll. If he can control his turnovers – he has 14 interceptions this year – Clemson has a chance.

Now, they can start to turn a little more attention toward the recruiting trail, which will get the bulk of their focus while also preparing to face Iowa in the Outback Bowl on January 2.

Florida: Two straight blowout losses probably cost the Gators a shot at the Sugar Bowl.

– Navy will bring its triple-option (averaging 327 yards rushing per game) to the Armed Forces Bowl to face Louisiana Tech, which averages 360 yards passing per game behind quarterback Ryan Higgins. Auburn defeated SC 56-17 in 2010.