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Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia and Texas Tech were named the top four seeds in the 12-team College Football Playoff during a bracket reveal Sunday.
Fresh off a dominant performance in the SEC Championship Game, Georgia (12-1) earned the No. 3 seed, failing to supplant OSU despite beating the only team that had defeated it earlier in the season. Big 12 champion Texas Tech (12-1) slotted No. 4 with the top four seeds all receiving first-round byes in Year 2 of the 12-team format.
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Miami and Alabama are in, Notre Dame and ACC champ Duke are out, and the CFP features two Group of Five teams in Tulane and James Madison.
No team should be as aggrieved as Florida State in 2023, but a few fan bases can be angry their teams were left out Sunday.
Ninth-ranked Alabama did not move despite a 21-point loss to Georiga in the SEC Championship Game, centering the discussion on the Hurricanes and Fighting Irish for the last spot. Miami entered the final rankings at No. 12, while Notre Dame was No. 10.
Without star guard Markus Burton and with excuses at every turn, Notre Dame basketball stared adversity in the face at TCU and said, we've got this.
No. 4 Texas Tech added to what is now the best season in school history with a dominant 34-7 win vs. No. 11 BYU (11-2) in Saturday's Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington, Texas, effectively securing a first-round bye in the 12-team playoff and perhaps earning a few friends who reside in South Bend,