A year ago, at 10-2 and snubbed by the CFP committee, Miami wasn’t happy. This year, at 10-2 and headed to Texas A&M for a playoff game, the Hurricanes are thrilled.

Ohio State dropped to the No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff, but the Buckeyes remain the betting favorites to win a second straight national title.

There will be a familiarity with both teams when OU football hosts Alabama in the College Football Playoff on Dec. 19.

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Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea lobbied all week and offered to add a 13th game to the schedule, “in the parking lot” if they had to, for one more shot at impressing the College Football Playoff selection committee.

The college football world will learn the fate of the top programs in the country on Sunday when the College Football Playoff bracket is revealed. However, several schools associated with winning will be on the edge of their seats when the bracket release show occurs.

Alabama’s record ninth CFP berth gets rolling Dec. 19 with a prime-time test against a fellow blue-blood college football program in Oklahoma.