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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF FEATURES FOUR HEAVYWEIGHTS—AND ONE GIANT SNUB


NO. 1 MICHIGAN PLAYS NO. 4 ALABAMA IN THE ROSE BOWL, WHILE NO. 2 WASHINGTON
FACES TEXAS IN THE SUGAR BOWL. UNDEFEATED FLORIDA STATE WAS LEFT OUT.


Alabama head coach Nick Saban, center, and players celebrate after winning the
SEC championship. brett davis/Reuters

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For most of its more than 150 years of existence, college football has been
defined as much by controversy and contention as what happened when a bunch of
students squared off on the field. This is a sport where 34 national titles have
been disputed or vacated—and sometimes both.

Then, 10 years ago, the sport’s leaders decided to change all that. College
football went from the murky selection process of the Bowl Championship Series
era to a playoff format, allowing four teams to duke it out for the national
title. The days of controversy were supposedly over. 

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