After weeks of debate, and plenty of controversy, the College Football Playoff field is here. As the 12 teams that will compete for the national championship were unveiled, the first eight were relatively chalky, with Indiana’s win over Ohio State leading to a swap of No. 1 and No. 2, and the rest staying in place from a week ago.
No. 9 also stayed in place, and that is where things got wild. Alabama, despite a 21-point SEC championship loss to Georgia that looked even worse than that, stayed pat in that spot, earning a spot in the field. At No. 10, Miami jumped over Notre Dame on the strength of a head-to-head win in Week 1, despite the selection committee’s reluctance to put the Hurricanes ahead of the Fighting Irish to this point.
