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Playoff Committee Final Four: LSU, Ohio State, Clemson, Oklahoma

December 8, 2019 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff

The College Football Playoff Committee released their Final rankings on Sunday, flipping LSU over Ohio State as the No. 1 seed with Clemson and Oklahoma filling out the Final Four.

Ohio State and Oklahoma will face-off in the Fiesta Bowl, while LSU and Clemson will tango in the Peach Bowl.

The No. 1 seed has never won the championship while the No. 4 seed has 2 titles.

Memphis comes in at No. 17 to top all schools in the Group of Five conferences and claim the automatic bid to the Cotton Bowl.

  Team W-L LW
1. LSU 13-0 1
2. Ohio State 13-0 2
3. Clemson 13-0 3
4. Oklahoma 12-1 6
5. Georgia 11-2 4
6. Oregon 11-2 13
7. Baylor 11-2 7
8. Wisconsin 10-3 8
9. Florida 10-2 9
10 Penn State 10-2 10
11. Utah 11-2 5
12. Auburn 9-3 11
13. Alabama 10-2 12
14. Michigan 9-3 14
15. Notre Dame 10-2 15
16. Iowa 9-3 16
17. Memphis 12-1 17
18. Minnesota 10-2 18
19. Boise State 12-1 19
20. Appalachian State 12-1 21
21. Cincinnati 10-3 20
22. USC 8-4 22
23. Navy 9-2 24
24. Virginia 9-4 23
25. Oklahoma State 8-4 25

About the College Football Playoff

The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 ranked team vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among six bowl games – the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual. This season's Playoff Semifinals will take place Saturday, December 28, 2019, at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The College Football Playoff National Championship will be Monday, January 13, 2020, at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.