The first year of the 12 team Playoff is here and has already brought plenty of story lines!

Alabama missed out on the playoff after going 9-3 and was replaced by SMU. Plenty of people argued for them to be in, but a team who loses to 6-6 Oklahoma and 6-6 Vanderbilt does not deserve to be in the playoff. SMU will now play at Penn St, where the winner faces Boise st in the fiesta bowl.Oregon, Georgia, Boise st, and Arizona st are the top 4 seeds in that order as they won their conference championship game and got a first round bye. I think the committee needs to get rid of this, and just seed the teams on how they want. For example No.16 Clemson went 9-3 in the regular season but won the ACC championship so they automatically get in at No.12. Without this rule I think Miami would’ve gotten in over them. Clemson now plays at No.5 Texas. The winner will play at Arizona st in the peach bowl. Tennessee plays in Columbus where buckeyes HC Ryan Day may be coaching for his job. The winner plays Oregon in the Rose Bowl. In-state rivals Indiana and Notre Dame will play in south bend where the winner plays Georgia in the Sugar. As a fan I am very excited to get to see 11 playoff games for the first time. A complete list of all other bowl games below and dates below.

Saturday, Dec. 14

• Cricket Celebration Bowl: Jackson State vs. South Carolina State, 12 p.m. ET
• IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl: South Alabama vs. Western Michigan, 9 p.m. ET

Tuesday, Dec. 17

• Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl: Memphis vs. West Virginia, 9 p.m. ET

Wednesday, Dec. 18

• Boca Raton Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. James Madison, 5:30 p.m. ET
• Art of Sport LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk: California vs. UNLV, 9 p.m. ET

Thursday, Dec. 19

• R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston, 7 p.m. ET

Friday, Dec. 20

• StaffDNA Cure Bowl: Ohio vs. Jacksonville State, 12 p.m. ET
• Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl: Tulane vs. Florida, 3:30 p.m. ET
• CFP First Round: Indiana at Notre Dame, 8 p.m. ET

Saturday, Dec. 21

• CFP First Round: SMU at Penn State, 12 p.m. ET
• CFP First Round: Clemson at Texas, 4 p.m. ET
• CFP First Round: Tennessee at Ohio State, 8 p.m. ET

Monday, Dec. 23

• Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA, 11 a.m. ET
• Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State, 2:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, Dec. 24

• Hawai’i Bowl: South Florida vs. San Jose State, 8 p.m. ET

Thursday, Dec. 26

• GameAbove Sports Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Toledo, 2 p.m. ET
• Rate Bowl: Rutgers vs. Kansas State, 5:30 p.m. ET
• 68 Ventures Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green, 9 p.m. ET

Friday, Dec. 27

• Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Navy, 12 p.m. ET
• Birmingham Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt, 3:30 p.m. ET
• AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Arkansas, 7 p.m. ET
• DIRECTV Holiday Bowl: Syracuse vs. Washington State, 8 p.m. ET
• SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl: Texas A&M vs. USC, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, Dec. 28

• Wasabi Fenway Bowl: North Carolina vs. UConn, 11 a.m. ET
• Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe bowl: Boston College vs. Nebraska, 12 p.m. ET
• Isleta New Mexico Bowl: TCU vs. Louisiana, 2:15 p.m. ET
• Pop-Tarts Bowl: Iowa State vs. Miami, 3:30 p.m. ET
• Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop: Miami (OH) vs. Colorado State, 4:30 p.m. ET
• Go Bowling Military Bowl: East Carolina vs. NC State, 5:45 p.m. ET
• Valero Alamo Bowl: BYU vs. Colorado, 7:30 p.m. ET
• Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl: Marshall vs. Army, 9:15 p.m. ET

Monday, Dec. 30

• Transperfect Music City Bowl: Iowa vs. Missouri, 2:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, Dec. 31

• Reliaquest Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan, 12 p.m. ET
• Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl: Louisville vs. Washington, 2 p.m. ET
• Cheez-It Citrus Bowl: South Carolina vs. Illinois, 3 p.m. ET
• Kinder’s Texas Bowl: Baylor vs. LSU, 3:30 p.m. ET
• VRBO Fiesta Bowl (CFP quarterfinal): Winner of SMU/Penn State vs. Boise State, 7:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, Jan. 1

• Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (CFP quarterfinal): Winner of Clemson/Texas vs. Arizona State, 1 p.m. ET
• Rose Bowl (CFP quarterfinal): Winner of Tennessee/Ohio State vs. Oregon, 5 p.m. ET
• Allstate Sugar Bowl (CFP quarterfinal): Winner of Indiana/Notre Dame vs. Georgia, 8:45 p.m. ET

Thursday, Jan. 2

• Taxpayer Gator Bowl: Duke vs. Ole Miss, 7:30 p.m. ET

Friday, Jan. 3

• Servpro First Responder Bowl: North Texas vs. Texas State, 4 p.m. ET
• Duke’s Mayo Bowl: Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, Jan. 4

• Bahamas Bowl: Buffalo vs. Liberty, 11 a.m. ET

Thursday, Jan. 9

• Capital One Orange Bowl (CFP semifinal): 7:30 p.m. ET

Friday, Jan. 10

• Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (CFP semifinal): 7:30 p.m. ET

Monday, Jan. 20

• College Football Playoff National Championship: 7:30 p.m. ET