Either Ohio State or Notre Dame will not just be a worthy champion, but one that deserves recognition for surviving a gauntlet of four playoff games.

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Boosted by its ground game, the Longhorns opened the College Football Playoff with a 38-24 first-round win over Clemson at Royal-Memorial Stadium. Texas, the No. 5 seed in the CFP field ...

The audience for the 2 CFP semifinal games averaged 19.2 million a -17% dropoff from last year. The 6 NFL wild card games ...

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Television ratings for the College Football Playoff semifinals were down about 17 percent in the first season of the expanded ...