College Football Playoff semifinals: How to watch Georgia vs. Michigan, live stream, channel, time

The Michigan Wolverines will face the Georgia Bulldogs in the College Football Playoffs semifinals on Friday night in Miami.

The Michigan Wolverines will face the Georgia Bulldogs in the College Football Playoffs semifinals on Friday night at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

The Wolverines are coming off a 42-3 win over Iowa as they look to book a spot in the National Championship against a tough Georgia squad, also with only one loss on the season. Georgia will be looking to bounce back in a big way after suffering their only loss of the season in the SEC title game to Alabama.

You won’t want to miss the Orange Bowl, here is everything you need to know to watch and stream the CFP.

#3 Georgia vs. #2 Michigan

  • When: Friday, December 31
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: ESPN
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

How to watch the College Football Playoffs

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NCAA Football Odds and Betting Lines

NCAA odds courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook. Odds last updated Friday at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Georgia (-7.5) vs. Michigan

O/U: 44.5

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College Football Playoff semifinals: How to watch Cincinnati vs. Alabama, live stream, channel, time

The Alabama Crimson Tide will face the Cincinnati Bearcats in the College Football Playoffs semifinals on Friday afternoon from AT&T Stadium.

The Alabama Crimson Tide will face the Cincinnati Bearcats in the College Football Playoffs semifinals on Friday afternoon from AT&T Stadium.

The Crimson Tide is fresh off a win over Georgia in the SEC title game and enters another CFP under Nick Saban. They took control over that game and will look to do the same against an undefeated Cincinnati squad. Meanwhile, the Bearcats have already made history by being the first non-Power 5 team to reach the CFP, can they knock off No. 1 ranked Alabama?

You won’t want to miss the Cotton Bowl Classic, here is everything you need to know to watch and stream the CFP.

#4 Cincinnati vs. #1 Alabama

  • When: Friday, December 31
  • Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: ESPN
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

How to watch the College Football Playoffs

fuboTV has complete NCAA college football coverage (CBS, FOX, ESPN) as well as ACC Network, Big 10 Network, ESPNU, Pac12, and more. fuboTV includes every network you need to watch every college football game in your market.
fuboTV is available on your phone, tablet, desktop, TV, connected TV Devices including Roku. Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV plus many more.
*Regional Restrictions Apply*

NCAA Football Odds and Betting Lines

NCAA odds courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook. Odds last updated Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Cincinnati vs. Alabama (-13.5)

O/U: 57.5

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New Year’s Six bowl predictions, is Georgia in?

247Sports recently predicted the New Year’s Six bowl lineup for 2021. Is Georgia football in? See the list and find out here…

There’s nothing like some playoff talk in May!  247Sports recently posted its updated college football New Year’s Six bowl projections heading into the summer.

For the most part in the college football world this year, there is a consensus on what programs are in the top tier. Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Oklahoma and Notre Dame.

But when it comes to the New Year’s Six, it’s more about what teams have the best path to the playoffs and which teams could miss out on a top-4 spot while staying in the mix for one of those six special bowl games.

Here is 247Sports’ best guess on what that may look like for 2021…

Ohio State and Alabama make the playoffs and face off in the Cotton Bowl, while Oklahoma meets Clemson in the Orange bowl for the other playoff game.

That leaves Georgia out of the top-4 and facing Iowa State in the Sugar Bowl, with LSU facing North Carolina in the Peach Bowl, Notre Dame versus Coastal Carolina in the Fiesta Bowl and USC versus Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl.

These predictions are a good guess but we have to keep in mind that Georgia has a blueprint to make a final four spot. Unless the Bulldogs drop one to Clemson in week-1 in Charlotte and another one in the SEC Championship versus Alabama, you’d be hard press to have UGA out of a top spot. Of course, that depends largely on Clemson and Alabama’s seasons.

If the Tigers and Crimson Tide dominate, Georgia could still make it in with a close loss to both teams. But if UGA beats Clemson and wins out. Georgia could be headed into the SEC Championship versus Bama in a perfect situation. Picture this, an undefeated Georgia with a win over Clemson against an undefeated Alabama… As long as the Bulldogs don’t lose by 40, UGA is in.

 


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College Football Playoff Chase: Who’s Still Alive After Week 10

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?


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Next week it’s really on when the Pac-12 adds its two-cents into the mix.

As always, the ground rules for this are 1) win your Power Five championship and go unbeaten and you’re almost certainly in, or 2) finish with one loss and a Power Five championship and you’re probably in, or 3) lose one game in the SEC, Big Ten or ACC and as long as that’s it, you have a shot.

Everyone else is playing for the joy of college football.

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

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Teams that haven’t played yet, but have a chance

With a short season, go 7-0 with a Pac-12 championship and there’s a shot. 6-1 and ehhhhhhh.

Pac-12
Arizona, Cal, Utah, Washington

– Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
– The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam …

These teams are either Power Five programs with multiple losses or Group of Five programs with one loss. Also being added is any Pac-12 team with a loss – there’s no chance with the league’s short schedule.

Unless something insane happens, these 83 teams are out of the College Football Playoff hunt.

ACC
Boston College, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

American Athletic Conference 
East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Navy, SMU, Tulane, Temple, Tulsa, UCF, USF

Big Ten
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Rutgers

Big 12
Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia,

Conference USA
Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, FIU, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, UTEP, UTSA, WKU, (Old Dominion not playing in 2020)

Independents
Army, (New Mexico State, UConn not playing in 2020. UMass

MAC
Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio,

Mountain West
Air Force, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, New Mexico, UNLV, Utah State, Wyoming

Pac-12
Arizona State, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA

SEC
Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Sun Belt
Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Louisiana, South Alabama, Texas State, Troy, ULM

The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

NEXT: Group of Five hopefuls

College Football Playoff Chase: Who’s Still Alive After Week 9

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?


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Next week it’s really on when the Pac-12 adds its two-cents into the mix.

As always, the ground rules for this are 1) win your Power Five championship and go unbeaten and you’re almost certainly in, or 2) finish with one loss and a Power Five championship and you’re probably in, or 3) lose one game in the SEC, Big Ten or ACC and as long as that’s it, you have a shot.

Everyone else is playing for the joy of college football.

– Teams That Haven’t Played Yet
Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

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Teams that haven’t played yet, but really don’t have a shot at the College Football Playoff

No. Just … no.

MAC
Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami University, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan

Teams that haven’t played yet, but have a chance

With a short season, go 7-0 with a Pac-12 championship and there’s a shot. 6-1 and ehhhhhhh.

Pac-12
Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State

– Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
– The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

NEXT: Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam …

College Football Playoff Chase: Who’s Still Alive After Week 8

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?


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With the Big Ten and Mountain West now a part of the mix, this gets even more interesting.

As always, the ground rules for this are 1) win your Power Five championship and go unbeaten and you’re almost certainly in, or 2) finish with one loss and a Power Five championship and you’re probably in, or 3) lose one game in the SEC, Big Ten or ACC – at least this year, at the moment – the Big 12 – and as long as that’s it, you have a shot.

Everyone else? This year, probably not, so …

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

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Teams that haven’t played yet, but really don’t have a shot

All of these teams will be in the hunt for an automatic New Year’s Six bowl slot if one goes unbeaten, but it’ll take something historically weird to get any sort of consideration for the College Football Playoff.

MAC
Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami University, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan

Mountain West 
Colorado State, New Mexico

Teams that haven’t played yet, but have a chance

Some might be longer shots than others, and some might be totally unrealistic, but if any of these teams go unbeaten with a conference championship, they’re almost certainly going to be in.

Pac-12
Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

NEXT: Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam …

College Football Playoff Chase: Who’s Still Alive After Week 7

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?


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Starting with the unwritten rules of the College Football Playoff …

1) Win your Power Five championship and finish unbeaten, and you’re in. And yes, this will go for the Big Ten. The Pac-12 is a little iffy, though, with a six-game regular season, Go 7-0 with a conference title, and the Pac-12 will at least be on the doorstep.

2) Win your Power Five championship and finish with one loss, and in normal times you’re close to being a mortal lock. This year, the SEC champ is in with one loss no matter what, but it’s not so sure a thing across the board. This will be addressed in a moment.

3) Lose one game in the SEC, Big Ten, or this year, the ACC, with that one loss coming to a conference champion who’s off to the College Football Playoff. That’s how Alabama got in on the way to a title in 2017. Or, be dominant and have one loss that was by crazy circumstances, like Ohio State in 2016 despite losing to Penn State.

4) Win your Group of Five conference championship, go unbeaten, and pray for a whole lot of luck. We have yet to have a season with a slew of two-loss Power Five champions, but that’s what it would take for an unbeaten Group of Fiver to get in.

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

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Teams that haven’t played yet, but really don’t have a shot

All of these teams will be in the hunt for an automatic New Year’s Six bowl slot if one goes unbeaten, but it’ll take something historically weird to get any sort of consideration for the College Football Playoff.

Conference USA
Rice

MAC
Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami University, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan

Mountain West 
Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, Wyoming

Teams that haven’t played yet, but have a chance

Some might be longer shots than others, and some might be totally unrealistic, but if any of these teams go unbeaten with a conference championship, they’re almost certainly going to be in.

Big Ten
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin

Pac-12
Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

NEXT: Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam …

College Football Playoff Chase: Who’s Still Alive After Week 6

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?


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As always, the unwritten rules of the College Football Playoff have to be taken into account …

1) Win your Power Five championship and finish unbeaten, and you’re in. And yes, this will go for the Big Ten. The Pac-12 is a little iffy, though, with a six-game regular season, Go 7-0 with a conference title, and the Pac-12 will at least be on the doorstep.

2) Win your Power Five championship and finish with one loss, and in normal times you’re close to being a mortal lock. This year, the SEC champ is in with one loss no matter what, but it’s not so sure a thing across the board. This will be addressed in a moment.

3) Lose one game in the SEC, Big Ten, or this year, the ACC, with that one loss coming to a conference champion who’s off to the College Football Playoff. That’s how Alabama got in on the way to a title in 2017. Or, be dominant and have one loss that was by crazy circumstances, like Ohio State in 2016 despite losing to Penn State.

4) Win your Group of Five conference championship, go unbeaten, and pray for a whole lot of luck. We have yet to have a season with a slew of two-loss Power Five champions, but that’s what it would take for an unbeaten Group of Fiver to get in.

With all of that in mind, this is broken down into five categories.

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

[jwplayer IoO8SIHX]

Teams that haven’t played yet, but really don’t have a shot

All of these teams will be in the hunt for an automatic New Year’s Six bowl slot if one goes unbeaten, but it’ll take something historically weird to get any sort of consideration for the College Football Playoff.

Conference USA
Rice

Independents
UMass

MAC
Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami University, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan

Mountain West 
Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, Wyoming

Teams that haven’t played yet, but have a chance

Some might be longer shots than others, and some might be totally unrealistic, but if any of these teams go unbeaten with a conference championship, they’re almost certainly going to be in.

Big Ten
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin

Pac-12
Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive
Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

NEXT: Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam …

College Football Playoff Chase: Who’s Still Alive After Week 5

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?


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It’s all a bit of a guess, but here’s how the unwritten College Football Playoff rules should still work, even in 2020 …

1) Win your Power Five championship and finish unbeaten, and you’re in. And yes, this will go for the Big Ten. The Pac-12 is a little iffy, though, with a six-game regular season, Go 7-0 with a conference title, and the Pac-12 will at least be on the doorstep.

Don’t make this too hard – the CFP committee isn’t going to want to get funky if there’s an unbeaten Power Five champ there to select.

2) Win your Power Five championship and finish with one loss, and in normal times you’re close to being a mortal lock. This year, the SEC champ is in with one loss no matter what, but it’s not so sure a thing across the board. This will be addressed in a moment.

3) Lose one game in the SEC, Big Ten, or this year, the ACC, with that one loss coming to a conference champion who’s off to the College Football Playoff. That’s how Alabama got in on the way to a title in 2017. Or, be dominant and have one loss that was by crazy circumstances, like Ohio State in 2016 despite losing to Penn State.

4) Win your Group of Five conference championship, go unbeaten, and pray for a whole lot of luck. We have yet to have a season with a slew of two-loss Power Five champions, but that’s what it would take for an unbeaten Group of Fiver to get in.

With all of that in mind, this is broken down into five categories.

Teams that haven’t played yet, but …
Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive … technically
The unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

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Teams that haven’t played yet, but really don’t have a shot

This year, considering the lack of non-conference games, just winning a Group of Five title won’t be enough, no matter what.

All of these teams will be in the hunt for an automatic New Year’s Six bowl slot if one goes unbeaten, but it’ll take something historically weird to get into the College Football Playoff.

American Athletic Conference
Houston, Temple

Conference USA
Rice

MAC
Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami University, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan

Mountain West 
Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, Wyoming

Teams that haven’t played yet, but have a shot

Some might be longer shots than others, and some might be totally unrealistic, but if any of these teams go unbeaten with a conference championship, they’re almost certainly going to be in.

Big Ten
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin

Pac-12
Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive … technically
The unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

NEXT: Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam …

College Football Playoff Chase: Who’s Still Alive After Week 4

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff? Where does every college football team stand?

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?


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Even in this craziest of seasons with the wackiest of scenarios, here’s how the unwritten College Football Playoff rules should still work …

1) Win your Power Five championship and finish unbeaten, and you’re in. And yes, this will go for the Big Ten, and this will almost certainly go for a Pac-12 team that wins seven games and then its championship (maybe).

Don’t make this too hard – the CFP committee isn’t going to want to get too funky if there’s an unbeaten Power Five champ there to select.

2) Win your Power Five championship and finish with one loss, and in normal times you’re close to being a mortal lock. This year, the SEC champ is in with one loss no matter what, but it’s not so sure a thing across the board. This will be addressed in a moment.

3) Lose one game in the SEC, Big Ten, or this year, the ACC, with that one loss coming to a conference champion who’s off to the College Football Playoff. That’s how Alabama got in on the way to a title in 2017. Or, be dominant and have one loss that was by crazy circumstances, like Ohio State did to get in despite losing to Penn State in 2016.

4) Win your Group of Five conference championship and go unbeaten, and pray for a whole lot of luck. We have yet to have a season with a slew of two-loss Power Five champions, but that’s what it would take for an unbeaten Group of Fiver to get in.

With all of that in mind, this is broken down into five categories.

Teams that haven’t played yet, but …
Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive … technically
The unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

[jwplayer IoO8SIHX]

Teams that haven’t played yet, but really don’t have a shot

This year, considering the lack of non-conference games, just winning a Group of Five title won’t be enough, no matter what.

Let’s not kid ourselves. These teams can go unbeaten, be amazing, and they might be allowed to watch the College Football Playoff on TV. However, all of these teams will be in the hunt for an automatic New Year’s Six bowl slot if one goes unbeaten.

American Athletic Conference
Houston, Temple

Conference USA
Florida Atlantic, Rice

MAC
Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami University, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan

Mountain West 
Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, Wyoming

Teams that haven’t played yet, but have a shot

Some might be longer shots than others, and some might be totally unrealistic, but if any of these teams go unbeaten with a conference championship, they’re almost certainly going to be in.

Big Ten
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin

Pac-12
Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive … technically
The unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

NEXT: Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam …