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CFP National Championship Game Chuck Dunlap (Primary SEC Football Contact) • [email protected] • @SEC_Chuck Southeastern Conference Communications Office Ben Beaty (Secondary Football Contact) • [email protected] • @BenBeaty SECsports.com • CollegePressBox.com Phone: (205) 458-3000 EASTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Top 10 Streak #- Florida 8-2 .800 412 263 8-4 .667 478 370 4-1 3-1 1-2 6-0 1-3 1-2 L3 Georgia 7-2 .778 299 179 8-2 .800 323 200 3-0 4-1 1-1 4-1 4-2 2-2 W4 Missouri 5-5 .500 267 323 5-5 .500 267 323 4-2 1-3 0-0 3-3 1-4 0-3 L2 Kentucky 4-6 .400 217 264 5-6 .455 240 285 3-2 1-4 1-0 3-3 2-4 0-4 W2 Tennessee 3-7 .300 215 301 3-7 .300 215 301 1-4 2-3 0-0 3-3 0-5 0-4 L1 South Carolina 2-8 .200 235 360 2-8 .200 200 360 1-4 1-4 0-0 1-5 1-4 0-3 L6 Vanderbilt 0-9 .000 133 336 0-9 .000 133 336 0-5 0-4 0-0 0-5 0-3 0-2 L9 # - Eastern Division Champion WESTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Top 10 Streak %-Alabama 10-0 1.000 495 168 12-0 1.000 578 228 5-0 5-0 2-0 6-0 5-0 3-0 W12 Texas A&M 8-1 .889 285 190 9-1 .900 326 217 4-0 4-1 1-0 4-1 2-1 1-1 W8 Auburn 6-4 .600 257 237 6-5 .545 276 272 4-1 2-3 0-1 4-2 1-4 0-3 L1 Ole Miss 4-5 .444 366 363 5-5 .500 392 383 2-3 2-2 1-0 1-4 1-2 1-2 W1 Arkansas 3-7 .300 257 349 3-7 .300 257 349 2-3 1-4 0-0 2-4 1-5 0-4 L4 Mississippi State 3-7 .300 207 283 4-7 .364 235 309 2-3 1-4 1-0 1-5 2-3 1-1 W2 *LSU 5-5 .500 320 349 5-5 .500 320 349 2-2 3-3 0-0 2-4 1-2 1-2 W2 % - Western Division Champion; * - Not eligible for postseason play NOTES: The SEC is 6-2 in the postseason, with all six wins coming against Top-25 competition - the most in history for the conference. The six bowl wins also leads the nation. vs. Top 25 - Record vs. teams in Top 25 (AP, USA Today) when game was played; Teams listed in alphabetical order unless tie-breaker applicable CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 3 Ohio State SERIES: This is the fifth time Alabama and Ohio State have squared off and the second time in the Monday, January 11, 2021 • 8 p.m. ET College Football Playoff. The two teams met previously in the CFP semifinals following the 2014 sea- Miami Gardens, Fla. • Hard Rock Stadium son, with Ohio State winning 42-35. Alabama won the three meetings prior. The first meeting was in ESPN the Sugar Bowl following the 1977 season, and the teams next met in East Rutherford, N.J., to start THE TEAMS: Alabama (12-0, 10-0 SEC) will face Big Ten Champion Ohio State (7-0, 6-0 BIG) in the the 1986 season. Alabama defeated the Buckeyes 24-17 to win the 1995 Citrus Bowl in Orlando. College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Alabama is looking is looking to win its sixth national championship since 2009 under Nick Saban. SEC vs. OHIO STATE: Ohio State is 1-9 all-time versus the SEC in the postseason, with the lone vic- tory coming in the Sugar Bowl Semifinal during the inaugural season of the College Football Playoff, NATIONAL RANKINGS: Alabama is the No. 1-ranked team in the College Football Playoff rankings, as Ohio State defeated Alabama 42-35. That was the only season since 2006 a team from the SEC while Ohio State is ranked No. 3 by the CFP. Last season LSU became the first No. 1-ranked team in failed to advance to the national championship game. the CFP rankings to win the national championship in the College Football Playoff era. SEC IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF: The SEC is 10-4 all-time in College Football Playoff SEC IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: This will mark the 14th time in the last 15 sea- games, playing in five of the previous six CFP National Championship Games, while winning three. sons, and 16th overall since 1998, a team from the SEC has advanced to the national championship The SEC is 7-1 in CFP Semifinals, and 9-3 overall in CFP games not versus each other. The SEC leads game. Ten times since 2006 the SEC has won the college football national championship. Overall, the the nation with eight teams advancing to the Playoff since its inception in 2014.Three different pro- SEC has won 12 of the previous 22 national championship games since the 1998 season, while grams (Alabama, Georgia, LSU) have made Playoff appearances in the SEC. The league also leads the appearing in 15 prior to this season. nation in the CFP era with championship game appearances (7). TELEVISION: ESPN will televise the game nationally for the ninth straight year (Chris Fowler, Play- by-Play; Kirk Herbstreit, Analyst; Maria Taylor and Holly Rowe, Sidelines). ESPN has aired the game nationally since the 2011 BCS National Championship Game when Auburn defeated Oregon. ABC car- ried the game 1999-2006, and 2010, with Fox Sports owning broadcast rights in 2007-09. RADIO: ESPN Radio will broadcast the game (ESPN Radio: Sean McDonough, Play-by-Play; Todd Blackledge, Analyst). The game is available on SiriusXM Channel 80, with the Alabama broadcast airing on Channel 84. ESPN Radio has carried the game since 1999. SECSports.com • CollegePressBox.com • SECSportsMedia.com • @SEC SEC on Facebook, Instagram #ItJustMeansMore 2020 SEC Football CFP Championship Game COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Ohio State vs. Alabama January 11 • 8:00 p.m. ET • Miami Gardens, Fla. • Hard Rock Stadium (13,000) TV: ESPN (Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe, Maria Taylor) Radio: ESPN Radio SiriusXM channel 80 (Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge) OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (7-0, 5-0 BIG TEN) ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (12-0, 10-0 SEC) Head Coach: Ryan Day (New Hampshire, ‘02) Head Coach: Nick Saban (Kent State, ‘73) Overall/Years: 23-1 (.958) / Second season Overall/Years: 259-65-1 (.798) / 25th season Ohio State/Years: Same Alabama/Years: 169-23 (.880) / 14th season National Rankings: 3 AP/3 Coaches/3 CFP National Rankings: 1 AP/1 Coaches/1 CFP Bowl Appearances/Postseason Games: 51/53 Bowl Appearances/Postseason Games: 68/73 Bowl Wins: 24 Bowl Wins: 40 Key Players Key Players OG Wyatt Davis (6-4, 315, Jr., Bellflower, Calif.) LB Dylan Moses (6-3, 240, Sr., Alexandria, La.) Has started 22 consecutive games at right guard for the Buckeyes and Second team All-America selection by CBS Sports ... Tied for the UA this year has been a leader for a unit that helped Ohio State finish with team lead in total tackles (68), including 6.5 for loss (-33 yards) ... Also the Big Ten’s top rushing offense ... Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman posted 1.5 sacks ... One interception and two pass break-ups ... Semifi- of the Year in the Big Ten. nalist for the Lott Trophy. QB Justin Fields (6-3, 228, Jr., Kennesaw, Ga.) QB Mac Jones (6-3, 214, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.) Tied the school record for touchdown passes with six scores for 385 First team All-America selection by the Associated Press, ESPN.com, yards in the Sugar Bowl vs. Clemson ... Has thrown for 300 or more Pro Football Focus, The Sporting News and USA Today ... Has thrown yards in five of Ohio State’s seven games ... Threw five TD passes in the for more than 400 yards three times this season ... Has thrown four TD win over Rutgers and four against Penn State. passes for times and five TD passes once. DT Haskell Garrett (6-2, 299, Sr., Las Vegas, Nev.) WR DeVonta Smith (6-1, 175, Sr., Amite, La.) First team All-American by CBS Sports ... Posted career highs in every Associated Press Player of the Year, the first wide receiver to ever win statistical category this season and was named to the All-Big Ten Team the award ... First team All-American ... Holds the SEC and Alabama ... Has been a key piece of a Buckeye run defense that ranks among the career record for receiving touchdowns ... Only receiver in SEC history best nationally against the run. with multiple career games of four or more receiving TDs. CB Shaun Wade (6-1, 195, Gr., Jacksonville, Fla.) DB Patrick Surtain II (6-2, 202, Jr., Plantation, Fla.) First Team Associated Press All-American ... Selected as the Wood- First team All-American ... Finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy ... One son-Tatum Defensive Back of the Year, becoming the first Buckeye in interception, 35 total tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss ... Eleven pass the 10-year history of the award to win it ... Among the team leaders in break-ups, two QB hurries and a fumble recovery ..