College Football Playoff Officers
WEEK 4: SEPT. 18 - 20
ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE College Football Playoff Officers
First Year of the College Football Playoff - Beginning this season FBS college football will enter a new four- President & Chair...... Luis E. Boué team playoff era. The best four teams, as determined by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee, will Chair-Elect...... Lee E. Stapleton face off in two College Football Playoff Semifinals played in bowl games. The bowl games that will serve as the Vice Chair...... Michael B. Chavies semifinals will rotate annually between the Sugar, Rose, Orange, Cotton, Peach and Fiesta bowl with the Sugar Vice Chair...... Don Slesnick Bowl and Rose Bowl serving as the semifinals for the 2014-2015 season. For years that these bowl games are Secretary...... Ann E. Pope not hosting semifinals they will host teams consistent with conference affiliations and/or College Football Playoff Treasurer...... Shaun M. Davis committee selections. The two victorious teams from the semifinals will then advance to the College Football Immediate Past President/Chair.... Andrew P. Hertz Playoff National Championship, this year played in Arlington, Texas. The National Championship Game will be CEO...... Eric L. Poms played in a different city each year. In the process of selecting the final four teams for the semifinals, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee will release weekly, top 25 rankings beginning Tuesday, October 28th Communications Staff for five consecutive weeks. Factors that will influence rankings and eventual team selections include schedule (305) 341-4700 strength, results from head-to-head matchups against common opponents and conference championships won. Larry Wahl VP, Communications The Orange Bowl In the Next 12 Years - The Orange Bowl will host a College Football Playoff Semifinal every [email protected] three years: December 31 in 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2024 at either 5 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. During the eight years when the Orange Bowl does not host a semifinal it will feature theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Champion, Kallan Louis or if the champion is participating in the College Football Playoff the next highest ranked ACC school (selected by Communications Coordinator the CFP selection committee), against the highest ranked available school from either the Big Ten Conference, [email protected] Southeastern Conference (SEC) or Notre Dame (as chosen by the CFP selection committee). The Big Ten and SEC will receive a minimum of three Orange Bowl appearances each during the eight games and Notre Dame Kacie Albert may make up to two appearances in the eight games. Communications & Media Assistantship [email protected]
Sugar Rose Orange Cotton Peach Fiesta Championship Daniel Pyser Communications & Media Intern 2014-15 Semi-Final Semi-Final Orange Cotton Peach Fiesta Arlington, TX [email protected] (Jan.1) (Jan.1) (Dec. 31) (Jan. 1) (Dec. 31) (Dec. 31) (Jan. 12) ACC MATCHUP OF THE WEEK 2015-16 Sugar Rose Semi-Final Semi-Final Peach Fiesta Glendale, AZ (Jan. 1) (Jan. 1) (Dec. 31) (Dec. 31) (Dec. 31) (Jan. 1) (Jan. 11)
2017-18 Sugar Rose Orange Cotton Semi-Final Semi-Final Tampa, FL (Jan. 2) (Jan. 2) (Dec. 31) (Jan. 2) (Dec. 31) (Dec. 31) (Jan. 9)
IMPORTANT MEDIA DATES
Tue. Oct. 28 First CFP Rankings Released Sun. Dec. 7 CFP Selection Show / Coaches’ Teleconference
Mon. Nov. 3 2013 Discover Orange Bowl Online Credential Application Opens Sat. Dec. 19 Credential Application / Media Hotel Reservations Closes Saturday, September 20 Sat. Dec. 6 Conference Championship Games st Wed. Dec. 31 81 Annual Orange Bowl Photo Credit:David Platt 8:00 P.M. EDT on ABC Photo Credit:Bill Pearce WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING
Brett McMurphy Mark Schlabach Stewart Mandel Jerry Palm Brant Parsons Phil Steele
Clemson Pittsburgh Clemson Clemson Clemson North Carolina vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. LSU Auburn Alabama Auburn Wisconsin Auburn
Oregon Oregon Auburn Florida State Auburn Alabama vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Oklahoma Oklahoma Oregon Oklahoma Oregon Oklahoma
Florida State Florida State Florida State Alabama Florida State Florida State vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Texas A&M Texas A&M Oklahoma Oregon Oklahoma Oregon
Florida State Alabama ------vs. vs. Auburn Florida State
Alabama Cincinnati Michigan State Texas A&M Notre Dame Baylor vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Georgia Baylor Baylor USC Alabama Michigan State
South Carolina Ohio State Texas A&M UCLA Baylor UCLA vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Michigan State Stanford Notre Dame Michigan State Michigan State Marshall
Auburn Alabama Georgia Georgia Georgia Ohio State vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Marshall Michigan State East Carolina Cinncinati East Carolina Georgia Weekend Watch List Conference Action Relevant to the Orange Bowl No. 5 Auburn @ No. 20 Kansas State In the ACC - For the ACC, the highlight of week three was Boston College’s upset victory over the visiting No. 9 Thursday, September 18, 7:30 p.m. USC Trojans. After trailing (10-0) in the first quarter, the Eagles rallied in the second and third quarters to score 24 unanswered points, Despite two late fourth quarter touchdowns by USC, BC held on 37-31 and secured its first win Auburn’s first road game of season...Only second time Kansas St. has faced a ranked non- against a top-10 team since 2004. In the only conference matchup of the weekend the Virginia Cavaliers narrowly conference opponent under coach Snyder. defeated the conference newcomer, No. 21 Louisville Cardinals. The closely contested, back and forth game was decided in the final minutes of the game when Virginia converted a field goal off of a fumbled punt and prevented Louisville from converting on fourth and 20, leading to a 23-21 victory. Across the rest of the ACC teams went 7-2 Georgia Tech @ Virginia Tech in out of conference match-ups. Five ACC teams that played in week three remained undefeated following last Saturday, September 20, 12:00 p.m. weekend’s action with Pittsburgh, Duke, Georgia Tech and North Carolina State all improving to 3-0, while Syracuse bettered its record to 2-0 after a bye in week two. Two ACC teams, No. 1 Florida State and North Carolina, will enter First ACC Coastal game of year... VA Tech has week four of play undefeated (2-0) after a bye in week three. won last four matchups and leads series 8-3. In the SEC - SEC divisional play began in week three with two East division matchups. In Columbia, the South Iowa @ Pittsburgh Carolina Gamecocks hosted the No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs in a game that came down to the final possession. Down by Saturday, September 20, 12:00 p.m. three points (38-35) Georgia’s Damian Swann intercepted South Carolina quarterback Dylan Thompson at the South Carolina 14 yard line with 5:24 left. After an intentional grounding call on Georgia’s Hutson Mason, the drive stalled Iowa is 4-6 in road openers...Pitt leads series and Georgia’s Marshall Morgan missed a 28 yard field goal. South Carolina ran out the last 4:24 to preserve the win. 3-2... Iowa won last contest between two teams In Gainesville, the Florida Gators and visiting Kentucky Wildcats went into triple overtime. After Kentucky missed a 41 31-27 in 2011. yard field goal, Florida’s Matt Jones ended the game on a 1 yard rushing touchdown (36-30). Elsewhere in the SEC, Tennessee traveled to Norman to take on No. 4 Oklahoma in a matchup that was first contested in the 1939 Orange Florida @ No. 3 Alabama Bowl. Oklahoma took the victory 34-10. In out of conference play the SEC was 8-1 with the average margin of victory Saturday, September 20, 3:30 p.m. totaling 28 points in games won.
1964 ‘Bama National Champions, celebrating In the Big Ten - Like the SEC, Big Ten East play kicked off in week three when the Penn State Nittany Lions traveled 50th Anniversary of Orange Bowl appearance, to Piscataway to face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in their conference debut. After trailing at halftime 10-0, the Nittany will be honored. Lions came back in the second half to score 13 unanswered and defeat the Scarlet Knights 13-10. No. 22 Ohio State rebounded from its loss to then unranked Virginia Tech with a 66-0 shutout over in-state rival Kent State. In the Virginia @ No. 21 BYU contest freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett threw six touchdowns, matching the school record. Saturday, September 20, 3:30 p.m. Notre Dame - For the first time this season, the No. 11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish hit the road to take on the Purdue Both teams have logged upsets this season... Boilermakers at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Fighting Irish defeated the Boilermakers 30-14, led by Virginia leads series 3-1 and won from behind in quarterback Everett Golson who scored Notre Dame’s first touchdown of the game to erase the team’s first deficit of 2013 19-16. the year.
Note: All rankings are as of September 7, prior to week three games, per the Associated Press Top 25 Poll. Mississippi State @ No. 8 LSU Saturday, September 20, 7:00 p.m. Orange Bowl - More than Just Football SEC West divisional game...LSU leads series 71-3-33 and has won last 14 contests.
No. 22 Clemson @ No. 1 Florida State Saturday, September 20, 8:00 p.m.
Orange Bowl Youth Football Alliance Cheer Metropolia Orange Bowl International & Dance Championships presented by MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta First ACC Atlantic game of year...Features two Tennis Championships of three returning consensus All-Americans in Sports Authority Jameis Winston and Vic Beasley... FSU leads series 19-8 including latest 51-14 in 2013.
Miami @ No. 24 Nebraska Saturday, September 20, 8:00 p.m. Orange Bowl Paddle Championship Orange Bowl Florida Youth Track and Orange Bowl Swim Classic Powered by Jimmy Lewis Benefiting Big Orange Bowl Lacrosse Classic Field Invitational Series tied at 5-5....Last met in 2002 when Miami Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Miami won the National Championship 37-14 in Rose Bowl....Both teams won in week three by 21+ points. Miami - Nebraska: An Orange Bowl Tradition
Associated Press Top 25 Poll
1. Florida State 2. Oregon 3. Alabama 4. Oklahoma 5. Auburn 6. Texas A&M 7. Baylor 8. LSU 9. Notre Dame 10. Ole Miss 11. Michigan State 12. UCLA 13. Georgia The Miami Hurricanes and Nebraska Cornhuskers have found themselves opposite one another four times 14. South Carolina in Orange Bowl history, three of which the national championship title was on the line. In the 1984 national 15. Arizona State championship, despite a 13-0 run by the Cornhuskers in the fourth quarter, the Hurricanes prevailed for a 31-30 16. Stanford victory. The two programs met again in the 1989 Orange Bowl where Miami once again left the field with a victory, 17. USC however with a greater margin (23-3). Four short years later Miami and Nebraska once again found themselves in 18. Missouri a face off for the national championship. Despite Nebraska having the leading offense in the NCAA heading into 19. Wisconsin the game, Miami’s defense prevented them from scoring the entire game in route to a 22-0 Hurricane victory and national championship. In the most recent matchup between the two teams, Nebraska walked away with its first 20. Kansas State victory over Miami in an Orange Bowl event. The Cornhuskers scored fifteen unanswered points in the fourth quarter 21. BYU to vault them to a 24-17 victory over the Hurricanes and earn Tom Osborne his first national championship. Week 22. Clemson four of regular season college play will see the two teams squaring off again at 8:00 p.m. ET in Lincoln, Nebraska on 23. Ohio State ESPN2. (Pictured above from L-R: Miami’s Kevin Fagan rushes Nebraska’s Turner Gill 1984; Miami’s quarterback 24. Nebraska Steve Walsh 1989; Miami’s lineman Leon Searcy 1992; Miami’s Yatil Green and Nebraska’s Barron Miles go up for 25. Oklahoma State the ball 1995.)