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MEDIA GUIDE 2020-21 EDITION Updated October 2, 2020 CONTENTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF 2 Overview 3 2019-20 By the Numbers 5 Governance 7 Trophy 8 Chronology 9 Future Schedule 18 Staff 19 SELECTION COMMITTEE 21 Chair 22 Members 22 Selection Committee Protocol 23 FAQs 30 SELECTION COMMITTEE RANKINGS 33 2020 Rankings Schedule 34 Selection Day 34 Rankings At A Glance 35 2019 CFP Selection Committee Rankings 38 2018 CFP Selection Committee Rankings 42 2017 CFP Selection Committee Rankings 46 2016 CFP Selection Committee Rankings 50 2015 CFP Selection Committee Rankings 54 2014 CFP Selection Committee Rankings 58 NEW YEAR’S SIX BOWLS 63 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic 64 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl 65 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl 66 Capital One Orange Bowl 67 Rose Bowl Game 68 Allstate Sugar Bowl 69 2021 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 70 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF HISTORY 72 All-Time Scores 72 National Championship Game Results 73 2020 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - NEW ORLEANS 74 2019 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - BAY AREA 78 2018 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - ATLANTA 82 2017 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - TAMPA 86 2016 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - ARIZONA 90 2015 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - NORTH TEXAS 94 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RECORDS 98 Individual Records 99 Team Records 115 Defensive Records 129 Miscellaneous Records 132 ALL-TIME BCS RESULTS 135 All-time BCS National Championship Results 136 BCS Game Results 137 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 139 Logo/Photo Requests 140 Interview Request Protocol 140 Ticket Distribution 140 Revenue Distribution Policies 141 Family Reimbursement 142 Lexicon 142 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 143 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF 202021 CFP MEDIA GUIDE OVERVIEW EVERY GAME COUNTS CHAMPIONSHIP MONDAY The College Football Playoff (CFP) The two winning teams from the Playoff determines the national champion of Semifinals compete for the College the top division of college football. The Football Playoff National Championship. format fits within the academic calendar The national championship game is in and preserves the sport’s unique and a different city each year, always on a compelling regular season. Monday night. SELECTION COMMITTEE UNIVERSAL ACCESS The selection committee ranks the teams No team qualifies automatically, so every based on the committee members’ Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) team has evaluation of the teams’ performance on equal access to the CFP based on its the field, using conference championships performance during the season. won, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, and comparison of results against REVENUE common opponents to decide among teams that are comparable. The format produces revenue for all FBS schools and for Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) conferences that meet a TRADITION predetermined threshold of grants-in-aid. The New Year’s holiday period belongs to college football, with two semifinal games GOVERNANCE rotating annually among the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, Peach Bowl, University presidents and chancellors from Rose Bowl Game and Sugar Bowl. all 10 FBS conferences and Notre Dame serve as the Board of Managers and govern the administrative operations, with commissioners (the Management Committee) managing the event. A small staff in the CFP office in Irving, Texas, carries out the day-to-day responsibilities. collegefootballplayoff.com 3 202021 CFP MEDIA GUIDE OVERVIEW SELECTION COMMITTEE PARTICIPANTS IN THE A dedicated group of high-integrity NEW YEAR’S SIX BOWLS football experts, with experience as coaches, Both participants in the Orange, Rose and student-athletes, college administrators Sugar Bowls are contracted outside the and journalists, along with sitting athletics playoff arrangement (Big Ten and Pac-12 to directors, comprise the selection committee. Rose Bowl; SEC and Big 12 to Sugar Bowl; Members of the selection committee are ACC to Orange Bowl against the highest Gary Barta (chair), Paola Boivin, Tom ranked available team from the SEC, Big Burman, Joe Castiglione, Rick George, Ten and Notre Dame). If a conference Ken Hatfield, Ronnie Lott, Terry Mohajir, champion qualifies for the College Football Ray Odierno, R.C. Slocum, Todd Stansbury, Playoff, then the bowl will choose a Scott Stricklin and John Urschel. replacement from that conference. When those bowls host the Playoff Semifinals and SELECTION COMMITTEE their contracted conference champions do RESPONSIBILITIES not qualify, then the displaced champion(s) will play in one of the other New Year’s • Rank the top 25 teams and assign the top Six bowls. four to semifinal sites. • Assign teams to New Year’s Six bowls. When not hosting Playoff Semifinals, the • Create competitive matchups. Cotton, Fiesta and Peach Bowls will welcome • Attempt to avoid rematches of displaced conference champions and the regular-season games and repeat top-ranked champion from a non-contract appearances in specific bowls. conference. The highest-ranked available • Consider geography. teams will fill any other berths. The selection committee will make the pairings. collegefootballplayoff.com 4 202021 CFP MEDIA GUIDE 2019-20 BY THE NUMBERS collegefootballplayoff.com 5 202021 CFP MEDIA GUIDE 2019-20 BY THE NUMBERS collegefootballplayoff.com 6 202021 CFP MEDIA GUIDE GOVERNANCE THE COMPANY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CFP Administration, LLC, manages the (10 conference commissioners and administration operations of the College Notre Dame athletics director) Football Playoff. Members of the company The Management Committee manages the are the 10 FBS conferences (American day-to-day operations of the company. It Athletic, Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, has authority over those aspects of the Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain company’s operations that are not reserved West, Pac-12, Southeastern and Sun Belt) exclusively for the board, but all of its and the University of Notre Dame. decisions are subject to review by the board. THE BOARD OF MANAGERS • Mike Aresco – Commissioner (11 university presidents and chancellors) (American Athletic) • Bob Bowlsby – Commissioner (Big 12) The company’s business, property and • Keith Gill – Commissioner (Sun Belt) affairs are governed by the Board of • Judy MacLeod – Commissioner (C-USA) Managers. The board develops, reviews • Greg Sankey – Commissioner (SEC) and approves annual budgets, policies and • Larry Scott – Commissioner (Pac-12) operating guidelines. It also appoints and • Jon Steinbrecher – Commissioner (MAC) removes officers of the company. It has • Jack Swarbrick – Athletics Director authority over all aspects of the company’s (Notre Dame) operations. • John Swofford – Commissioner (ACC) • Eric Barron – President, Penn State • Craig Thompson – Commissioner University (Big Ten) (Mountain West) • Rodney Bennett – President, University • Kevin Warren – Commissioner (Big Ten) of Southern Mississippi (C-USA) • Joe Castro – President, Fresno State (Mountain West) • Gordon Gee – President, West Virginia University (Big 12) • Jack Hawkins – Chancellor, Troy University (Sun Belt) • Rev. John Jenkins – President, University of Notre Dame (Independent) • Mark Keenum (chair) – President, Mississippi State University (SEC) • Kirk Schulz – President, Washington State University (Pac-12) • John Thrasher – President, Florida State University (ACC) • Satish Tripathi – President, University at Buffalo (MAC) • R. Gerald Turner – President, Southern Methodist University (American Athletic) collegefootballplayoff.com 7 202021 CFP MEDIA GUIDE TROPHY THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy is the ultimate goal of college football teams across the United States. An ascending virtual football, the trophy’s handcrafted gold brackets surround a hardened steel core. The trophy was created to be raised in celebration of the highest level of team achievement in college football. Designed by Pentagram, the trophy was commissioned by the CFP for the new playoff era. The design features a focused football at the center of the base that rises to form an actual-size ball. Standing at a total height of three feet, the trophy and base are two integral but separate pieces, so the trophy may be lifted up independently when it is awarded each year at the national championship game. The trophy is handcrafted by the master fine art foundry Polich Tallix. Expert craftsmen worked for three months, combining cutting edge technologies with timeless metal casting and finishing techniques to create the trophy. Handmade from 24k gold, bronze, and stainless steel, the trophy is 26.5 inches tall. The base is formed from bronze with a hand-rubbed black patina finish and is 12 inches high. collegefootballplayoff.com 8 202021 CFP MEDIA GUIDE CHRONOLOGY 2011 With the fourth Bowl Championship Series (BCS) four-year term set to conclude after the 2013-2014 season, the commissioners began creating a process for considering possible formats for the future. These discussions occurred during teleconferences October 4 and 12. The Presidential Oversight Committee members addressed the matter further in their in-person meeting in Denver on November 14. 2012 During the winter and spring, the commissioners and presidents spent countless hours evaluating the many pros and cons of numerous possible formats. These formats ranged from returning to the old bowl system with no attempt to match the top two teams, to continuing the BCS, to creating a multi-team tournament. The commissioners met in person on January 10 in New Orleans, February 21-22 and March 26 in Dallas and