College Football Playoff selection show
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Michigan football was not playoff bound. This much we knew. But the Wolverines didn’t fall in the final College Football Playoff ranking, either. Sherrone Moore’s team rose one spot, up to No. 18, in the final iteration of this year’s Top 25, keeping it outside the 12-team field.
Fresh off a dominant performance in the SEC Championship Game, Georgia (12-1) earned the No. 3 seed, failing to supplant OSU despite beating the only team that had defeated it earlier in the season. Big 12 champion Texas Tech (12-1) slotted No. 4. The top four seeds all receive first-round byes in Year 2 of the 12-team format.
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World Cup final will be an afternoon match at MetLife Stadium, offering prime-time viewing in Europe
FIFA announced the start times for the tournament’s 104 matches on Saturday, a day after the draw for the expanded 48-nation tournament to be played in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The kickoff time allows for prime-time viewing in Europe, where it will be 9 p.m., and Britain, where it will be 8 p.m.
Ohio State is still the betting favorite to win the national championship despite losing to Indiana in the Big Ten championship.