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Since the start of the BCS, the 3 most lopsided postseason games were played in the 4-team CFP format. The 4-teamer also produced 7 of the top 10 most lopsided games. The 12-team CFP only had 1 & it was the lowest MOV in the top 10 (28 points).

CFB QBs w/ 400+ attempts & 70+% completions: ‘24 Shedeur Sanders Will Howard Dillon Gabriel ‘23 Bo Nix Carson Beck ‘22 Bo Nix ‘21 Will Rogers CJ Stroud Aidan O’Connell Brock Purdy Carson Strong ‘20 Mac Jones ‘19 Joe Burrow Anthony Gordon ‘18 Gardner Minshew Brent Stockstill Dwayne Haskins

In 2024, only 9 teams beat at least one opponent ranked in the AP top 5. Ohio State beat 5. Four of those were still ranked in the top 5 after the season was over.

45% of Ohio State’s offensive drives in the playoffs resulted in a touchdown. Another 10% produced a field goal. (Does not include clock-expiring drives.)

National Championships By Decade 30s OSU: 0 Michigan: 0 40s OSU: 1 Michigan: 1 50s OSU: 2 Michigan: 0 60s OSU: 2 Michigan: 0 70s OSU: 1 Michigan: 0 80s OSU: 0 Michigan: 0 90s OSU: 0 Michigan: 1 00s OSU: 1 Michigan: 0 10s OSU: 1 Michigan: 0 20s OSU: 1 Michigan: 1 Total OSU: 9 Michigan: 3

The first 3 coaches to win a Super Bowl were Vince, Weeb & Hank. The next 3 were Don, Tom & Chuck.

Notre Dame’s Playoff Games as a Cumulative Box Score Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 ND 14 26 25 35 Opp 0 37 17 31 (+14) (-11) (+8) (+4)

Ohio State’s Playoff Games as a Cumulative Box Score Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OSU 42 48 31 24 Opp 7 25 22 21 (+35) (+13) (+9) (+3)

Measured from their first listed coaching job on Wikipedia, years it took the last 10 first-time CFB championship coaches to win it all: Ryan Day: 22 Jim Harbaugh: 29 Kirby Smart: 22 Ed Orgeron: 35 Dabo Swinney: 23 Jimbo Fisher: 25 Gene Chizik: 24 Les Miles: 27 Urban Meyer: 21 Mack Brown: 32

Seems obvious but not showing the title game on ABC was a ratings mistake. Also, OSU’s quarterfinal, semifinal & championship games were the 3 most-watched of the year.

SEC teams with a loss to a B1G team in 2024: 6 (all finished in the top 7 of the SEC) B1G teams with a loss to an SEC team in 2024: 3 (finished #6, #7 & #15 in the B1G)

Not Sorry Final Rankings 1. Ohio State 2. Oregon 3. Penn State 4. Notre Dame 5. Georgia 6. Texas 7. Arizona State 8. Boise State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee

This may never be matched. Unbelievable season!

Ohio State wouldn’t have made the 4-team playoff but beat 3 of the teams who would have.

QBs In The Playoffs Will Howard 73.9% completion 6 TDs 2 INTs 306.3 ypg 10.44 ypa 12.7 rush ypg 0 rush TDs Riley Leonard 67.1% completion 3 TDs 3 INTs 171.3 ypg 6.51 ypa 48.3 rush ypg 2 rush TDs

Ohio State averages 3.8 sacks in their 6 games against playoff teams this year. That includes 0 sacks in the first game against Oregon. Notre Dame averages 2.7 sacks in their 3 games against playoff teams this year. (They played 0 playoff teams in the regular season.)

If the 12-team playoff has proven anything so far, it’s that we never should’ve trusted a committee to pick the 4 best teams in the first place. No amount of statistics and advanced analytics and good-natured debate can tell you which teams have what it takes to win. Only games can do that.