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2020 College Football Playoffs determined the winner of the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The tournament composed of 24 teams, where eight teams earned byes, and 16 earned wildcards. Of the 24 teams, 10 earned automatic berths by virtue of being conference champions.

Teams

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Automatic bids

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Eight conference champions automatically qualified.

Conference Team Appearance Last bid
American Cincinnati 1st
ACC Clemson 7th 2019
Big Ten Ohio State 5th 2015
Big 12 Oklahoma 6th 2019
Conference USA UAB 1st
MAC Ball State 1st
Mountain West San Jose State 1st
Pac-12 Oregon 2nd 2014
SEC Alabama 6th 2019
Sun Belt Coastal Carolina 1st

At-large bids

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Sixteen conference champions automatically qualified.

Conference Team Appearance Last bid
ACC Notre Dame 3rd 2017
ACC North Carolina 1st
ACC Miami (FL) 2nd 2017
American Tulsa 1st
Big 12 Iowa State 1st
Big 12 Texas 2nd 2017
Big 12 Oklahoma State 2nd 2017
Big Ten Indiana 1st
Big Ten Northwestern 1st
Big Ten Iowa 1st
Independent BYU 1st
Pac-12 USC 1st
SEC Texas A&M 2nd 2015
SEC Florida 1st
SEC Georgia 3rd 2019
Sun Belt Louisiana 1st

Bracket

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Wildcard round
December 19, 2020
Second round
December 26, 2020
Quarterfinals
January 2, 2021
Semifinals
January 9, 2021
National Championship
January 15, 2021
1 Alabama 40
16 Texas 37 17 USC 3
17 USC 44 1 Alabama 37
8 Oklahoma 30
8 Oklahoma 23
9 Georgia 26 24 Ball State 3
24 Ball State 27 1 Alabama 34
4 Notre Dame 38
4 Notre Dame 53
13 Iowa 22 13 Iowa 6
20 Oregon 9 4 Notre Dame 49
12 Coastal Carolina 23
5 Texas A&M 30
12 Coastal Carolina 30 12 Coastal Carolina 33
21 UAB 23 4 Notre Dame 21
2 Clemson 41
2 Clemson 34
15 North Carolina 14 18 Louisiana 23
18 Louisiana 45 2 Clemson 69
10 Northwestern 3
7 Indiana 7
10 Northwestern 29 10 Northwestern 24
23 San Jose State 6 2 Clemson 24
6 Cincinnati 13
3 Ohio State 44
14 BYU 37 14 BYU 34
19 Miami (FL) 23 3 Ohio State 38
6 Cincinnati 41
6 Cincinnati 45
11 Iowa State 34 11 Iowa State 27
22 Tulsa 31