Trick or Treat? First Playoff Rankings To Be Released on Halloween; Here Are Past Results

October 25, 2023 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff

The first College Football Playoff Selection Committee rankings of the 2023 season will be announced live on ESPN Tuesday, October 31 at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT.

The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 ranked team vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among six bowl games – the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential. This season's Playoff Semifinals will take place Monday, January 1, 2024, at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential and Allstate Sugar Bowl. The College Football Playoff National Championship will be Monday, January 8, 2024, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

College Football Playoff Game Results
Season Won Pts. Lost Pts. Game
2014 #2 Oregon 59 #3 Florida State 20 Rose Bowl
  #4 Ohio State 42 #1 Alabama 35 Sugar Bowl
  #4 Ohio State 42 #2 Oregon 20 Championship at Arlington, TX
2015 #2 Alabama 38 #3 Michigan State 0 Cotton Bowl
  #1 Clemson 37 #4 Oklahoma 17 Orange Bowl
  #2 Alabama 45 #1 Clemson 40 Championship at Glendale, AZ
2016 #1 Alabama 24 #4 Washington 7 Peach Bowl
  #2 Clemson 31 #3 Ohio State 0 Fiesta Bowl
  #2 Clemson 35 #1 Alabama 31 Championship at Tampa, FL
2017 #4 Alabama 24 #1 Clemson 6 Sugar Bowl
  #3 Georgia 54 #2 Oklahoma 48 (OT) Rose Bowl
  #4 Alabama 26 #3 Georgia 23 (OT) Championship at Atlanta, GA
2018 #1 Alabama 45 #4 Oklahoma 34 Orange Bowl
  #2 Clemson 30 #3 Notre Dame 3 (OT) Cotton Bowl
  #2 Clemson 44 #1 Alabama 16 Championship at Santa Clara, CA
2019 #1 LSU 63 #4 Oklahoma 28 Peach Bowl
  #3 Clemson 29 #2 Ohio State 23 Fiesta Bowl
  #1 LSU 42 #3 Clemson 25 Championship at New Orleans, LA
2020 #1 Alabama 31 #4 Notre Dame 14 Rose Bowl
  #3 Ohio State 49 #2 Clemson 28 Sugar Bowl
  #1 Alabama 52 #3 Ohio State 24 Championship at Miami Gardens, FL
2021 #1 Alabama 27 #4 Cincinnati 6 Cotton Bowl
  #3 Georgia 34 #2 Michigan 11 Orange Bowl
  #3 Georgia 33 #1 Alabama 18 Championship at Indianapolis, IN
2022 #1 Georgia 42 #4 Ohio State 41 Peach Bowl
  #3 TCU 51 #2 Michigan 45 Fiesta Bowl
  #1 Georgia 65 #3 TCU 7 Championship at Inglewood, CA

NOTE: Major college football said goodbye to the BCS after the 2013 season in favor of a College Football Playoff system. The CFP Playoff final 4 is selected by a panel of 13 members (reduced to 12 in 2014 and 2015 due to illness) who release weekly rankings in the back-half of the season, and ultimately seed the final 4 playoff teams. That same panel determine which teams will play in all of the New Year's Six bowls (Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Peach, Rose and Sugar).