CLEMSON — Following Saturday’s dramatic win over SMU in Saturday’s ACC Championship Game, the Clemson Tigers learned where they will be playing in the College Football Playoff, which begins on Dec. 20 and 21.
The Tigers (10-3) will play No. 5 Texas (11-2) in the first round of the CFP.
This year marks the seventh time Clemson has made the CFP, second only to Alabama’s eight. The Tigers are 6-4 all-time in CFP games and have won two national championships in the playoff era.
This is the first year the CFP is a 12-team field, the previous 10 years it was a four-team field.
First Round byes:
- Oregon 13-0
- Georgia 11-2
- Boise State 12-1
- Arizona State 11-2
First Round Playoff Games
No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas
No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Ohio State
No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State
No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame
College Football Playoff Rankings
- Oregon 13-0
- Georgia 11-2
- Texas 11-2
- Penn State 11-2
- Notre Dame 11-1
- Ohio State 10-2
- Tennessee 10-2
- Indiana 11-1
- Boise State 12-1
- SMU 11-2
- Alabama 9-3
- Arizona State 11-2
- Miami 10-2
- Ole Miss 9-3
- South Carolina 9-3
- Clemson 10-3
- BYU 10-2
- Iowa State 10-3
- Missouri 9-3
- Illinois 9-3
- Syracuse 9-3
- Army 11-1
- Colorado 9-3
- UNLV 10-3
- Memphis 10-2