In the new world order known as the College Football Playoff, a selection committee will pick four teams to play in two national semifinals. Now think about this season playing out under next seasonвЂ™s format. Generally, though, by the time the championship game kicked off, most everybody was on board. But over 16 seasons college football fans have built up what can be called BCS acceptance, learning to live with the fact that there is only room for two.ДЇans of particularly aggrieved teams (2000 Miami, 2004 Auburn, 2008 Texas, just to name a few) still burn over the slights. Of course, Big 12 champion Baylor (11-1) and Big Ten champion Michigan State (12-1) might argue with that top two. Baylor will play UCF in the Fiesta Bowl.Michigan State will play Stanford in the Rose Bowl.Clemson will play Ohio State in the Orange Bowl.Alabama will play Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl.ItвЂ™ll be the вЂNoles and Tigers at the Rose Bowl on Jan. The pairings become official Sunday night when the final BCS standings came out, but thereвЂ™s no question about 1 and 2. Auburn (12-1) won the Southeastern Conference, and among the teams with imperfect records the TigersвЂ™ resume is best. Top-ranked Florida State (13-0) was the only team to get through the regular season unbeaten, and the Seminoles did it in dominating fashion. As college football prepares for the final Bowl Championship Series, featuring a Florida State-Auburn championship game, itвЂ™s easy to see why the coming four-team playoff wonвЂ™t solve all the postseason problems.

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