The College Football Playoff committee made the field official on Sunday, ranked Alabama first, Michigan second, Georgia third and Cincinnati fourth in the final rankings.
The semifinal games will be held Friday, Dec. 31 with the Crimson Tide and the Bearcats facing off in the Cotton Bowl Classic and the Wolverines and Bulldogs playing in the Orange Bowl.
College Football Playoff:Alabama gets No. 1 seed, followed by Michigan, Georgia and Cincinnati
The rest of the bowl schedule shook out later in the day.