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College Playoff committee got it right in Oklahoma-Georgia debate: Winning just means more

USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg previews the two upcoming College Football Playoff matchups and explains why Oklahoma was awarded the final spot. USA TODAY Sports

After all of the bloviating and occasional analysis, the actual College Football Playoff bracket wasn’t really that surprising, was it? But the debate doesn’t end, of course, for a while yet. Or maybe ever. So let’s start here:

The selection committee got it right.

Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame, we knew. And if the arguments over the fourth and final berth changed over the course of the day – it began as Oklahoma vs.