College AP Poll<\/p>\n
\u00a0UNDATED (AP) \u2013 Clemson is the top team in the last regular-season poll from The Associated Press. The 13-0 Tigers, winners of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, received 59 first-place votes with second-ranked Alabama getting nine and third-ranked Michigan State one.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Completing the first five are Oklahoma and Stanford.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The second five consists of Iowa, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Florida State and North Carolina.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The last regular-season rankings were released before the College Football Playoff selection committee revealed the field for the national semifinals.<\/p>\n
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) \u2013 The field is set for the second College Football Playoff. As expected, Clemson, the top team in the final Associated Press regular-season poll, was given the top seed with Alabama second, Michigan State third and Oklahoma fourth.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Clemson will face Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl while in the Cotton Bowl Alabama will go against Michigan State in the national semifinals on New Year\u2019s Eve.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The national championship game is set for Monday, Jan. 11 in Glendale, Arizona.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As promised, Clemson coach Dabo (DAB\u2019-oh) Swinney hosted a pizza party at the football stadium for 20,000 fans. Each received a free slice of pizza to celebrate being the top-seed.<\/p>\n
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL-BOWLS
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UNDATED (AP) \u2013 Along with the two national semifinal bowl games, the Cotton and Orange Bowls, being set, the rest of the games are now taking shape. For example it has been announced that Iowa will face Stanford in the Rose Bowl while the Sugar Bowl will match Mississippi against Oklahoma State and the Fiesta Bowl has Notre Dame against Ohio State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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