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Georgia earns No. 2 seed in College Football Playoff, to face winner of Notre Dame-Indiana

12/09/2024

Georgia is again within the College Football Playoff area, because the Bulldogs would be the No. 2 seed within the inaugural College Football Playoff rankings.

The Bulldogs earn the No. 2 seed after beating Texas 22-19 to win the SEC Championship. The victory ensured Georgia’s place as one of many four-highest-rated convention champions, giving Georgia the additional benefit of a bye week.

The Bulldogs are anticipated to play within the Sugar Bowl because the SEC champion. The recreation is ready for an 8:45 p.m. ET begin on Jan. 1.

The day without work ought to tremendously profit Georgia, who noticed quarterback Carson Beck depart Saturday’s recreation with a proper arm damage. Beck will bear an MRI on Sunday to find out the severity of the damage.

“Yeah, he’s obtained an higher extremity damage,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart mentioned after the sport. “We don’t know to what extent. Basically, we checked out it in there, and it appeared okay. But he couldn’t have grip power and throw the ball within the locker room. So it was a little bit bit painful for that. So we have to discover out precisely what’s happening.”

As for who Georgia will face, the Bulldogs will tackle the winner of the 7-10 recreation, which is able to matchup Notre Dame and Indiana.

Georgia was considered one of three SEC groups to make the sphere, because the Bulldogs had been joined by No. 5 Texas and No. 9 Tennessee

The different three groups to earn byes had been Oregon, who’s the No. 1 general seed because the Big Ten champion, Boise State, who gained the Mountain West and is the No. 3 seed, and Arizona State because the No. 4 seed.

The seven at-large groups are: Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee Indiana and SMU. The remaining staff within the area is Clemson, who’s the No. 12 seed after successful the ACC Championship recreation on Saturday. Alabama was the primary staff out.

The first-round video games can be performed on Dec. 20 and Dec. 21. On the identical half of Georgia’s bracket is No. 3 Boise State, No. 6 Penn State and No. 11 SMU. Should Georgia win its quarterfinal recreation, the Bulldogs would probably play a type of groups within the semifinals.

This is the fourth time that Georgia has made the College Football Playoff underneath Kirby Smart. The Bulldogs have made it to the nationwide championship recreation in every of the earlier three journeys. Georgia gained back-to-back nationwide titles in 2021 and 2022.

The College Football Playoff semifinals can be performed on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10, whereas the nationwide championship recreation can be performed again in Atlanta on Jan. 20.