What does Georgia’s path in the CFP look like after the first round games.
These last few days have been quite strange from a Georgia football fans perspective. The first round of the College Football Playoff took place on Friday and Saturday, but the Bulldogs were not featured in the games because they earned a top four seed and first round bye after beating Texas in the SEC Championship game.
So while Georgia is used to participating in the playoff, they got to sit back, relax and enjoy some football without all the added stress of watching the Bulldogs play.
While the games on the field ended up not being all that exciting, it was really interesting to watch the games unfold and see what Georgia’s path to a National Championship now looks like.
Georgia football’s CFP journey is as expected
While college football fans were hoping for a lot of upsets and exciting first round games, the exact opposite happened. The four homes teams who were all favored to win won their first round games, and they did so in dominant fashion by covering their spreads. This means that Georgia’s path to the National Championship so far has turned out to be the most likely path.
Georgia will do battle with Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl after the Irish took down 10-seed Indiana 27-17. While the final score suggests the game was close and competitive, it was actually the exact opposite. Notre Dame was up 27-3 before Indiana tacked on two touchdowns in the final minutes of the game, so the Irish more than handled their business against the Hoosiers and will be a difficult test for the Bulldogs on Jan. 1.
In the other game on Georgia’s side of the bracket, we saw Penn State dismantle SMU 38-10. SMU looked like they did not belong in the playoff (like a lot of SEC fans thought), but Penn State still didn’t look that intimidating even after winning by 28. Penn State advances to take on 3-seed Boise State, with the winner of that game playing the winner of Georgia’s game in the semifinals.
Last but not least, there is the other half of the bracket that saw Ohio State and Texas advance after two more dominant wins. They will go on to face Oregon and Arizona State in the next round, and the team that survives that gauntlet will be a very difficult test for Georgia in the National Championship game if they make it that far.
Kirby Smart and Georgia definitely has their work cut out for them against the Irish, but their semifinal matchup seems pretty easy if they advance. So if Georgia can get past Notre Dame, they have a great chance at playing for a National Championship this season.
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