2019โ€“20 College Football Playoff ยท ๐Ÿ† LSU Tigers

Saturday, December 28, 2019 · 4:20 PM – 11:30 PM

LSU Tigers won the title game, 42โ€“25. 3 games, December 28, 2019 to January 13, 2020. The 2019โ€“20 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the sixth edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) and involved the top four teams in the country as ranked by the CFP poll playing in two semifinals, with the winners of each advancing to the national championship game. Each participating team was the champion of its respective conference: No. 1 LSU from the Southeastern Conference, No. 2 Ohio State from the Big Ten Conference, No. 3 Clemson from the Atlantic Coast Conference, and No. 4 Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference. The playoff bracket's semifinal games were held at the Peach Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl on December 28, 2019, part of the season's slate of bowl games. The Peach Bowl semifinal saw LSU defeat Oklahoma by a margin of thirty-five points, and Clemson defeated Ohio State by six points in the Fiesta Bowl semifinal. Following their semifinal wins, LSU and Clemson advanced to the national championship game, held on January 13 in New Orleans. In the championship game, LSU beat Clemson 42โ€“25, to win their first CFP national championship. LSU's win marked their fourth national championship in school history, the first since 2007. The playoff games, which were all broadcast on ESPN, averaged 21.65 million viewers, a 4% increase from the previous edition. The championship game received 25.59 million viewers, making it the most-viewed cable broadcast since the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship. Wiki link