Ranking the 10 best College Football Playoff games — SkimNews
Get the Sports newsletter
Daily sports — scores, transfers, the storylines from the leagues you actually follow. Free.
- Georgia-Oklahoma 2017 Rose Bowl ranks #1 on a list of the best College Football Playoff games, with Georgia winning 54-48 in overtime after a four-hour classic that featured seven plays swinging win probability by at least 15%
- Sony Michel rushed 11 times for 181 yards and three touchdowns and Nick Chubb added 146 yards and two scores on 14 carries, combining for 13.0 yards per carry
- Baker Mayfield threw for 287 yards and two scores, caught a touchdown pass, and teamed with receivers Hollywood Brown and CeeDee Lamb — both future NFL first-rounders — for 14 catches, 180 yards, a touchdown catch and a touchdown pass
- The two offenses combined for 1,058 total yards, with Oklahoma's Rodney Anderson rushing 26 times for 201 yards and two touchdowns to nearly match the Georgia duo
- Jake Fromm went 20-of-29 for 210 yards and two touchdowns, engineering a tying drive with 1:06 left in regulation, while Rodrigo Blankenship drilled a 55-yard field goal before halftime and went 1-for-1 in overtime
- Georgia is a two-touchdown favorite over Oklahoma for Saturday's rematch in Athens (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) — only the second meeting ever between two of college football's 11 winningest programs despite 13 shared top-10 finishes
- Lincoln Riley drew criticism for kicking a field goal in the first overtime rather than going for the win on fourth-and-2, with Roquan Smith making the saving tackle to force the decision
Why it matters: Saturday's Georgia-Oklahoma rematch is just the second meeting ever between two of college football's 11 winningest programs despite 13 shared top-10 finishes. The 2017 Rose Bowl set a near-impossible standard with 1,058 combined yards, three future first-round picks, and a game the source calls 'perfect' — and oddsmakers aren't expecting a sequel, listing Georgia as a two-touchdown favorite.
Ask SkimNews
