Becky Sullivan

Eleven players so far have been banned from competition.

That's Becky Sullivan reporting.

It's NPR.

Sure, the No.

6 seed had only lost one game this season, but last month the Rebs lost something else.

Their head coach, Lane Kiffin, departed for a shiny new gig at rival Louisiana State.

The school promoted defensive coordinator Pete Golding into his first ever head coaching gig, and they haven't lost since.

But Miami is a tall order.

The Hurricanes just knocked off Ohio State, the defending champs.

On Friday, two future NFL quarterbacks will face off in the Peach Bowl.

Oregon's Dante Moore is just 20 years old, but already electric viewing.

And while Indiana's Fernando Mendoza has already won the Heisman Trophy, he and his Hoosiers have their eyes on a different prize, Indiana's first-ever national title.

Becky Sullivan in PR News.

The Alabama Crimson Tide are the only team in the playoff with three losses already this season.

One came last month when the Oklahoma Sooners upset Alabama in a close game.

Now the Sooners will hope to do it again this time in the playoff.

The winner will go on to face the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers.

On Saturday, Texas A&M will host Miami.

That could be another close matchup.

And then for the first time, the playoff includes two teams from outside the sport's biggest conferences.