Inside the College Football Playoff Semifinals: Unbelievable Predictions That Could Shake the Championship Race

Inside the College Football Playoff Semifinals: Unbelievable Predictions That Could Shake the Championship Race

Indiana-Oregon is a little bit less specific. Both of these teams are good at pretty much everything, giving this one a real “unstoppable force meets immovable object” feel no matter which team has the ball. 

This will be fun. Let’s go through both semifinals, including the Opta supercomputer’s win probabilities for each showdown.  

  • What: Fiesta Bowl
  • Where: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
  • When: 7:30 p.m. ET; Thursday, Jan. 8 
  • Opta Supercomputer’s Win Probability: Miami 67.2%

The game-defining matchup: Miami trying to get Trinidad Chambliss on the ground. No disrespect to freshman receiver Malachi Toney, but Miami’s two indispensable game-breaking players are its edge rushers – Rueben Bain and Akheem Mesidor. In each of the Canes’ past four games going back to the week before Thanksgiving, they’ve sacked the opposing quarterback on at least 11% (and up to 17%) of his drop backs. (The national average is 6%.)

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