Clemson and Alabama are set for the CFP National Title game on Monday night and the game will be broadcast on ESPN for TV coverage and will be streaming on the WatchESPN website starting at 8 pm ET.
Prediction: Alabama wins over Clemson.
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The first game of the playoff has the Oklahoma Sooners taking on the Clemson Tigers in the 1-4 matchup for the semifinal. The game is from Sun Life Stadium and starts up at 4 pm ET and has the Tigers coming into the game undefeated at 13-0 and trying to keep that alive into the final. The Tigers won the ACC and had a great season from Deshaun Watson, who was a Heisman finalist and was invited to New York.
The Tigers have a talented offensive unit, but the defense is also very good this season and the focus will be on Shaq Lawson, who won ACC defensive player of the year. Watson and Lawson both won the players of the year awards for their respective sides of the ball and now they have to take on high-powered Oklahoma and Baker Mayfield.
Oklahoma comes into the game at 11-1 on the season and they are the fourth team in the CFP and have the chance to knock off the Tigers. These two teams played last year in the Russell Athletic Bowl and that was an embarrassing game for Oklahoma, who lost 40-6 in that matchup. The team has been using that game as motivation and the winner of this game will play against the winner of Alabama-Michigan State.
The second game has Alabama and Michigan State playing and that matchup will be from AT&T Stadium at the Cotton Bowl and should be a great matchup. Nick Saban faces off against one of his former teams and players like Derrick Henry, Connor Cook and Jake Coker will be batting to see who gets into the championship game. Alabama was here last year and lost and they will be looking to make it into the final this time around.
Henry won the Heisman Trophy and will be a focus for the Michigan State defense, which has been one of the best in the nation. Michigan State nearly missed out on a chance to make it this far with the game against Michigan, but they were able to hang on and now have a semifinal matchup with Alabama. Both teams come into the game at 12-1 and this will be the primetime game at 8 pm ET on ESPN.
Predictions: Alabama wins over Michigan State. Oklahoma wins over Clemson.
