College Football Playoff 2014: Sporting News releases latest projection, Oregon and Oklahoma play for title

We’re just about two months away from the start of the 2014 College Football regular season, although even with all the action that will be going on, most of the attention throughout the year will be on the inaugural College Football Playoff, as well as who the first four participants will be.

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Under the new format this season, the assembled committee will select the four best teams in college football. Those four teams will begin the playoff in both the Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl games, which will serve as the sites for the semifinals this year.

On Monday morning, the folks over at Sporting News released their latest projections as to who will be involved in the first installment of the College Football Playoff, and when it’s all said and done, they have the Oklahoma Sooners and Oregon Ducks playing for it all.

Rose Bowl Game (Playoff Semifinal): Oklahoma vs. Alabama

Sugar Bowl (Playoff Semifinal): Oregon vs. Florida State

College Football Championship Game: Oregon vs. Oklahoma

There is a lot of hype surrounding the Sooners coming into this year, and deservedly so. They had one of the best performances of anyone last bowl season, annihilating the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl, an outcome that few saw coming.

With the best player in that game, quarterback Trevor Knight, returning for another year, a lot will be expected from this group, and that includes a national title run.

Oregon also returns a top-tier quarterback in Marcus Mariota, who if stays healthy, may finally be able to capture the national title that has eluded him during his young career.

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