The 2014–15 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination bracket invitational tournament to determine the national champion of the 2014 college football season. This was the inaugural College Football Playoff, replacing the previous Bowl Championship Series (BCS).

The playoff bracket's semifinal games were held at the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, part of the season's slate of bowl games. The winners faced off in the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship on January 12 in Arlington, Texas.[1][2]

Bracket

Semifinals Championship
January 1 – Sugar Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
  1   Alabama 35  
  4   Ohio State 42   January 12 – National Championship
AT&T Stadium, Arlington
 
      4   Ohio State 42
January 1 – Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl, Pasadena		     2   Oregon 20
 
  2   Oregon 59
  3   Florida State 20  

References

  1. ↑ Tracy, Marc (December 7, 2014). "Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State Selected for College Football Playoff". The New York Times. Retrieved December 9, 2023. The College Football Playoff selection committee revealed its first four-team bracket on Sunday, seeding Alabama No. 1, Oregon No. 2, Florida State No. 3 and Ohio State No. 4. Two Big 12 teams, Baylor and Texas Christian, were left out as the fifth and sixth seeds.
  2. ↑ Culpepper, Chuck (December 7, 2014). Written at Grapevine, Texas. "College Football Playoff field set but controversy lingers with Ohio State in, TCU snubbed". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
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