College football's first 12-team playoffs begin. Four first-round games are scheduled over Friday and Saturday, with the top seeds facing the hosts. things start on friday night notre dame cathedral They host Indiana and have three games scheduled for Saturday: SMU at Penn State, Clemson at Texas and a game against Tennessee. ohio.
Are you waiting in the wings? arizonaBoise State, Georgia State, and top-seeded Oregon State.
Eight teams will play evenly matched games this weekend, meaning games could go to overtime in the first-ever 12-team playoff.
In such cases, here are some rules you should know.
Overtime games in college football begin with a coin toss, and the team that wins the toss likely wants to postpone their selection and start on defense. reason? Both teams are guaranteed possession, so by attacking second they can see what they need to score to win the game or extend the game to a second overtime .
The attacking team begins possession of the ball facing 1st and 10 at the enemy's 25-yard line. If you reach the endzone, you have the option of kicking the extra point or attempting a two-point conversion.
Once the first team's drive ends, the team that started on defense again begins an offensive possession at the opponent's 25-yard line.
If the match remains tied after this first overtime, the game will proceed to a second overtime.
The rules will change slightly for the second overtime. The first team to go on defense begins the second overtime on offense. In the second overtime, teams must make a two-point conversion if they score a touchdown.
If the game remains tied after two overtimes, the rules will be adjusted again starting with the third overtime period. Now, the offense simply attempts a two-point conversion, and the teams take turns attempting two-point conversions until a winner is determined.
Each team has one timeout per overtime period.
A good example of how this extra-overtime process works is in this year's rivalry game between Georgia and Georgia State. Georgia Tech. The game took eight extra innings to decide. Both teams scored touchdowns in the first two overtimes, and the game went into a third overtime and alternating two-point conversions.
Neither team scored in the third and fourth OT. However, Georgia State and Georgia Tech both scored in the fifth. Neither team scored in the 6th and 7th overtime, and the game went into the 8th overtime.
At that time, Georgia Tech missed a 2-point shot, but the University of Georgia converted it and won 44-42.
Will we ever see a College Football Playoff game decided in overtime? Anything can happen in the first 12-team playoff year.
