The College Football Playoff's first 12-team format left the Oregon Ducks and other top-ranked teams, including Georgia, Boise State, and Arizona State, facing unexpected challenges. After earning a No.

The first three games of the quarters have seen the team that played in the first-round take early leads, and finish off their opponent who had a bye. On Tuesday, it was Penn State jumping out to a 17-7 halftime lead over Boise State, ultimately ending in a 31-14 Nittany Lions victory.

With the crew of ESPN College GameDay in Pasadena, California at the Rose Bowl for the matchup between Ohio State and Oregon, that still doesn’t dull down the impact of the rest of the College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchups, which includes Notre Dame vs. Georgia and Texas vs. Arizona State.