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The Georgia Bulldogs won their second straight national championship in stunningly dominant fashion.

2022 ended with two gripping college football games that featured 179 total points and propelled TCU and Georgia into the playoff final.

TCU makes the playoffs despite a conference championship loss, but USC is not so privileged.

Michigan exploded offensively to pull away late from Ohio State while USC handled Notre Dame in the trenches.

USC, TCU, and Michigan all escaped with their playoff hopes intact, while Tennessee’s dream season was vanquished at the hands of South Carolina.

TCU beat a tough Texas team on the road with a stifling defensive performance, while Pac-12 Contenders Oregon and UCLA went down at home in deflating upsets.

Georgia asserted its dominance over Tennessee in the trenches and on the outside, Alabama isn’t championship caliber this year, and Clemson got hammered for its first loss.

Ohio State, Georgia, and Tennessee held serve in advance of the monstrous Georgia-Tennessee game. Syracuse, Oklahoma State, Wake Forest, and Cincinnati suffered dispiriting losses and had their hopes for the season dampened.

The unbeaten list was trimmed from nine to six as UCLA, Ole Miss, and Syracuse fell for the first time this year. TCU, Oklahoma State, and Alabama took care of business to keep their postseason aspirations alive.

The Tennessee Volunteers won the game of the year, defeating Alabama for the first time since 2006. After dark, Utah won a shootout to hand Lincoln Riley his first loss at USC.