Yes, the first-round matchup between No. 11 Tulane and No. 6 Ole Miss is a rematch from the regular season. Ole Miss handily defeated Tulane 45-10 on Sept. 20. However, Rebels' coach Lane Kiffin is no longer with the team, while Tulane coach Jon Sumrall is coaching his team until the end of the playoff before heading to Florida.

Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban admits on College GameDay that Texas A&M's Kyle Field is the hardest place to play in the SEC after previously accusing the program of piping in artificial crowd noise.

Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson was a Heisman frontrunner in October, but his play declined noticeably late in the regular season. He threw for 326 yards last time out vs. Oklahoma, but wasn’t as sharp in games against Auburn and in the SEC championship game vs. Georgia.

It's Championship Weekend in College Football, featuring four games that will definitely feel like the playoffs. The action begins at AT&T Stadium in Dallas with the Big 12 Champio

A day after former Alabama coach Nick Saban sounded off about A&M's crowd noise, a surprising response came from another former head coach.

The five highest-ranked conference champions make the field even if they don't finish in the top 12 of the rankings.