The 12-team College Football Playoff field is set. Here's how each team could make it to the national championship game.

Alabama is back in the College Football Playoff. Even with the 21-point loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, the Crimson Tide earned the 9 seed in the College Football Playoff and will face No. 8 Oklahoma on the road in Norman on Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. CT for the opening round matchup.

Alabama's 28-7 loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game didn't impact its ranking, as it stayed at No. 9, and American champ Tulane and Sun Belt champ James Madison earned the final two automatic qualifiers as the two highest-ranked conference champions after Duke became a five-loss ACC champ.

After a stunning November surge and one of the nation’s top résumés, the Sooners clinched a home playoff game for the first time in program history and will meet No. 9 Alabama on Dec. 19 in Norman a rematch of OU’s road win in Tuscaloosa.

Why they will win it all: Turnovers and TFLs. Tulane broke through with 12 wins and a Cotton Bowl victory in 2022, and the Green Wave have remained a Group of 5 contender ever since. After enjoying double-digit wins in just one season from 1935 to 2021, they've done it three times in the past four seasons.

For the first time in program history, Indiana is the Big Ten champion and No. 1 team in college football following Saturday night's 13-10 triumph over Ohio State. The win catapults the Hoosiers to the top spot in Sunday's updated AP Top 25 rankings.