Four first-round playoff games, which will end with four good teams going home without a bowl game, had the potential to shake up the system. The good news for McGarity and other bowl organizers: Adding quality teams to power leagues — Oregon to the Big Ten, Texas to the SEC and SMU to the ACC — managed to ease much of the handwringing.

Here's everything you need to know about the 2024 Gator Bowl between Duke and Ole Miss, including links to the best and most affordable tickets.

Or will Georgia's banged-up quarterback room cost them? Check out the rest of our playoff preview here: Record: 11-2 (9-2 SEC) How We Got Here: It was hardly a dream season for the Bulldogs, but head coach Kirby Smart's team did enough and beat the right teams to make sure they were comfortably in the field.

The advent of the 12-team College Football Playoff certainly brought quite a bit of intrigue throughout the regular season,