Connelly: Ranking the 10 best College Football Playoff games

Georgia and Oklahoma meet again this week in Athens after their earlier CFP-only clash in the Rose Bowl nearly nine years ago, a meeting Bill Connelly calls possibly the best playoff game of the first 12 College Football Playoffs. Connelly ranks the top 10 CFP games, placing the 2017 semifinals—No. 3 Georgia 54, No. 2 Oklahoma 48 (OT)—at No. 1. He highlights the game’s momentum swings: Oklahoma’s early big plays, Georgia’s comeback including three extra points before halftime, and a third-act finish involving clock chaos and a dramatic final stretch. The article breaks down key drives and turning points across three “acts.”