Most expected two blowouts in the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff. The routs, however, were anticipated in the Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl. Instead, the Rose Bowl between (8) Ohio State and (1) Oregon turned into one of the biggest mismatches of the entire CFP.

It was also, unfortunately, a distinct outlier among playoff games this season. Of the seven playoff games played thus far, Texas–ASU was the only one