Ranking the 20 best College Football Playoff games

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It almost feels impossible that Georgia and Oklahoma have played only once. The Bulldogs and Sooners are two of the 11 winningest college football programs, they've enjoyed top-10 finishes in the same season 13 times, and they're only two of five teams to have played in at least five College Football Playoffs. They've even been conference mates for a couple of years now! But they've mostly been ships passing in the night.

But the two teams made their one meeting count. In one of those perfect days that can seem to happen only in Pasadena, they met in the Rose Bowl just under nine years ago and played an almost flawless game of football. The two teams will finally meet for a second time this week -- Oklahoma visits Athens on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN) -- so let's use that as an excuse to relive what was quite possibly the best playoff game of the CFP era.

Actually, let's use that as an excuse to relive lots of awesome games. Here are the 10 best playoff games of the first 12 CFPs.

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1. 2017 semifinals: No. 3 Georgia 54, No. 2 Oklahoma 48 (OT)

2. 2017 finals: No. 4 Alabama 26, No. 3 Georgia 23 (OT)

3. 2016 finals: No. 2 Clemson 35, No. 1 Alabama 31

4. 2019 semifinals: No. 3 Clemson 29, No. 2 Ohio State

5. 2024 quarterfinals: No. 5 Texas 39, No. 4 Arizona State 31 (2OT)

6. 2022 semifinals: No. 3 TCU 51, No. 2 Michigan 45

7. 2022 semifinals: No. 1 Georgia 42, No. 4 Ohio State 41

8. 2015 finals: No. 2 Alabama 45, No. 1 Clemson 40

9. 2025 finals: No. 1 Indiana 27, No. 10 Miami 21

10. 2025 semifinals: No. 10 Miami 31, No. 6 Ole Miss 27

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