Quinshon Judkins, Jeremiah Smith highlight AP All-College Football Playoff team

Ohio State’s run to its first national championship in a decade enabled the Buckeyes to dominate the Associated Press’ All-College Football Playoff team.

Since only four teams actually won any playoff games this season – Ohio State, Notre Dame, Texas and Penn State – all but one of the players on the all-playoff team come from those four schools.

Because some defenses operate in 4-3 schemes, others use a 3-4 and still others go with a base nickel defense, the AP covered all bases by having a defense with four linemen, four linebackers and five defensive backs.

With that, here is a look at this year's AP All-College Football Playoff team:

Howard completed more than 75% of his passes for 1,150 yards with eight touchdowns and two interceptions in four playoff games. He was named the offensive most valuable player of the championship game after going 17 of 21 for 231 yards with two touchdowns and rushing for 57 yards on 16 carries in a 34-23 victory over Notre Dame.

Henderson had two touchdowns in each of Ohio State’s first two playoff victories and then caught a pass well behind the line of scrimmage and turned it into a 75-yard score in the Buckeyes’ 28-14 Cotton Bowl triumph over Texas. He finished the playoff with 36 carries for 265 yards and four touchdowns, plus eight catches for 149 yards and one touchdown.

Before the championship game, the all-playoff team figured to include one of Penn State’s two outstanding running backs — Nicholas Singleton or Kaytron Allen — to pair with Henderson. But Judkins forced his way onto the team with his outstanding performance against Notre Dame. He ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries while also catching two passes for 21 yards and a touchdown. Judkins finished the