Top 10 College Football Playoff games of all time

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The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff commences on Friday night, when the No. 7 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish host the No. 10 seed Indiana Hoosiers (8 p.m. ET) in the first game of the new playoff format. Prior to what figures to be a thrilling playoff, though, here's a look back at the top 10 games of the College Football Playoff era (2014 season-present) in chronological order.

Note: the year listed represents the year that the game was played, not specifically the season it took place.

Alabama started strong, as a 25-yard Derrick Henry rushing touchdown and a 15-yard Amari Cooper receiving touchdown helped put the Crimson Tide up 21-6 with 8:02 remaining in the first half. But Ohio State came to life, putting together back-to-back touchdown drives and trailing by one at halftime.

Then it continued to wreak havoc in the second half.

The Buckeyes opened the third quarter with a six-play scoring drive, capped off with a 47-yard touchdown from Cardale Jones to wide receiver Devin Smith. Later in the quarter, defensive lineman Steve Miller intercepted Alabama quarterback Blake Sims and ran the pick back to the house, giving Ohio State a 34-21 lead. Alabama got to within one score on the next drive and the game proceeded to stall, but then Ezekiel Elliott got the call on the run for Ohio State and took it 85 yards for a touchdown with 3:24 remaining in the game. 

Ohio State gave up a touchdown on the ensuing drive, and Alabama then got the ball into Buckeyes territory down by seven. However, safety Tyvis Powell intercepted Sims to end the game, sending Ohio State to the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship Game.

The first half was relatively even. Henry