After No. 10 Miami secured a 10-3 win over No. 7 Texas A&M in the first round of the College Football Playoff, Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal had a message for critics who wanted to see Notre Dame in the playoff instead.

QB Trinidad Chambliss and the sixth-seeded Rebels look unfazed by the defection of former coach Lane Kiffin, rolling to a 41-10 win and earning a chance to avenge their only loss of the season.

Alabama is coming out of a 28-7 loss to Georgia in the SEC championship game, but the Crimson Tide did not fall in the CFP rankings on reveal day. OU finished the season with four consecutive wins, including two ranked over Tennessee and a 23-21 win over its CFP opponents, Alabama.

FOX Sports' Laken Litman breaks down her takeaways from Miami's sloppy win vs. Texas A&M in the CFP first round.

The victory was the Ducks’ seventh straight since losing to No. 1 Indiana 30-20 on Oct. 11. James Madison had won 11 in a row.

Three of the top five seeds in the College Football Playoff have never won a national title, including No. 1 Indiana.

Both programs entered the College Football Playoff with automatic bids as two of the five highest-ranked conference champions. James Madison grabbed the final spot after five-loss Duke beat Virginia in the ACC championship game to knock the Cavaliers out of CFP contention, and Tulane got in by defeating North Texas 34–21 in the American title game.

The freshman wide receiver atones for a fumble with a late 11-yard TD catch in the 10th-seeded Hurricanes’ 10-3 first-round victory over 7th-seeded Aggies.