(CNN) -No. 2 Oregon will square off against No. 4 Ohio State for the national championship on Monday night. But this isn’t like any other college football national title game from years’ past. This is the first one that will be decided through a playoff system. Here is the what-you-need-to-know information about this game and how the teams got there. 1. This game is historic for college football For the first time ever, the highest level of college football has a playoff system, something the fans and media have desired for years. This is the first year of the College Football Playoff, a four-team playoff that consists of two national semifinal games and a final. The top four seeds were, in order, Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State. The teams were selected by a committee. The College Football Playoff, which replaces the Bowl Championship Series, runs for 12 years through the 2025 season. Despite the change, the bowl-game structure is still in place…
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