The 12-team College Football Playoff will start on Dec. 20 and end in Atlanta, Georgia on Jan. 20. (Taylor Wilhelm/Yahoo Sports)

Viewer's guide to the first 12-team College Football Playoff

Everything you need to know for the first 12-team postseason

After years of waiting for a bigger and better College Football Playoff, the moment has come and gone and Ohio State is on top of the college football world with its first title win in 10 years.

Here's everything that happened in the first iteration of the expanded, 12-team College Football Playoff.

Final: Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 23

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Ohio State has won it all in the first iteration of the 12-team College Football Playoff. (Hassan Ahmad/Yahoo Sports)
Ohio State has won it all in the first iteration of the 12-team College Football Playoff. (Hassan Ahmad/Yahoo Sports)

Notre Dame 27, Indiana, 17

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Penn State 38, SMU 10

Texas 38, Clemson 24

Ohio State 42, Tennessee 17

Fiesta Bowl: Penn State 31, Boise State 14

Peach Bowl: Texas 39, Arizona State 31 (2OT)

Rose Bowl: Ohio State 41, Oregon 21

Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 23, Georgia 10

Orange Bowl: Notre Dame 27, Penn State 24

Cotton Bowl: Ohio State 28, Texas 14

Here were our expert predictions for how the inaugural 12-team playoff would unfold. Senior college football reporter Ross Dellenger managed to fill out a perfect bracket.

The SEC's title hopes died in the semifinals with Texas' loss to Ohio State. Its commissioner is already mulling potential changes to the playoff format.

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Ross Dellenger reports on potential CFP format changes that are being considered, including changes to the first-round bye rule, designating more automatic berths for certain conferences and expanding the field.

It's the most glorious time of the year and it was a bit different this season. The 12-team College Football Playoff gave us more games and also juggled the bowl schedule. Here is the complete rundown of bowls and scores.

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