Top-seeded Michigan advanced to its first College Football Playoff championship game with a 27-20 victory over No. 4 Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Monday.
Top-seeded Michigan will face Southeastern Conference champion Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal to be played as the 110th edition of the Rose Bowl Game. The CFP committee announced the lineup for the final four-team playoff Sunday, and the unbeaten Wolverines (13-0) ended up booking another bowl appearance in the Southern California sun against the Crimson Tide (12-1).