College Football Playoff overtime rules, explained

College football’s inaugural 12-team playoff is here. Over Friday and Saturday, four first-round games are on the slate, with the higher seed playing host. On Friday night things kick off with Notre Dame hosting Indiana, and then three games are on the Saturday slate: SMU at Penn State, Clemson visiting Texas, and then Tennessee taking on Ohio State.

Waiting in the wings? Arizona State, Boise State, Georgia, and top-seeded Oregon.

With eight evenly-matched teams in action this weekend, there is the potential that the first-ever 12-team playoff sees a game advance to overtime.

In that case, here are the rules you need to know.

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