2 Oklahoma on Monday in the Rose Bowl, which serves as a semifinal in the College Football Playoff. The winner heads to Atlanta for next week’s national championship game. Oklahoma has won seven national championships and during the Bowl Championship Series era was runner-up three times. “The standard at Oklahoma is winning championships, winning conference championships and having a chance to compete for national championships and win those,” first-year coach Lincoln Riley said. Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU and Tennessee have combined to win 11 national championships in the past 21 seasons.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 01, 2018 01:38 UTC