2015 College Football Playoff selection show: Time, TV schedule, streaming online

After nearly two months of rankings, we finally have a College Football Playoff selection show that matters. The selection committee for the Playoff will announce its picks live on ESPN and WatchESPN on Sunday, starting at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Then, around 3 p.m. ET, the committee will announce the final top 25 rankings, along with the pairings for the rest of the New Year’s Six bowls: the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl. Committee chair Jeff Long will speak around 3:30 p.m.

Unlike last year, the Playoff announcement shouldn’t have much suspense. Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma and Michigan State will all be in, though the order and matchups have yet to be determined. (Here are our final guesses.) The highest-ranked team gets to go to the site closest to its campus, whether that is the Orange Bowl or the Cotton Bowl. If the teams stayed in line with where they were last week, Clemson would play Michigan State and Alabama would play Oklahoma, but since Oklahoma didn’t play this week, there could be some shuffling.

The New Year’s Six bowls should be very interesting. Will Iowa drop below Ohio State, possibly sending the Buckeyes to the Rose Bowl? Will North Carolina sneak in after a close loss to Clemson? Houston gets a spot in either the Fiesta or Peach. The Rose Bowl will have Stanford and the highest-ranked Big Ten team. The Sugar Bowl will take the highest ranked SEC team, likely Ole Miss, to face Oklahoma State. Florida State, Notre Dame, Iowa and Ohio State are all in the mix for the other four spots.