The Friday File: The college football playoff final-four was designed to let the top four teams (Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, Ohio State) play to determine a winner, rather than relying on dubious polls. The top four played 13 games each while teams #5 and #6 played 12 as they’re in the Big-12 (which has 10 teams) and only conferences with 11+ teams can play a conference championship, or 13th game.