The inaugural College Football Playoff's field is set. We knew Alabama and Oregon will be the top two seeds. We know the Tide will host in Nola and the Ducks are going to Pasadena. We know Florida State's in. And we now the fourth spot is Ohio State over Baylor and TCU.

We've also got an idea of how the rest of bowl season shakes out. The committee's expected rankings, each bowl's conference ties, and a notion of how college football works can get you close to guessing how December and January will look.

As for the big question, it was surely close. TCU already ranked No. 3 and beat Iowa State by 52 points. Baylor added a ranked win over Kansas State and could finally get head-to-head credit over the Frogs.

But it's the Buckeyes. Ohio State will have beaten as many ranked teams as Baylor did and one more than TCU did, and OSU's were away from home by multiple scores. OSU played 10 bowl teams in 13 games, compared to TCU's seven in 12 and Baylor's six in 12. And Saturday, Ohio State beat former No. 13 Wisconsin, 59-0.

I've spared you the conference orders and so forth, but if you're interested, those are now in the comments here.

*: Filling another conference's spot

Playoff semifinal Date Location Rose No. 2 Oregon No. 3 Florida State 1/1/2015 Pasadena, CA Sugar No. 1 Alabama No. 4 Ohio State 1/1/2015 New Orleans, LA Championship TBA TBA 1/12/2015 Arlington, TX

New Year's bowl Date Location Cotton Baylor Michigan State 1/1/2015 Arlington, TX Fiesta Boise State Arizona 12/31/2014 Glendale, AZ Orange Georgia Tech Mississippi State 12/31/2014 Miami, FL Peach TCU Ole Miss 12/31/2014 Atlanta, GA