12. 2021 Cotton Bowl: No. 1 Alabama 27 No. 4 Cincinnati 6
Cincinnati absolutely deserved to be the first non-power five team to make the College Football Playoff, but that doesn’t mean they were on the same level as Alabama. Sauce Gardner and Coby Bryant held Bryce Young to 181 passing yards, but Bama ran for 301 yards including 204 on 26 carries from Brian Robinson.