College football will have consecutive national champions from outside the Sun Belt region for the first time in three decades if Ohio State beats Texas in a playoff semifinal this week.

Thanks to Arizona State, there was one competitive game in the first two rounds of the College Football Playoff. Cam Skattebo and the Sun Devils captivated the college football world all season, and they did it again in the Peach Bowl in a thrilling 39-31 double-overtime loss to Texas.

The four head coaches remaining in this year’s College Football Playoff have a lot to gain by winning it all. Not just a national championship, and not just the bonus that comes with it. The other prize coming the winning head coach’s way is power and prestige at a time of upheaval in the sport and evolution within his profession.

Ohio State and Texas have drawn each other as semifinal opponents in the College Football Playoff. This is the fourth game between these blue bloods.

The front-runner, the colossus, the team no opponent should want to face in College Football Playoff, hid in plain sight. No hiding now, Ohio State.

No. 8 Ohio State will play No. 5 Texas in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff. Here are bracket predictions for the matchup.