College Football Playoff bracket advances to the quarterfinals on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. The second round begins on Dec. 31 when No. 3 seed Boise State takes on No. 6 seed Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl,

The Deseret News ran simulations of each of the four first-round games on College Football 25, and according to the video game, it’s a good thing to have home-field advantage in the opening round. Here’s how the simulations were set up: the simulation used 10-minute quarters and I let the computer simulate the game with no user interference.