Ohio State ’s Ryan Day, Texas’ Steve Sarkisian, Notre Dame ’s Marcus Freeman and Penn State ’s James Franklin are the final four. None has won a national championship as a head coach, making this season the third out of the last four in which the title will go to a head coach who has never won one.

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Ohio State has reached the Final Four. The Buckeyes, the No. 8 seed in the first 12-team College Football Playoff, will head to the Cotton Bowl for a Jan. 10 game with No. 5 Texas.

There’s officially buzz around the idea of Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian — who’s, at the very least, guided the football program to back-to-back College Football Playoff semifinal appearances — could potentially leave Austin for a job with the NFL.