Sports Illustrated went with the header, "CFP Title Game Features Resurgence of Northern and Midwestern College Football." This will be the second straight national championship without a southern team with Ohio State facing Notre Dame, signaling a "northern resurgence" in a game "largely dominated by those in or around the SEC for much of the past two decades." The South still has a "treasure trove of quality high school talent to fuel teams throughout the region." But for now, southern teams are "at home to watch as the growing resurgence of the Midwest culminates in another national championship headed North."
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