The 2023-24 school soccer season involves an finish on Monday night when top-ranked Michigan takes on No. 2 Washington within the Faculty Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship in Houston (7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN).
However earlier than the Wolverines and Huskies take the sphere at NRG Stadium, we’ve determined to have a look again on the uniform matchups of each championship sport of the playoff period and preview tonight’s matchup, the ultimate earlier than we transfer to a 12-team format.
2015 – Ohio State 42, Oregon 20
Fourth-ranked Ohio State wore the house model of its 1968 throwback uniforms regardless of being the lower-ranked workforce, whereas No. 2 Oregon opted to put on a white and grey model of the apple inexperienced set it wore within the Rose Bowl.
Each uniforms featured a fractal diamond Nike Swoosh on the jersey and pants, which has been a staple of the playoff for Nike and Jordan Model groups since its inception.
2016 – Alabama 45, Clemson 40
Of their first assembly of the Faculty Soccer Playoff period, No. 1 Clemson wore its orange jersey with orange britches towards No. 2 Alabama, which donned its commonplace highway set. This began a five-game profitable streak for the workforce sporting white jerseys within the nationwide title sport.
2017 – Clemson 35, Alabama 31
Spherical 2 between No. 1 Alabama and second-ranked Clemson had each groups outfitted within the reverse uniforms of their first matchup, because the Crimson Tide have been of their commonplace residence set whereas the Tigers wore white jerseys with orange britches. This sport additionally had the inverse outcome.
2018 – Alabama 26, Georgia 23 (OT)
Regardless of not profitable its convention – not to mention its personal division – Alabama returned to the nationwide championship for the third straight season. The fourth-ranked Crimson Tide took on SEC champion Georgia, which donned its residence uniform by advantage of being the higher-ranked (No. 3) seed.
2019 – Clemson 44, Alabama 16
Apart from the change in venue (Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara reasonably than Raymond James Stadium in Tampa) the nationwide championship sport between No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson seemed the very same as their earlier title sport matchup in 2017. It was the identical outcome, too.
2020 – LSU 42, Clemson 24
In a little bit of an fascinating twist, each No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Clemson donned their residence uniform within the 2020 nationwide championship. The Bayou Bengals historically put on white at residence, which allowed the opposite Tigers to put on all-orange.
LSU truly obtained the playoff patch that’s usually reserved for the workforce sporting a coloured jersey and wore it on the precise shoulder, whereas each different nationwide championship participant throughout the CFP period has worn It on the left. This was additionally the primary title sport within the CFP period to not function black finish zones.
2021 – Alabama 52, Ohio State 24
High-ranked Alabama ended a two-game dropping streak in its residence uniform within the nationwide championship, in addition to a five-game profitable streak by groups sporting white with a blowout of Ohio State.
It was the identical uniform matchup because the the 2015 Sugar Bowl, which the Buckeyes received on their technique to the inaugural playoff title – albeit with a small change to the logo on the collar.
2022 – Georgia 33, Alabama 18
After assembly within the SEC Championship one month prior with Alabama in its residence uniforms and Georgia in its highway set, the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs met in Indianapolis for the nationwide title whereas sporting the very same appears to be like.
Alabama fell to 1-3 in its residence uniforms within the championship sport, together with losses to Clemson in 2017 and 2019 and a win over Ohio State in 2021. Georgia, in the meantime, improved to 1-0 in its highway look on this stage.
2023 – Georgia 65, TCU 7
Defending nationwide champion Georgia wore its commonplace residence uniforms because the higher-ranked workforce within the nationwide championship, whereas TCU wore black helmets, white jerseys and black pants at SoFi Stadium, which noticed the biggest margin of victory in bowl historical past (58 factors).
2024 – Michigan vs Washington
After sporting maize pants within the Rose Bowl, Michigan will put on blue pants with its blue jerseys and winged helmets. Apparently, the primary time the Wolverines wore this look was their 31-10 win over Washington in 2021.
The Huskies, in the meantime, will counter with gold helmets with white jerseys and pants. They usually put on purple pants on the highway, however did so within the above-mentioned loss to Michigan.
This marks the primary time {that a} workforce outfitted by adidas has made it to the championship sport. It’s additionally the primary look for Jordan Model, although it’s truly a subsidiary of Nike.
