College Football Playoff 2025 first-round takeaways

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The 2025 College Football Playoff got underway in Norman, Oklahoma, on Friday night, and we've already seen a first. After all four home teams won by demonstrative margins in last year's first round, Alabama became the first road team to prevail in a playoff game with a stirring comeback against Oklahoma and a 34-24 win.

Here are the main takeaways. We will update this with each completed game.

Alabama 34, Oklahoma 24

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Oklahoma's offense had only 20 minutes in it. The Sooners were perfect out of the gate, bursting to a 17-0 lead against an Alabama team that looked completely unprepared for the moment. But the Crimson Tide…