The College Football Playoff field has been narrowed to four teams, with (6) Penn State, (7) Notre Dame, (5) Texas, and (8) Ohio State remaining in the national title hunt. The Nittany Lions defeated (3) Boise State in the first quarterfinal game on New Year's Eve to set up a date with the Fighting Irish in the Orange Bowl on Thursday.

As anticipation builds for these matchups, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith weighed in on which team he believes will win it all and claim the first CFP title in the new 12-team playoff era. Smith shared his decision on Wednesday’s episode of ESPN's "First Take."

Even on the FCS level, former star NFL players like Michael Vick (Norfolk State) and Desean Jackson (Delaware State) have recently been hired as first-time coaches, following in the footsteps of Colorado’s Deion Sanders, who only five years ago got his start in college football at Jackson State.