The two events happened within 24 hours of one another.
Georgia Tech is eligible for postseason play after the NCAA overturned scholarship and recruiting sanctions placed on the program in 2019.
Ohio State and Alabama competing for a national championship is hardly an unusual occurrence for either school. Six weeks after the Crimson Tide's national championship game win over the Buckeyes, it just so happens that the two schools have a pair of the nation's best basketball teams. No. 4 Ohio State and No. 6 Alabama are hardly playing the part of sidekicks to football.