Why is Georgia playing in the Sugar Bowl instead of the Peach Bowl for its CFP quarterfinals game? Here's what to know ahead of Wednesday's game vs. Notre Dame:

Notre Dame is now just one win away from its first national championship appearance since the 2012 season, and much of the credit belongs to head coach Marcus Freeman. The Fighting Irish’s 23-10 victory over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl not only secured their place in the College Football Playoff semifinals against Penn State,

The winner moves on to a College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl in the first year of the expanded 12-team format. Georgia had a bye into the quarterfinals at the Sugar Bowl, the very bowl at which the 1980 Bulldogs won a national title by beating none other than Notre Dame.