CFP semifinals by the numbers: All four teams are members of the exclusive 900-win club

The College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams to get some new blood.

The final four are decidedly blueblood.

The semifinals match Penn State against Notre Dame at the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 and Texas against Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10.

All four teams are among the eight programs with at least 900 all-time victories.

By the NCAA's count, Ohio State ranks second with 976 wins, Notre Dame and Texas are tied for fourth with 961 and Penn State is seventh with 943.

The four teams have combined for 18 national championships since 1936, when the Associated Press rankings started. Notre Dame has eight titles, Ohio State five, Texas three and Penn State two.

A look at the semifinals, by the numbers:

Texas' lead in the series with Ohio State. This will be their first meeting since 2009. They will open the 2025 season against each other Aug. 30 in Columbus.

The Notre Dame-Penn State series record. This will be their first meeting since 2007.

National rankings of the four teams in total defense: Ohio State (244.6 yards per game), Texas (277.7), Penn State (288.8) and Notre Dame (295.4).

National rankings of the four teams in total offense: Texas (443.9 yards per game), Penn State (436.3), Ohio State (432.5) and Notre Dame (406.6).

Passes of 40-plus yards allowed by Ohio State, fewest in the FBS.

National award winners in the semifinals: Ohio State’s Seth McLaughlin (Rimington Trophy, top center), Penn State’s Tyler Warren (John Mackey, top tight end), Penn State OL Nick Dawkins (Wuerffel Trophy, community service), Texas’ Kelvin Banks (Lombardi Award, top lineman; Outland Trophy, top interior lineman), Texas’ Jahdae Barron (Jim Thorpe, top defensive back) and Texas DL Colin Simmons (Shaun Alexander Award, top freshman).

Notre Dame's consecutive wins in neutral-site games, best in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Two-time AP first-team All-America safety Xavier Watts' interceptions for Notre Dame since 2023, most in the FBS.

Consecutive games in which Texas' Quinn Ewers has thrown at least one touchdown pass, the longest streak in the FBS.

Tyler Warren's receptions for Penn State, most by a Power Four tight end.

Texas' scrimmage plays that have gone for at least 20 yards. The Longhorns are only team with more than 100.

Consecutive extra-point kicks made by Texas' Bert Auburn since 2021.

Ohio State has outscored its opponents by this differential over the second and third quarters (326-87), the largest margin in the FBS.

Penn State is the only FBS team with two running backs with at least 1,000 yards apiece. Kaytron Allen has 1,026 and Nicholas Singleton has 1,015.

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Penn State defensive end Amin Vanover (15) celebrates after the Fiesta Bowl College Football Playoff game against Boise State, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

TOKYO (AP) — Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace has died. He was 93.

Fukahori died at a hospital in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 3, the Urakami Catholic Church, where he prayed almost daily until last year, said on Sunday. Local media reported he died of old age.

The church, located about 500 meters from ground zero and near the Nagasaki Peace Park, is widely seen as a symbol of hope and peace, as its bell tower and some statues and survived the nuclear bombing.

Fukahori was only 14 when the U.S. dropped the bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, killing tens of thousands of people, including his family. That came three days after the nuclear attack on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Japan surrendered days later, ending World War II and the country's nearly half-century of aggression across Asia.

Fukahori, who worked at a shipyard about 3 kilometers (2 miles) from where the bomb dropped, couldn’t talk about what happened for years, not only because of the painful memories but also how powerless he felt then.

About 15 years ago, he became more outspoken after encountering, during a visit to Spain, a man who experienced the bombing of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War when he was also 14 years old. The shared experience helped Fukahori open up.

“On the day the bomb dropped, I heard a voice asking for help. When I walked over and held out my hand, the person’s skin melted. I still remember how that felt,” Fukahori told Japan’s national broadcaster NHK in 2019.

He often addressed students, hoping they take on what he called “the baton of peace,” in reference to his advocacy.

When Pope Francis visited Nagasaki in 2019, Fukahori was the one who handed him a wreath of white flowers. The following year, Fukahori represented the bomb victims at a ceremony, making his “pledge for peace,” saying: “I am determined to send our message to make Nagasaki the final place where an atomic bomb is ever dropped.”

A wake is scheduled for Sunday, and funeral services on Monday at Urakami Church, where his daughter will represent the family.

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FILE - Shigemi Fukahori is interviewed at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on July 29, 2020. Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to praying for peace and the souls of the victims, has died. He was 93. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

FILE - Shigemi Fukahori is interviewed at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on July 29, 2020. Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to praying for peace and the souls of the victims, has died. He was 93. (Kyodo News via AP, File)