SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Just call it the Rodney Dangerfield Bowl. Neither team feels like it is getting any respect.

Not Ohio State, which went undefeated, winning every game by at least two scores, only to get the second seed in the College Football Playoff after it had been ranked first by the playoff committee in the penultimate rankings. On top of that, the Buckeyes are a two-point underdog.

Not Clemson, which also didn’t drop a game this season in defending last year’s national championship, won its last eight contests by an average of 42.1 points and carries a 28-game winning streak into Saturday’s showdown, yet was saddled with the third seed.

“We’re definitely the most disrespected team in the nation, by far. I mean, we blow everyone out the whole season and then we have a bad half and drop to No. 2,” Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins said, referring to the Big Ten title game against Wisconsin.

“They put us as No. 3, so that’s what people think we are. They think we’re the third-best team. Until we prove [otherwise], that’s who we are,” Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence said.

Both teams have a chip on their shoulders, believing the experts have slighted them. It didn’t just start with the playoff, either.

Dobbins repeated a claim from coach Ryan Day that Ohio State was picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten East. The Buckeyes were predicted second by the Big Ten writers, behind Michigan. That didn’t sit well with Dobbins, who pointed out the Buckeyes had won the league the previous two years.”

“I feel like a lot of people doubt us,” Dobbins said. “It’s kind of disrespectful to us.”

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has been playing the no-respect card for weeks, alleging the playoff committee didn’t want the Tigers in the final four after they manhandled South Carolina, 38-3, on Nov. 30, the same South Carolina team that upset Georgia.

“Georgia loses to this very same team, and it’s, ‘How do we keep Georgia in?’ ” he said then. “We win, against the team that beat [Georgia], and it’s, ‘How do we get Clemson out?’ It’s the dadgummest thing.’ ”

There has been some skepticism about Clemson this year, after a one-point victory over .500 North Carolina on Sept. 29. The Tigers were otherwise untested by the woeful ACC and the best non-conference team it faced, Texas A&M, went an underwhelming 7-5.

Neither team was thrilled the day the playoff pairings were released. Day looked disgusted when he saw his Buckeyes were the second seed and said then: “Do I feel like we should have been the 1 seed? Yeah.” As captured by ESPN, Swinney told his players Clemson was the first defending national champion since 1966 to open the season No. 1, go undefeated and drop to No. 3.

“We definitely use it as fuel,” running back Travis Etienne said.

But his team is favored in the game, despite the far weaker résumé.

“It definitely is motivation,” Dobbins said.

The star running back, however, didn’t sound angry about it. The Buckeyes don’t mind being overlooked.

“That’s how we like it,” he said.

“Taking advantage of this upcoming game on Saturday that will prove to the world how good we are,” quarterback Justin Fields said.