Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Washington Selected For Playoffs

Sure, the Huskies aren’t a team that can match Penn State’s top-10 wins, and the Pac-12 championship doesn’t and shouldn’t carry the weight the Big Ten championship does.

– The three “at large” selections are made based on the remaining highest ranked teams College Football Playoff Rankings.

This and more is what the College Football Playoff selection committee sorts through to pick the four best teams in the country. I applaud them for evaluating teams on their total body of work. Yes, the tie-breakers in terms of determining conference champions (or participants in the championship game) are debatable, but under the current system, Penn State won the title, but is left out.

“Coach Petersen has done a fantastic job of developing this team to be one of the best teams in the country”, Saban said.

Penn State clawed its way to the conference championship but overall is not as good as Ohio State. There was a close call against LSU, which the Tide won 10-0. The pairings have set up a potential rematch.

Clemson, which defeated Virginia Tech 42-35 for the ACC championship, was ranked No. 2.

The Rose Bowl, featuring Penn State vs. USC, is a classic matchup of perennial powers that could be viewed as “The People’s Champion Bowl”. Ohio State, which has wins over three top-10 teams, sat at home during the weekend while Penn State and Wisconsin battled for the conference title in Indianapolis.

However, the Buckeyes aren’t alone when it comes to advancing without conference title game on the resume.

Two-loss MI was in the running, but dropped two of its last three games.

“(Washington’s) strength of schedule has been a concern”, Hocutt said.

“I think that’s a big deal”. Let’s get started. No.1 Alabama vs No.4 Washington: These 2 teams have met in a bowl game before.

“Some people were waiting to see where we were going to go”.

Controversially shut out of the College Football Playoff, the Nittany Lions instead will head to California to face No. 9 Southern California in the 103rd Rose Bowl Game, set for 5 p.m. on January 2 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Without the benefit of such a game this season, Meyer said all nine position units of the current Ohio State team must use practice efficiently until the time the Buckeyes meet Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl on December 31.

At the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, Alabama opened as a 14-point favorite over Washington. So next point goes to the Nittany Lions.

There’s a simple solution to this problem the CFP faces: have eight teams for the playoffs, and keep it that way.

The unbeaten Crimson Tide (13-0) is in the playoff for the third straight season and is the top seed for the second time. So If Clemson does these 2 things they will win this game. “It’s been the funnest team I’ve had to coach, the most committed team, the most focused”.

It’s the best of both worlds, there’s still a committee, and championships aren’t completely pointless like they are now. Ohio States’ only loss came to a tough No. 5 Penn State team that was just edged out of the No. 4 spot by Washington. The Badgers’ three losses were to Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State. Now, the Wolverines will end a very impressive year against Florida State in the Orange Bowl. But Ohio State has a great Secondary that can do it. No.2 The Offense has to step it up Big Time.

While there have been some ups and downs, Barrett has still put together a solid season for the Buckeyes in 2016.

The Big 12 will play a conference championship game, starting in 2017.

After Penn State beat Michigan State on the final day of the regular season November 26, thus clinching the Big Ten East Division, the Buckeyes focused a large effort on recruiting.