Ohio State holds firm to 2nd in CFP rankings

But if either or both should lose that would likely open the door for Big Ten champion or possibly Colorado. The question is whether that team will be MI or the victor of the Big Ten title game.

Now all the king’s horses can’t drag the Bedlam victor into the top four.

Thanks to a win over 3-9 Rice and a slew of losses in front of it, Stanford jumped up six spots to No. 18. Not a Washington loss in the Pac-12 title game. Florida is 15th, so a good performance – even in a loss – against the Crimson Tide might get the Gators to New Orleans on a two-game losing streak.

A convincing victory over Penn State could help UW secure a playoff berth, especially since Penn State was the only Big Ten team to beat Ohio State this season.

The crimes of September are reaped in December.

If the committee does that again, Ohio State might drop behind Clemson and Washington should those teams win their respective conference championship games. And frankly, shouldn’t have recovered from.

That wasn’t much of a surprise, though, considering MI has defeated them both and the Buckeyes just knocked off MI. Southern California, 12. Florida State, 13.

“This is the Big Ten championship”.

“I think we’re one of the top teams in the country”, Meyer said after Ohio State escaped with an improbable win over MI.

Big 12 loyalists are reduced to cheering for auxiliary satisfaction.

“I will tell you that the separation by the selection committee members between No. 4 Washington and No. 5 MI is very, very small”. Many have suggested a move to make the playoff include eight teams, which I personally find fair and valiant, but that simply won’t happen and the solution to this issue lies within a simple non-conference scheduling gimmick used by the greatest sport on the planet, college basketball. In 2015, the Pac-12 was omitted. While the top two teams have remained strong, could either falter in upcoming games?

Or pull for drama in the selections.

It shows that despite Penn State’s continued upward trajectory, there is still a reluctance by the playoff committee to even hint that a Nittany Lions jump into the top four could occur next week. It was the flawless game to mirror Ohio State’s season of ups and downs, and an incredible way to end a year that started with so many question marks.

This season Jackson played primarily on defense, though starred on special teams, returning two kickoffs and two punts for touchdowns. Ohio State, as noted above, doesn’t play, so doesn’t have a chance to lose. However, one could argue that its loss to MI early in the season would prevent the Buffaloes from jumping the Wolverines. And neither would be the champ. “I have talked on this call the past couple of weeks about the quality win that Penn State does have over Ohio State”.

The Big Ten has four teams in the top 7 of the committee’s rankings.

What’s not rich is the Big 12’s stock.

But this year might be different.

But it’s got to win. He said the Seminoles are playing better lately. This would be a better gripe if Utah had drawn a particularly brutal slate of cross-divisional matchups rather than dropping winnable games to mediocre North Division teams. The Big 12 didn’t do that in 2016 and now is paying the price. Game time is set for 8 p.m.