Status quo in CFP rankings this week — but chaos still could ensue

Either Michigan or Ohio State will lose this weekend, and Washington is sitting at No.5 in the playoff rankings with a rivalry game against Washington State plus the Pac-12 Championship game left.

No big deal, right? This game means everything to the players.

In addition to the enmity, the Big Ten stakes and bragging rights tied up in Saturday afternoon’s matchup of MI and Ohio State, The Game can make one more claim: It is the most influential regular season game in the College Football Playoff era.

Utah remains one of five teams that have been ranked in every College Football Playoff rankings since its inception in 2014.

Jabrill Peppers, Michigan’s redshirt sophomore do-it-all playmaker, said the idea of losing to Ohio State and how it would impact his view of the season as a whole isn’t occupying his thoughts. “Our eyes are forward”. Auburn (8-3); December 3 SEC championship game vs. ESPN’s College GameDay is expanding to five hours from three during rivalry Saturday.

When asked directly if the separation between Ohio State and Penn State was small, given that the Nittany Lions beat the Buckeyes, Hocutt directly said “it was not”. This would eliminate Wisconsin and Penn State, and make the committee decide between two-loss Ohio State, which beat Oklahoma, and the Sooners, who at this point would be Big 12 champions.

O’Korn and former Michigan QB Jake Ruddock visited the late Bo Schembechler’s grave site Tuesday and smashed a buckeye nut with a maize and blue hammer. The committee was re-ranking teams and adjusting based on re-evaluations of the whole field’s resumes.

Ohio State is favored by about a touchdown perhaps in part because the Wolverines may be without standout quarterback Wilton Speight, who missed Saturday’s 20-10 win over in with an injured left shoulder.

For the Wolverines, the formula is much simpler.

If it’s MI, the Wolverines would advance to the Big Ten title game and likely face Wisconsin.

“It has been an unbelievable ride and I’ll never forget my time here at Penn State”.

Before I get into any discussion of rankings, I’m going to get into something very important that Kirby Hocutt said. While matchups against Washington State and Colorado will provide a boost to the Huskies’ schedule, it’s unlikely that Washington reaches a national semifinal without some help. 1 and 2 in the country.

A graduate assistant at Ohio State during the 1986 season, Meyer had sideline seats to The Game but something is amiss in his recollection. The Wolverines will head to Columbus this week to face the Buckeyes. Washington would have won a less hard conference, but again it would have one less loss.

The teams appear to match up evenly.

Defense has been key for both teams. Also ranked for the Pac-12 was No. 9 Colorado, No. 12 USC, No. 23 Washington State and No. 24 Stanford. It turned out to be his last snap in college.

Ohio State is led by J.T. Barrett at quarterback. “But taking care of the next game is the only way we’ll be able to have that opportunity”.

After getting blown out 49-10 at MI in September, the Nittany Lions have piled up seven straight wins. Louisville, who lost to Houston this past week, dropped to No. 11 in the poll. Harbaugh won’t say which one will start Saturday, only that Speight is day to day. We’ve never been in this position before.

“This rivalry is going to be relevant”, MI tight end Jake Butt, who is from Pickerington, Ohio, said Monday.