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To the College Football Playoff selection committee: time to take a look at your report card.
Ever since the first set of rankings were released two weeks ago, there have been plenty of chaos in the sport to turn the rankings on its head and alter the course for the 12-team playoff. While some teams have deservingly moved up or down as a result of events, others have been left in questionable spots. That one squad that clearly belongs in the field has an uncertain path, or another is getting too much credit despite a lackluster resume.
There’s plenty of debate as to who is in the right spot and who is either ranked too high or too low, and the arguments will continue to heat up with only a few weeks left before the official bracket is revealed. As we head into the home stretch of the regular season, here are the grades for where every team is ranked in the latest College Football Playoff rankings:
Colorado coach Deion Sanders calls in a play during the first quarter against Utah at Folsom Field on Nov. 16, 2024.
Even with the shaky performance at Wisconsin, Oregon remains the top team in the country and is deservingly at No. 1.
The Buckeyes can get a major boost to its resume by taking down Indiana this week, and should be behind a Ducks team it narrowly lost to.
The resume isn’t all that strong for the Longhorns, but they still have the inside track toward making the SEC championship game and getting the automatic bye.
The only loss is against Ohio State, but there aren’t many opportunities for Penn State to boast a good resume. Should Indiana also lose to Ohio State, what justifies Penn State likely being much higher than the Hoosiers?
The ranking doesn’t really matter at this point since Indiana faces its biggest game of the season at Ohio State, with a chance to jump high in the rankings. In addition to the result, how…
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Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2024-11-20 01:48:00
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