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Exit stage left, Alabama. After a flurry of upsets across college football, the Crimson Tide are now one of several previously secure teams on the outside of the College Football Playoff picture, joining Ole Miss and Colorado after disappointing performances on the road in conference play.
Heading into rivalry week, we’ve handicapped the playoff race by lock-tiers, based on information gathered through the selection committee’s first three polls, strength of schedule, eye test, quality wins and what’s on the horizon over the next two weekends of action prior to the final vote.
Conference championships won is a major data point for the selection committee and there’s a few teams who can leave no doubt by winning out and taking that hardware. There’s also a couple of programs — namely South Carolina and Clemson — who are streaking at the right time and are benefitting from various chaos scenarios playing out to the extreme.
Oregon: Bring out the cement blocks — the Ducks are in. Oregon has done all it can in the regular season as the nation’s top team for weeks. The Ducks could lose to Washington and suffer a loss to an elite opponent in the Big Ten Championship and would still be in.
Ohio State: The Buckeyes punched their ticket with Saturday’s impressive victory over previously…
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Author : Brad Crawford
Publish date : 2024-11-24 17:06:00
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