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Rivalry week across college football really had it all. There was fighting, flag-planting, eight overtimes, rivalries renewed and rivalry narratives reinforced. We saw Heisman Trophy contenders demand the spotlight and College Football Playoff contenders shrink when the lights were the brightest. And after a handful of top 25 teams took losses, the voters in the AP Top 25 poll have to figure out out how the best teams in college football stack up against each other.
Since Oregon once again handled its business with a blowout win against Washington to finish as the only 12-0 team in the country, the great debate will be around what happens at No. 2 within the rest of the top 10 in the wake of Ohio State’s stunning loss to Michigan. The Buckeyes will likely stay within the top 10, but they’ll also be facing a much stiffer punishment: having to await their first-round seeding from the College Football Playoff Selection Committee instead of playing for a Big Ten championship in Indianapolis.
Texas offered a great argument to be No. 2 on Saturday night in its rivalry win against Texas A&M, rounding out an 11-1 regular season for the second straight year under Steve Sarkisian. For the second straight year, the Longhorns will be playing for a conference title. But they are not without competition; Penn State and Notre Dame finished their seasons with double-digit wins that bolster their arguments as the top one-loss team in the country.
There will also be plenty of attention on where Miami falls after its loss to Syracuse and how that relates the College Football Playoff picture, as well as any upward movement for South Carolina after winning at Clemson, the team that benefited most the Hurricanes’ loss. The College Football Playoff narratives…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2024-12-01 04:37:00
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