October 20, 2024

Breaking down schedules for college football playoff contenders LSU, Ohio State, Clemson, others


CLEVELAND, Ohio – No. 1 LSU now has more wins over ranked opponents than any other college football playoff contender, but the schedules provide opportunities for Ohio State and others to catch up. The LSU Tigers have beaten four teams currently ranked in the college football committee’s top 25 – No. 5 Alabama, No. 11 Florida, No. 12 Auburn and No. 19 Texas. No. 2 Ohio State has just two such wins, against No. 14 Wisconsin and No. 17 Cincinnati. But the Buckeyes still have scheduled games against No. 9 Penn State and No. 15 Michigan. The chart above provides the details for each major conference team with no more than one loss. Only the current rankings are taken into account, not the rankings at the time of the games, because more is known now about each team and the committee is only in its second week of releasing rankings.…

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