Nov. 26 (UPI) — The Ohio State Buckeyes jumped over SEC power LSU as the No. 1 team in this week’s edition of the College Football Playoff rankings. The selection committee announced the fourth of six sets of rankings Tuesday on ESPN. The remainder of the top five remained the same, with No. 2 LSU followed by Clemson at No. 3, Georgia at No. 4 and Alabama sitting on the outside at fifth. Ohio State leaped the Tigers after beating James Franklin and the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday. The Buckeyes debuted as the top team in the season’s first CFP rankings before dropping to No. 2 the last two weeks. LSU, which sat atop the rankings the last two weeks, dropped one spot despite a 56-20 win over Arkansas over the weekend to improve to 11-0. The committee determined that Ohio State’s victory over Penn State, ranked sixth…
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