COLUMBUS, Ohio – Conventional wisdom gave Ohio State football a chance to reclaim the No. 1 spot in the College Football Playoff rankings if it ran the table through the Big Ten championship game. The CFP selection committee accelerated that time timetable Tuesday night, putting the Buckeyes back at No. 1 ahead of No. 2 LSU. Ohio State’s victory over Penn State — its third win over a top-19 team in the updated CFP rankings — gave the committee an important new data point to consider. Yet the crux of the Buckeyes’ claim to the top spot keeps falling back to something either more or less tangible, depending on one’s view point (and perhaps rooting biases). CFP selection committee chair Rob Mullen reference Ohio State’s identity as a “complete team” in his and his colleagues’ eyes on multiple occasions Tuesday night. “They are competing consistently and are really highly ranked…
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