January 14, 2025

Ohio State, LSU's debate for College Football Playoff's top seed is far from over


Click to expand Replay Video Video by USA Today Sports Who should the No. 1 team in the College Football Playoff be: Ohio State, or LSU? The Playoff committee created an argument based off that question on Tuesday, seeding Ohio State and LSU as the first- and second-ranked teams, respectively, with just two weeks remaining before the final Playoff field is unveiled. Why does that matter? Because the winner of that argument will get a better draw with the No. 4 team in theory, assuming the chalk holds. Going through No. 3 Clemson is a different story — the defending national champions have won 26 straight games. Add in the usual SEC-Big Ten tension, and this is going to be fun to see if the Playoff committee continues to waffle on this issue over the last two weeks. MORE: Week 14 College Football Playoff rankings “Ohio State has been a…

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