Utah’s move to another high mark in the College Football Playoff rankings was somewhat offset by Oregon’s big drop Tuesday. Just as in this week’s AP Top 25, Utah is up one position to No. 6 and Oregon is No. 14, having dropped eight spots after a 31-28 loss at Arizona State. The effect is a partial devaluation of the teams’ potential meeting in next week’s Pac-12 championship game in Santa Clara, Calif. Utah (10-1) needs the Ducks (9-2) to be ranked as high as possible, for the sake of building its CFP credentials. There is a theory, for example, that No. 7 Oklahoma would receive a bigger boost by beating No. 9 Baylor in the Big 12 title game. Baylor made a big move from No. 14 this week. The most significant news Tuesday was Ohio State’s replacing LSU as the No. 1 team. If that ranking holds and…
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