October 22, 2024

Ohio State Deserves No. 1 College Football Playoff Ranking


Ohio State v Michigan | Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images When the College Football Playoff rankings came out last week, many were surprised to find Ohio State leap-frogged LSU to take the number-one ranking. While in the grand scheme of things the order doesn’t matter all that much – they’re both assured of top four spots assuming they don’t lose, and you gotta win two games to win the CFP no matter your ranking – being number one in the nation still means the presumed easier game and cache. Given that both teams won by large margins this week, as did No. 3 Clemson, the debate will most likely continue all the way to Tuesday, when the next set of Playoff rankings are released. But Ohio State’s 56-27 victory over Michigan was the perfect validation for the Playoff committee’s decision to move Ohio State up to number-one – and it should…

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