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College Football Playoff Update: Does Ohio State Have A Shot?

As of early Saturday evening, the college football playoff picture seemed reasonably straightforward. Alabama and Oregon won their conference championships easily. And TCU’s dominant win over Iowa State would seemingly make it hard for the committee to drop a team they’d ranked No. 3 previously out of the four-team playoff entirely. But the Ohio State […]

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College Football Playoff Update: Does Ohio State Have A Shot?

As of early Saturday evening, the college football playoff picture seemed reasonably straightforward. Alabama and Oregon won their conference championships easily. And TCU’s dominant win over Iowa State would seemingly make it hard for the committee to drop a team they’d ranked No. 3 previously out of the four-team playoff entirely. But the Ohio State […]

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College Football Playoff Update: Three Teams Are Fighting For The Last Spot

So far, college football’s selection weekend has been anticlimactic. Alabama’s wire-to-wire win against Missouri in the SEC Championship will assure it a place in the college football playoff. It will be joined by Oregon, which thrashed Arizona on Friday, and very likely by TCU, which won earlier on Saturday. The Crimson Tide will presumably also […]

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College Football Playoff Update: Three Teams Are Fighting For The Last Spot

So far, college football’s selection weekend has been anticlimactic. Alabama’s wire-to-wire win against Missouri in the SEC Championship will assure it a place in the college football playoff. It will be joined by Oregon, which thrashed Arizona on Friday, and very likely by TCU, which won earlier on Saturday. The Crimson Tide will presumably also […]

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College Football Playoff Update: TCU Promotion Shakes Up Odds

Sure, the college football playoff selection committee could change its mind at the last minute. Maybe it will decide Baylor deserves to rank ahead of TCU because Baylor won their head-to-head matchup. Maybe the committee will suddenly develop a fondness for Florida State, a team it has liked less than voters in the Coaches and […]

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