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Ohio State Football: Buckeyes must win out, CFP Committee loves the SEC

By Charlie Lockhart

MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 29: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks on prior to the game against the Oklahoma Sooners during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 29: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks on prior to the game against the Oklahoma Sooners during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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The Week 13 College Football Playoff rankings are out. LSU is still ranked No. 1 and two other SEC teams are in the top five.

The College Football Playoff Committee released the Week 13 rankings tonight. No surprise undefeated teams LSU (1), Ohio State (2) and Clemson (3) were the top three teams and it wasn’t a shock one loss SEC teams Georgia and Alabama rounded out the Top 5.

Like the AP voters, the CFP Committee loves that conference.

I think the Bulldogs and Crimson Tide are fine teams but they are just automatically put in those spots because they play in the SEC. If they win out it will be difficult for other one loss teams from other conferences to move past them, but why?

Georgia’s only loss was a bad one at home to 4-7 South Carolina, an SEC team. The Ohio State Buckeyes couldn’t get back into the final four the last two years with one bad loss, even though they were Big Ten Champions.

As far as Alabama is concerned the Playoff Committee is going against things they have said mattered in the past, big wins count and injury situations are taken into account. The Tide has yet to beat anybody and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is out for the year.

I’m going to chill for a second and list the Top 25 teams in his week’s CFP rankings.

  1. LSU
  2. Ohio State
  3. Clemson
  4. Georgia
  5. Alabama
  6. Oregon
  7. Utah
  8. Penn State
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Minnesota
  11. Florida
  12. Wisconsin
  13. Michigan
  14. Baylor
  15. Auburn
  16. Notre Dame
  17. Iowa
  18. Memphis
  19. Cincinnati
  20. Boise State
  21. Oklahoma State
  22. Iowa State
  23. Southern California
  24. Appalachian State
  25. SMU

It’s a shame the College Football Playoff Committee simply slots one loss SEC teams at the top of the rankings and make it an uphill climb for other teams to make it into the final four.

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If the rankings stay the same through the end of the regular season there is a good chance the SEC will have two teams in the playoff and one loss conference champions will be left out. Tell me there won’t be a clamor for an eight team playoff then.

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