College Football Playoff Rankings Provide a Signal About Ohio State

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The second week of the College Football Playoff committee rankings is upon us. Here they are:

1. Alabama
2. Notre Dame
3. Clemson
4. Ohio State
5. Texas A&M
6. Florida
7. Cincinnati
8. Georgia
9. Iowa State
10. Miami
11. Oklahoma
12. Indiana
13. BYU
14. Northwestern
15. Oklahoma State
16. Wisconsin
17. North Carolina
18. Coastal Carolina
19. Iowa
20. USC
21. Marshall
22. Washington
23. Oregon
24. Tulsa
25. Louisiana

Notable information here: The top seven are the same as last week. Ohio State was NOT dinged for not having a game against Illinois this past Saturday, but they are still not out of the woods -- they have to pray that neither of their games against Michigan State or Michigan get canceled. If they don't hit the six-game threshold, they will be ineligible for the Big Ten title game unless the conference changes their rules.

BYU still hasn't impressed the committee. They rose just one spot from No. 14 to No. 13. Northwestern dropped six spots from No. 8 to No. 14. After defeating Texas, Iowa State rose four spots from No. 13 to No. 9.





























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Ryan Glasspiegel grew up in Connecticut, graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and lives in Chicago. Before OutKick, he wrote for Sports Illustrated and The Big Lead. He enjoys expensive bourbon and cheap beer.