Despite being on top of the College Football Playoff Rankings last week, the Buckeyes were jumped by LSU and finished the rankings at the No. 2 team and must now play No. 3 Clemson out in the desert at the Fiesta Bowl.
At least there wasn’t a whole lot of drama concerning the Buckeyes getting into the CFP this year, but moving them down after the body of work they have put together was not without controversy. Now, Ohio State must play the game as they say, and beat the best to be the best.
After each set of rankings, the College Football Playoff Committee holds a teleconference with select media members to be as transparent as possible, and to field questions about the ranking process.
We’re a part of those and we’d like to pass on what the Playoff Selection Committee Chair Rob Mullens had to say about Ohio State after the final set of rankings. So, here goes after the last one of 2019 …
Ohio State receives No. 2 seed in College Football Playoff, will play Clemson https://t.co/GfIRGoIcyK
— Buckeyes Wire (@BuckeyesWire) December 8, 2019