College Football Playoff Rankings Reaction, Top 4
4. Clemson Tigers 8-0
The world is about to hammer on Clemson’s ranking at the 4 – no, the team hasn’t been that impressive, and some are going to want TCU up here – but the resumé is better than it seems. Handing a then unbeaten Syracuse matters, taking out Florida State on the road is strong, and beating Wake Forest and NC State was nice.
A little credit should be given to playing just four home games so far, and it’s going to be a fifth in the first eight games.
At Notre Dame, Louisville, Miami, South Carolina, (most likely) ACC Championship. Roll through that, and Clemson is in.
12-1 ACC Champion – if there’s a misfire somewhere – and Clemson is (probably) in.
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3. Georgia Bulldogs 8-0
Put it this way – who are you taking right now in a tournament of all the still-unbeaten teams? With that said, this was one of those moments when the committee showed it’s on its game. It would’ve been extremely easy to put the Bulldogs at 1 or 2, but the performances against Missouri and Kent State were a bit off.
With that said, they probably should be 2 considering they walloped CFP No. 8 Oregon 49-3, which is far, far better than anything done by …
2. Ohio State Buckeyes 8-0
There’s no real argument here – Ohio State might be the most complete team in the nation at the moment – but outside of Penn State where’t the big win? Iowa? Michigan State? Wisconsin? Notre Dame? That all sounds nice, but there’s only one victory over a CFP-ranked team.
If the committee really thinks Penn State deserves to be 15, then on merit, Ohio State should probably be third or even fourth, but … whatever. Again, there’s no real complaining with this.
1. Tennessee Volunteers 8-0
(Clap … clap …)
It was the right move. Tennessee has been playing at a whole other level offensively, the win over the College Football Playoff committee’s beloved Alabama was massive, the blowout win over LSU was a big deal, and whacking Kentucky 44-6 when everyone was watching made this an easier-than-you-might-think choice.
It’ll all play out starting this weekend at Georgia, but for right now, the committee passed the first test on this call.
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