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It turns out, when it comes to the College Football Playoff rankings, the selection committee didn’t punish the Wolverines all that much.
There will be but one more ranking before the bowl games, shuffling around the teams that are playing in the conference championship games. But for Michigan, which played in its final game of the regular season — a 56-27 blowout loss to Ohio State at home — the committee seemingly took notice that the maize and blue were No. 13 going up against the No. 1 team in the country.
As a result, the Wolverines fell just one spot, from No. 13 to 14, making it the second-highest rated three-loss team in the poll.
Michigan finishes with losses to No. 1 OSU, No. 8 Wisconsin and No. 10 Penn State, and with wins over No. 15 Notre Dame and No. 16 Iowa.
The next time the rankings are released, it will be on Sunday, in a reveal of where each school will be going to play in their respective bowl games. Michigan is rumored to either the Dec. 27 Holiday Bowl in San Diego or the Jan. 1 Citrus Bowl.
Full rankings:
- Ohio State
- LSU
- Clemson
- Georgia
- Utah
- Oklahoma
- Baylor
- Wisconsin
- Florida
- Penn State
- Auburn
- Alabama
- Oregon
- MICHIGAN
- Notre Dame
- Iowa
- Memphis
- Minnesota
- Boise State
- Cincinnati
- Appalachian State
- USC
- Virginia
- Navy
- Oklahoma State
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