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What CFP chair Boo Corrigan said about Ohio State and Michigan football before The Game

Always interesting to hear what the committee thinks.

Ohio State and Michigan football are on a collision course this Saturday, meeting as undefeated teams for the third time in history.

The Buckeyes remained No. 2 in the fourth iteration of the College Football Playoff rankings while the Wolverines remain No. 3. As far as rankings committee chair Boo Corrigan sees it, both teams are close to equal, though he credits OSU with having a win over Notre Dame to go along with the mutually shared Penn State win.

“Two really good teams, two teams that are good on both sides of the ball,” Corrigan said. “Michigan to get the blocked punt for a safety last week, to scoop and score; Ohio State to put up in excess of 430 yards against Minnesota, I think both teams continue to get better as they go through this. Michigan has been dominant, and Ohio State has got the win over Notre Dame as well as Penn State.

“Like every college football fan, we’re excited to watch the game and watch two really good teams play in The Big House and see what happens from there.”

Ohio State put up 434 yards of offense against Minnesota, which is indeed more than Michigan’s 432 yards of offense vs. the Gophers (though Michigan put up 15 more points total, thanks to two pick sixes).

Still, both teams are ranked ahead of Washington, which rose from No. 5 to 4 in the latest rankings. The Huskies have more ranked wins than either the Wolverines or Buckeyes, but the latter teams have been more dominant across the board, Corrigan says.

“Again, I think they’re both really good teams offensively and defensively,” Corrigan said. “To your point, I think the committee in looking at Washington, there were a couple of weeks with Arizona State in the Stanford game where we wanted to see a little bit more from Washington, and as I alluded to earlier, they’ve had six consecutive quarters and given up a total of 20 points, including against Oregon State that averages 36 points.

“I think it all plays in together, and from watching games to statistics to schedule to everything, and we’ve got one more week of data points.”

Certainly, the loser of The Game on Saturday will be out of the playoff picture, barring pandemonium in championship week, which, did happen last year. However, there would be a lot that would need to happen to catapult the loser in, so this upcoming game really is like winner take all.

CFP chair Boo Corrigan explains why Ohio State is still ranked ahead of Michigan football

This doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

Now that Michigan football and Ohio State have played a few common opponents, the crux is Penn State. The Buckeyes won at home, 20-12, while the Wolverines won in Happy Valley, without head coach Jim Harbaugh, 24-15.

But that wasn’t enough to vault the maize and blue ahead of the scarlet and gray.

College Football Playoff rankings committee chair Boo Corrigan said Ohio State gets the edge because of not only having wins over Penn State and Notre Dame, but also because of who else the Buckeyes have played.

“Yeah, again, looking at Ohio State, the wins over Penn State that they now share with Michigan, Ohio State has the win over Notre Dame, 5-0 against teams with winning records, top 5 defense,” Corrigan said. “Their offense, to your point, put up 38 last week, and Michigan continues to come along and continues to be dominant in the games that they’ve played.

”As we go through it each week, we continue to look at everything, and after Week 11 we ended up with Ohio State at 2 and Michigan at 3.”

‘Michigan continues to come along’ is an odd saying given the Wolverines have dominated every team they’ve faced. Penn State is the only team that ended up being within two scores of the maize and blue, whereas OSU has had several games fall into that region.

The only Big Ten team with a winning record Ohio State has beaten that Michigan has not faced is Maryland, which the Wolverines face on Saturday. The Buckeyes did beat the Irish, and while it’s not as impressive, Michigan has a win over UNLV (8-2). The Wolverines’ wins over Rutgers (6-4) and Indiana (3-7) were more impressive, while the wins over Penn State (8-2) and Michigan State (3-7) are at least even, though Michigan played both on the road and had higher scoring margins against both of the latter. OSU also played a Football Championship Subdivision team, Youngstown State, which certainly could be an ample trade off for playing Notre Dame while Michigan only played Group of Five schools — even if one, UNLV, has a stellar record at this point.

While Ohio State has an impressive defense, Michigan’s defense is ranked higher in total defense (No. 1), scoring defense (No. 1), passing defense (No. 1) and rushing defense (No. 13).

Yet, when it came to looking at Ohio State, despite Georgia overtaking the Buckeyes at the No. 1 spot, Corrigan proclaims there’s little difference between No. 1 and No. 2.

“As we’re looking at it, it’s them, but it’s also what the teams around them do,” Corrigan said. “So we’re trying to take everything — you’re seeing improvement from a lot of the teams that we’re talking about in how they’re playing. In some cases players coming back from injury and just making sure that we’re trying to read the whole piece of what’s going on, and Ohio State has been hit by the injury bug, as well, and seeing them have their guys back on the field continues to impress the committee.

“You can’t get much closer than those two.”

In the end, it matters little, because the No. 2 and 3 teams will face each other in Ann Arbor on Nov. 25. But the rationale makes little sense.

CFP chair Boo Corrigan punts again on committee disciplining Michigan football

Activist reporters gotta stop tryin got make ‘fetch’ happen! #GoBlue

Detractors of Michigan football during the alleged sign-stealing scandal have been desperately looking for anyone who will mete out punishment to Jim Harbaugh and the maize and blue.

While the Big Ten has apparently taken up the mantle in that regard, many who have called for some type of discipline have also lobbied the College Football Playoff rankings committee to take charge. However, on his conference call following the second rankings reveal of 2023, chairman Boo Corrigan once again said it’s not a matter for the non-governing body.

“We are not a governance body, and so we’re certainly all aware of the Michigan situation, but it’s just not a CFP matter,” Corrigan said. “We will take what we get from the NCAA or from anybody else, and whatever facts are available to those other groups, then we’ll consider it. But all we do is rank the teams that are eligible for our games.”

Did the committee discuss what to do as it pertains to the Wolverines? Corrigan said no, because the committee’s sole purpose is to rank the best teams, not issue any kind of warning or shot over the bow of any teams that  may have found themselves in any kind of trouble with the NCAA or their conference.

“I appreciate your asking. Totally understand the question,” Corrigan said. “The fact is it did not come up because — well, it’s the same as last week. The task of the committee is to rank the teams, and that’s what we do every week.”

Michigan continues to be ranked No. 3 and has a top-10 matchup in Week 11 with a trip to Happy Valley to face Penn State.

Everything the College Football Playoff Committee said about Ohio State after the last set of rankings

Everything the College Football Playoff Committee chair said about Ohio State after the last CFP rankings were revealed. #GoBucks

Rejoice Ohio State fans. After all the doom and gloom of getting bushwhacked by Michigan for the second straight year, it sure felt like the Buckeyes would be relegated out of the College Football Playoff and to a New Year’s Six Bowl. That would still be a great prize, but it’s not what the coaches, players and fans had in mind.

Now, however, with a couple of upset losses in the conference championship games — most notably USC’s loss to Utah in the Pac-12 Championship game, the Buckeyes are back in the final four and headed to Atlanta to play in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl against No. 1 Georgia.

It’s a daunting task, but you always want a bite at the apple, and that’s exactly what Ohio State has. It’s a chance at redemption and one that I have a feeling will result in a better showing than what we saw against the Wolverines Just a week ago.

But what went into elevating Ohio State over USC? What separated the Buckeyes from Alabama, Tennessee and Clemson, which had two losses but played at a high level at times?

College Football Playoff Committee chair, Boo Corrigan, met with the media to discuss the process of what went into the final rankings and why teams ended up where they did.

Here’s what was discussed and touched upon when it comes to Ohio State.

Everything the College Football Playoff committee said about Ohio State after the latest rankings release

Everything CFP committee chair Boo Corrigan had to say about where Ohio State is ranked in the latest CFP rankings. #GoBucks

Buck up, Ohio State fans, because there might still be something to play for, and an opportunity to get into the College Football Playoff thanks to where the Buckeyes landed in the latest CFP rankings released on Tuesday.

Ohio State fell three spots to No. 5, one spot out of a playoff spot when the next-too-last rankings were unveiled on ESPN Tuesday night. The top four ahead of the Buckeyes are about what everyone thought they would be with Georgia nailing down the No. 1 spot followed by Michigan (2), TCU (3) and USC (4).

Just below Ohio State are Alabama and Tennessee which appear to be on the outside looking in aside from maybe a double-whammy of USC and TCU both losing and leaving the CFP committee with a decision to make among Ohio State, TCU, USC and Alabama for two of the spots.

After the rankings were revealed, inquiring minds wanted to know why teams slotted where they were, and CFP committee chair, Boo Corrigan, was made available to provide some transparency and commentary on the process of ranking the teams.

Here is everything Corrigan and the CFP committee said about Ohio State’s plight after the reveal Tuesday night.

Everything CFP chair Boo Corrigan said about rankings before championship week

Ohio State better not sneak in after #Michigan just owned them in Columbus!

Week 13 in college football was a bit chaotic, but what happens if championship week is just as chaotic? Are Georgia and Michigan football in regardless? What about TCU? If USC loses, does that open the door for Ohio State or Alabama? Could the rankings change for either the Buckeyes or Crimson Tide without them playing this week? How close or far are the top teams from all of the others?

These are some of the questions posed to College Football Playoff committee chair Boo Corrigan, who spoke to the media on a teleconference following the unveiling of the penultimate rankings of the season. Here is everything he had to say.

Boo Corrigan explains why Tennessee is ranked behind Alabama

Boo Corrigan, selection committee chair of the College Football Playoff, explains why Tennessee is ranked behind Alabama.

Tennessee (10-2, 6-2 SEC) concluded its regular season on Nov. 26, defeating Vanderbilt, 56-0, in Week 13.

Tennessee’s 2022 regular-season schedule featured home games against Ball State (W, 59-10), Akron (W, 63-6), Florida (W, 38-33), Alabama (W, 52-49), UT Martin (W, 65-24), Kentucky (W, 44-6) and Missouri (W, 66-24).

The Vols’ 2022 schedule featured road contests at Pittsburgh (W, 34-27 OT) in the second edition of the Johnny Majors Classic, LSU (W, 40-13), Georgia (L, 27-13), South Carolina (L, 63-38) and Vanderbilt (W, 56-0).

The College Football Playoff released its latest top 25 rankings on Tuesday following Week 13.

Tennessee is ranked No. 7 behind No. 6 Alabama (10-2, 6-2 SEC) despite defeating the Crimson Tide.

Following the latest College Football Playoff top 25 rankings, Boo Corrigan, selection committee chair of the College Football Playoff, met with media.

Corrigan’s discussion of Tennessee’s ranking behind Alabama is listed below from a transcript provided by the College Football Playoff.

CFP committee chair explains why Clemson is ranked behind Alabama

When the latest College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday night, one-loss Clemson came in ranked behind two-loss Alabama for the third consecutive week. The Crimson Tide (9-2, 5-2 SEC) moved up from No. 8 to No. 7 in the latest …

When the latest College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday night, one-loss Clemson came in ranked behind two-loss Alabama for the third consecutive week.

The Crimson Tide (9-2, 5-2 SEC) moved up from No. 8 to No. 7 in the latest rankings, while the Tigers (10-1, 8-0 ACC) slid up a spot from No. 9 to No. 8.

On ESPN’s College Football Playoff: Top 25 show, host Rece Davis interviewed Boo Corrigan, NC State’s athletic director who also serves as the CFP selection committee chair.

Davis asked Corrigan what Clemson does at an elite level that looks like a playoff team, and how Corrigan would describe the discussion about the Tigers and the evaluation of them within the committee meeting room.

Corrigan went on to explain why the CFP committee has Clemson ranked behind Alabama.

“You’re looking at the football judgement, right, as we’re going through this,” Corrigan said. “Clemson’s 6-1 against teams over .500, Alabama’s 6-2 with teams over .500. They’ve got the two close losses, obviously Alabama does. And then that game against Notre Dame, that 35-14 game, continues to be part of the discussion.

“You look at Clemson — defensively, they’ve got some dudes up front that are making plays and doing things, too. But overall, we saw Alabama as being 7 and Clemson 8.”

Clemson’s lone loss, of course, came by a score of 35-14 at Notre Dame (now ranked No. 15 in the latest CFP rankings) on Nov. 5 in South Bend.

Alabama suffered a pair of losses at Tennessee and at LSU on a last-second field goal and two-point conversion in overtime, respectively.

The Tigers will wrap up the regular season against rival South Carolina at Death Valley on Saturday (12 p.m., ABC), while the Tide will play host to Auburn for the annual Iron Bowl (3:30 p.m., CBS).

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Everything College Football Playoff committee chair Boo Corrigan said about the fourth rankings release

Here is everything CFP committee chair Boo Corrigan said about Ohio State and other top teams after the unveiling of the fourth CFP rankings for 2022.

Here we go again.

On Tuesday, the College Football Playoff selection committee released its fourth set of CFP rankings, and with it, we got a look into what the group thinks of teams like Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, LSU, Alabama, Tennessee, and others.

And if you’ve landed on this free website with tons of scarlet and gray content, we’re sure you are most interested in the Buckeye point of you, as are we.

We can kind of glean what the committee thinks of Ohio State based on where it sits in the rankings from week to week, but the group of so-called independent thinkers also put CFP committee chair, Boo Corrigan, out there to add some transparency and accountability to the whole thing by making him available for questions from the media.

And boy does the media have questions on a weekly basis because of some of the head-scratching rankings thrown out there every time we get a look at the newest release.

By now, you likely know that Ohio State is ranked No. 2 again and in prime position to take one of those four College Football Playoff spots, but what exactly does the committee think about the Buckeyes and other teams?

Here is everything CFP selection committee chair Boo Corrigan said about Ohio State and the other ranked teams near the top on Tuesday when he made himself available to the media.

What College Football Playoff chair Boo Corrigan said about Michigan football

It’ll all be settled very, very soon. #GoBlue

When it comes to the latest College Football Playoff rankings, even those who want to know more have The Game in mind.

On Tuesday night, committee chair Boo Corrigan met with the media on his weekly teleconference, and of the eight questions that he received, seven had to do either with Michigan, Ohio State or the combination of the two.

Right out of the gates, Corrigan was asked how they relate to one another, and while he did give extra credit to the Buckeyes for the Week 1 win over Notre Dame, he said the two teams appear to be of similar caliber.

“Two well-balanced teams, both in the top 10 offensively and defensively,” Corrigan said. “Ohio State does have the win over Notre Dame, which I believe at this point as a committee, as we talk about it, that stands out a little bit to us as we’re going through this.

“But again, two really good teams that play really hard. Both had good wins this past week over Indiana and Nebraska. There’s a reason one is 2 and one is 3 in how close they are.”

It’s a difficult proposition for the committee, he said, trying to rank one above the other. Of course, the nonconference schedule continues to be a negative for the Wolverines, but it’s not the only determining factor that has Michigan at No. 3 rather than No. 2.

“We don’t believe there’s anything simple about it,” Corrigan said. “We’re going to go through each week with a clean sheet, look at every team, continue to evaluate, continue to compare, statistically continue to compare their schedules.

“But all that being said, the strength of schedule is different as we look at it. But again, we’re looking at so many different factors as opposed to just one. From a protocol standpoint we want to make sure we get it right, and that’s why we landed where we did this week.”

This was the third teleconference thus far, and usually, the question is how Michigan compares to other teams. But, in general, what does the committee see in the team in Ann Arbor?

Corrigan notes the run offense, the totality of the defense, as well as the Heisman Trophy candidate Michigan has in the backfield.

“Win over Penn State, top-10 defense, giving up just 11 points a game, balanced, Blake Corum and the job he’s done this season,” Corrigan said. “Again, defensively they’re really solid, and feel good that they’re a solid No. 3 team.”

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