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Oregon Over Arizona – Better Team Pac-12 Champions; Going to the Playoff
It’s worth arguing that Oregon have been the best team in the nation for the last few years only rarely getting the opportunity to show it. Their Pac-12 Championship game win over Arizona, which packed style with revenge as Marcus Mariota showed everyone why he’s going to win the Heisman trophy, finally puts them in a position to win it all by making it into the College Football Playoff.
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College Football Playoff – Week 14 Committee Rankings
Despite being the only undefeated team in the nation, Florida State keep falling in committee rankings for the College Football Playoff, while TCU move up to number 3, sitting right behind Alabama (number one) and Oregon (number two), while Ohio State and Baylor are waiting for an opening.
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2014 College Football Season – Week 14 BCS Standings
According to the hypothetical BCS rankings following Week 14 in College Football, the playoff will be made up of number one Alabama, followed by Florida State, Oregon and TCU. No two-SEC teams, that’s not going to happen, and maybe even more interesting to see is Ohio State falling behind the top 4. Playing in a championship game and winning the Big Ten might change that.
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Arizona Over Arizona State: Pac-12 & Playoff Situation Turned Upside Down
Somehow, the Pac-12 South title falls into the hands of Arizona. Not Arizona State, who held the lead until a shocking loss to Oregon State and not UCLA, who had it all sewn up but lost on the last day of the regular season to Stanford of all teams, with someone as reliable as Brett Hundley practically shooting himself and his team in the foot. The Wildcats aren’t just now playing for a conference championship, but also for the shot of making the College Football Playoff.
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2014 College Football Season – Week 13 BCS Standings
If the BCS was still something that mattered, the same four teams the playoff committee is currently going with would be going to the national semifinals, with Alabama at number one, followed by Florida State, Oregon and Mississippi State.
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College Football Playoff – Week 13 Committee Rankings
No change at the top of the rankings which decide who goes to the College Football playoff, as Alabama remain at number one, followed by Oregon, Florida State and Mississippi State to complete the final four picture, followed by TCU, Ohio State and Baylor, all three of them waiting for someone above to slip.
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College Football: Rankings Stay the Same for Playoff-Bound Teams
The one thing to take from the results in week 13 is how bad Florida State looked again, but they remain the only undefeated team among the power five conferences, meriting their place among the top 4 that will make the playoffs, while Alabama, Oregon and Mississippi State had a very easy time navigating through weak opponents.
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College Football – Playoff, Rankings & Championship Consequences in Week 13
Before there’s rivalry week, comes a set up week. For teams like Alabama, Oregon and Mississippi State, it’s just another easy weekend before the more tricky part up ahead. Florida State find themselves in a slightly more difficult situation, one that could end their undefeated season and their chances of making the college football playoff.
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College Football – Is an Eight Team Playoff the Next Step?
We still haven’t seen what a four-team College Football Playoff looks like, and already some are calling for an expansion – making it an eight team playoff, although it’s hard to believe that will erase any of the arguments about ‘deserving’ and eligibility we have now.
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College Football Playoff – Week 12 Committee Rankings
A change at the top of the College Football Playoff committee rankings, moving Alabama to the number one spot, followed by Oregon and only then undefeated Florida State while Mississippi State, suffering their first loss of the season at the hands of the Crimson Tide, keep it a two-SEC team playoff at the moment.