The college football playoff has been set

#1 will be LSU, and they will take on #4 Oklahoma in the semi-finals. In the other contest, two undefeated teams, Ohio State and Clemson, will face off against each other.

I think you could have made a case for any one of the three undefeated teams to be the #1 seed.

That #1 seed should be an edge this year, at least in theory, because the other two undefeated teams will have to play one another in the semi-finals, while the top seed got a (presumably) easier opponent.

The former #4 and #5 lost, so #6 Oklahoma claimed the fourth seed with a hard-earned victory over #7 Baylor for the second time this year.

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6 thoughts on “The college football playoff has been set

  1. lsu will be number 1 2 and 3 don’t matter because Clemson will annihilate The Ohio pretend State Okla 4 and final will be Lsu and Clemson and I still standby what I have said all season Clemson who got no respect all year will win back to back.

    1. Hard to disagree. Clemson has annihilated everyone they faced without even blinking, but they’ve been strangely overshadowed in the rankings & headlines.

        1. made 7 years ago. did you listen everyone wanted to be number 1 to avoid Clemson if you think Ohio st who let Wisconsin run and pass over them in first half they will just be a tune up for lsu game.I have said here all year in this space so see if you can tell me I wass wrong in January.

  2. Apparently all you need to do to neutralize Chase Young is double-team him. He’s been completely invisible for 3 games. I think that’s gonna put Joe Burrow in the #1 draft slot for the Bungles, and might give juggernaut LSU the edge over OSU if they met.

  3. #4 will almost certainly be Oklahoma, and they probably would have gotten in even if Utah had won just because of name recognition (which unfortunately still carries disproportionate weight in the CFP). But as you point out, this year there is a huge dropoff between 3 and 4.

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