Sorry, Alabama, TCU loss won't get you into the College Football Playoff 🤷 Any conversation about TCU vs. Alabama is nothing more than fake drama heading into a Sunday where the CFP field has fallen firmly into place, writes columnist DanWolken.
in overtime, 31-28, any conversation about TCU vs. Alabama is nothing more than fake drama heading into a Sunday where the CFP field has fallen firmly into place. There is one caveat that the committee will have to deal with, which is the possibility of flipping Ohio State and TCU, thus creating a rematch of the rivalry game we saw in Columbus last weekend. More on that in a moment.
And finally, TCU’s overtime loss to a top-10 Kansas State team is better than Alabama’s overtime loss to a four-loss LSU team that got pounded by Georgia Saturday in the SEC championship. There’s also the matter of Alabama’s other loss, which would make them the first two-loss team ever included — a huge hurdle for a team that didn’t win its division.
Unless the committee deliberately wants to set up a rematch of Michigan and Ohio State from the game that was played last Saturday, that’s how it should shake out. Otherwise, even with the TCU loss, it’s hard to justify moving the Buckeyes from No. 5 to No. 3 when they did nothing to add to their résumé after getting pounded 45-23 at home in their final game.
It is strange to have a Playoff where half the field lost its final game, but that will be more of the norm when it expands to 12 teams in 2025. Under the format that has been floated, where the top four teams have to be conference champions, the first-round matchups could look something like this: No. 5 TCU vs No. 12 Tulane, No. 6 Ohio State vs. No. 11 USC, No. 7 Alabama vs. No. 10 Penn State and No. 8 Tennessee vs. No.
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