College Football Playoff, Oregon and Ohio State
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Oregon football is going to be short-handed when the squad takes on Washington Saturday. Oregon is trying to cap an outstanding season.
The fourth College Football Playoff rankings are out with the 12-team field remaining in place despite some adjustments to the top 25
College Football Playoff rankings showed minimal movement with Oregon overtaking Ole Miss and Miami moving to No. 12 as the season enters its final weeks.
OSU enters this game as a virtual playoff lock but also has all of the pressure after losing the last four games in the series. Michigan needs to win to keep its slim College Football Playoff hopes alive. The Buckeyes will have WRs Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate back after both missed last week with injuries.
Miami, as the committee's highest-ranked ACC team last week, was eliminated from reaching the league title game after SMU steamrolled Louisville and Duke toppled North Carolina. Now, Pat Narduzzi's Panthers have kickstarted a possible doomsday scenario for a conference that could be excluded from the playoff altogether in two weeks.
Oregon moved up in the College Football Playoff rankings after its best win of the season. The Ducks (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) are No. 6 in this week’s CFP rankings, up from No. 7 last week after beating then-No. 15 USC. The Trojans dropped to No. 17 this week.
No. 15 USC is unable to pull off an upset over No. 7 Oregon on the road, all but ending their quest to earn a College Football Playoff berth for the first time.