{"id":147450,"date":"2022-12-04T01:33:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T01:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michigan-tcu-osu-georgia-likely-in-college-football-playoff\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T01:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T01:33:57","slug":"michigan-tcu-osu-georgia-likely-in-college-football-playoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michigan-tcu-osu-georgia-likely-in-college-football-playoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan-TCU, OSU-Georgia likely in College Football Playoff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The College Football Playoff field seems set \u2014 if the committee keeps the same energy \u2014 and so do the matchups for New Year’s Eve: Georgia vs. Ohio State in the Peach Bowl; Michigan vs. TCU in the Fiesta Bowl.<\/p>\n

no. 4 USC’s 47-24 loss to Utah in the Pac-12 championship game Friday night opened the No. 4 spot in the final CFP rankings, which will be announced Sunday at noon on ESPN. Ohio State (11-1) should have the inside track, as it was ranked No. 5 in Tuesday’s rankings, with Alabama No. 6. Neither played this weekend, and watched the Trojans suffer a second loss to the Utes on the season.<\/p>\n

no. 3 TCU had its undefeated season come to an end Saturday in overtime vs. no. 10 Kansas State, 31-28, in the Big 12 championship game, but 12-1 TCU should not be left out of the CFP and jumped by both idle one-loss Ohio State or two-loss Alabama \u2212 again, neither even played for a conference championship. Yes, the Crimson Tide lost close road games at Tennessee (52-49) and LSU (32-31 in OT), but that was their chance and they lost \u2212 twice. TCU defeated KSU earlier in the season and also won at No. 20 Texas, 17-10, three weeks ago. It also beat three other teams ranked inside the top 25 at the time of the game (Oklahoma, Kansas, Oklahoma State).<\/p>\n