Not mush has changed at the top in the week three of the College Football Playoff Rankings. Despite showing some warts on defense, the LSU Tigers remained at the top of the poll with Ohio State remaining in second.
There was some thought that the over 600 of yards of offense the Tigers gave up to Ole Miss would be enough to allow the Buckeyes to slide back up to the No. 1 slot it occupied when the first installment of the rankings were unveiled, but it still appears to be about who LSU has beaten as opposed to which team looks more complete and dominant.
What remains to be seen is what the committee will do with Ohio State if it is able to beat a No. 8 Penn State this coming weekend. If the Buckeyes were No. 1 prior to LSU’s victory over a top five Alabama, an OSU win over a top ten Penn State might be enough to tip the scaled back in the Buckeyes’ favor.
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, and the conference championship games still to go, there are still going to be shakeups in this thing.
We’ll have it all for you as we step through the wacky rationale used by the College Playoff Committee. We’ll do it all again next Tuesday.
