Scarlet Sunrise: College Football Playoff chairman explains what committee likes about Buckeyes
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College Football Playoff chair explains what committee likes from Buckeyes
Ohio State is in the top four of the initial College Football Playoff rankings, which were revealed Tuesday night.
After the rankings became public, North Carolina State athletic director and CFP Committee Chair Boo Corrigan explained why the committee believes Ohio State is among the top teams in the country. He had an interesting answer.
“When we looked at Ohio State,” Coorigan said. “The explosiveness of their offense, averaging 49 points a game, winning games by an average of 32 points, I think that really stood out to the committee.”
The Buckeyes know they shouldn’t care about the rankings. But the committee is watching. So far, that committee is impressed with Ohio State.
Full coverage of Buckeyes preparation for Northwestern
The Buckeyes will battle Northwestern at Ryan Field on Saturday afternoon for a road trip as they begin the November portion of the schedule. In preparation for the Buckeyes game against the Wildcats, they held a media session with head coach Ryan Day, defensive coordinator Jim Knowles and wide receivers coach Brian Hartline inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
Spencer Holbrook and Tim May were back inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on Tuesday, breaking down how the Buckeyes are turning their focus to Northwestern in the latest Practice Report presented by Byers Auto. Every Tuesday following the media session with the Buckeyes, Tim and Spencer will chat about what they saw Saturday night and look ahead to what to expect from Ohio State the next Saturday.
After hearing from Ryan Day and other Buckeyes, the Lettermen Row crew is back for a full report on what it learned.
Buckeyes in top four of first CFP rankings
The Buckeyes are still unblemished and undefeated, and the CFP committee is taking notice of the Big Ten’s best program. They’re No. 2 in the initial rankings on Tuesday night, trailing only Tennessee, which will play against No. 3 Georgia on Saturday.
Ohio State is one of four Big Ten teams to show up in the initial rankings. Rival Michigan is No. 5, and the Wolverines will show up for a massive Big Ten East showdown against Ohio State on Nov. 26.
Penn State is ranked No. 15, while Illinois is ranked No. 16.
This released poll comes after the Buckeyes remained in the top three of the AP Top 25 following a win over Penn State on Saturday. And after another notch in the win column, that’s exactly where Ohio State will stay in both the AP Poll and the new College Football Playoff rankings.
READ: Buckeyes have luxury of ignoring rankings, keeping focus on path ahead
College Football Playoff rankings (Nov. 1)
- Tennessee
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- Clemson
- Michigan
- Alabama
Counting down
Buckeyes at Northwestern: 3 days away
Buckeyes vs. Michigan: 24 days away
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