USA TODAY
Ohio State should strengthen its hold on No. 1 in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings, with one more weekend left before the selection committee makes the final decision for the national semifinals.
LSU was impressive in a 50-7 win against Texas A&M, rolling out to a 31-0 halftime lead, and players afterwards admitted to drawing motivation from last week's drop to No. 2. But beating the Aggies won't offset the Buckeyes' 56-27 win against Michigan, the program's eighth in a row in the series.
The Tigers could still leapfrog back to No.