Ohio State defeated Michigan State in dominant fashion last weekend, and the College Football Playoff selection committee was paying attention.
The Buckeyes certainly made the case that they deserved to be ranked as one of the top two teams in the country with their 56-7 win over the then-seventh-ranked Spartans on Saturday, and the CFP committee rewarded them for it on Tuesday night, when Ohio State jumped Alabama to move up to the No. 2 spot in the rankings while the Crimson Tide dropped to No. 3.
Last Tuesday, the committee opted to stay status quo when it kept Alabama at the second spot in the rankings and Ohio State in fourth.