The lead story in college football this week didn’t involve any star players, epic comebacks or even a look ahead to this weekend’s big matchups.
It centered on how the College Football Playoff committee decided to rank Michigan No. 6 and Michigan State No. 7 in this week’s standings even though they have identical 8-1 records and just nine days prior the Spartans had defeated the Wolverines.
“The committee gave great credence to the Michigan State win head-to-head against Michigan,” chair Gary Barta said.
Sure, except when it didn’t.
The order of the ranking between two teams outside the actual top four that would make the playoffs – if the season ended today, which it isn’t – is of no importance, of course.