Alabama is the top seed for the College Football Playoff and the Big 12 is completely shut out of the four-team field.The Crimson Tide held on to the top seed from the previous week’s rankings thanks to a win in the SEC Championship Game against Missouri. Oregon stayed at second after blowing out Arizona on Friday in the Pac-12 Championship Game.Florida State stayed in the top four after beating Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship Game.Because of the wins by those three teams, their inclusion into the top four seemed like a no-brainer. The biggest debate was for the fourth spot, which was determined among TCU, Ohio State and Baylor. And the Buckeyes, after beating Wisconsin 59-0 in the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday night, slipped into the fourth spot from No. 5 the previous week, meaning TCU and Baylor, the co-champions of the Big 12, were left out of the playoff.”With the championship game, Ohio State demonstrated they were a total team,” committee chairman Jeff Long said. “The did overcome replacing two quarterbacks and that’s a tremendous statement about the quality of their team. And with the conference championship in the Big Ten, with the win over the Western Division champ Wisconsin, it was decisive for Ohio State to move into that fourth spot.”After losing J.T. Barrett to injury against Michigan last week, Cardale Jones, the Buckeyes’ preseason third-string quarterback, started the game against Wisconsin. View gallery Alabama offensive lineman Josh Casher (67) celebrates after the second half of the Southeastern Conf … TCU was ranked No. 3 entering the weekend ahead of No. …
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