Kirby Hocutt told us everything we needed to know Tuesday night after the latest College Football Playoff ratings were announced. There were questions about how the committee would handle the logjam in the Big Ten — a conference that has four of the nation’s top seven teams, per the committee. And more specifically than that, how would the committee handle the conundrum of Ohio State, which has one loss, is coming off a win over No. 3 Michigan, but isn’t playing for the Big Ten title, versus the team that beat them and is playing for that title, Penn State? The rankings told the same thing as last week — Ohio State came in at No. 2 with Penn State at No. 7. It was Hocutt, the selection committee chairman, who provided the clarity — whether he wanted to or not. Hocutt said Tuesday that, despite Penn State beating Ohio State…
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