Fair warning: I’m writing these words from the Pacific time zone, but my body may still be on Central time from my Alabama trip last weekend. Hopefully the committee takes that into consideration if this column stinks. Key takeaways from this season’s second College Football Playoff rankings: The committee hates the Big 12!!!More specifically, it’s not thrilled with the conference’s intentionally back-loaded schedule. Chairman Jeff Long said Tuesday night it makes it difficult to evaluate teams like No. 6 Baylor, which “doesn’t have a win over a team with a winning record yet.” The Bears are still better off, though, than No. 8 Oklahoma State, which just beat former No. 8 TCU by 20 points but remains behind three one-loss teams. “Oklahoma State had a good win,” said Long, but, “That’s the first piece of real strength that we’ve seen from them.” FOX FOUR AFTER WEEK 10 Ultimately, all four Big 12 contenders still have multiple opportunities to impress the committee, and if either Baylor or Oklahoma State run the table, they’re in. But given that TCU plummeted from eighth to 15th, if either of the former two lose one down the stretch, they’re probably out. Oklahoma, which at least lost early, is the league’s only shot to make it as a one-loss champ. The committee auto-corrected itself on Iowa. Last week I was surprised the undefeated Hawkeyes only checked in at No. …
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