Ohio State remains No. 2 in AP poll, will Buckeyes stay there in College Football Playoff rankings?

COLUMBUS, Ohio — If you’re an Ohio State fan who believes that the Associated Press college football poll has any impact on the College Football Playoff rankings (it doesn’t), then you’ll like this week’s poll. Ohio State remained No. 2 in the AP poll after Saturday’s conference championship games. Penn State, which won the Big Ten and owns a head-to-head win over the Buckeyes, jumped up to No. 5. Bill Landis’ AP ballot: Week 15 The College Football Playoff pairings will be released on Sunday around 12 p.m. If the AP poll is a preview, the Buckeyes will be slotted in the Fiesta Bowl against Clemson. Alabama would play Washington in the Peach Bowl. Penn State would go to the Rose Bowl. Alabama started the season No. 1, and enters the playoff No. 1. If the Crimson Tide win the national championship, they would become the third wire-to-wire No. 1…

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