I. Conference titles matter in the selection of the College Football Playoff. As of now, 11 of 12 teams the CFP committee has chosen have been conference champions. Ia. Winning a conference title game matters. It helped to push Ohio State ahead of the Big 12’s Baylor and TCU in 2014. (The Big 12’s odd “One true champion, but hey both are good, so let’s try to get both of them in” machinations at the time probably didn’t help.) II. Head-to-head matters. It helps to decide conference champions, which, as we learned in (1), matters. III. Other things matter, too. Lots of things. Like every other game contenders play. Penn State beat Ohio State on Oct. 22. Great game. The Nittany Lions trailed, 21-7, heading into the fourth quarter but blocked both a punt and a field goal to turn the tables; the former set up a field goal, and…
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