COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the fifth year of the College Football Playoff, we should know this about the playoff committee members by now. They can’t tell you what makes a playoff team, but they know one when they see it. That’s why Ohio State must try to look like a playoff team, even while sticking at No. 10 in the rankings for the third straight week. And the committee doesn’t really think they’re looking like one. Nothing changed in the top 10 Tuesday, so 9-1 Ohio State remained behind undefeated Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame, one-loss teams Michigan, Georgia and Oklahoma, two-loss LSU and one-loss Washington State and West Virginia. Some top-10 teams are left to play each other, and as we’ve said all along, the 12-1 Buckeyes with wins over Michigan and in the Big Ten Championship should be a playoff team. That’s true because teams lose, and upsets…
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