All six previous College Football Playoff selection committees grappled with a giant puzzle. The 2020 committee grapples with both a giant puzzle and a mass of little 2020 puzzles. One of those 2020 puzzles glares from near the top of the rankings set for release Tuesday evening. © Provided by The Washington Post It goes like this: What to do about Ohio State? Normally, one knows what to do about Ohio State in this Urban Meyer/Ryan Day era, which is to stash it at the top or thereabout. Of course, the word “normally” has seemed distant in 2020. In its first findings last week, the 13-member committee placed Ohio State at No. 4, within the realm of a prospective four-team playoff. At that point, Ohio State stood 4-0, with No. 5 Texas A&M (5-1), No. 6 Florida (6-1), No. 7 Cincinnati (8-0) and No. 8 Northwestern (5-0) just behind. After…
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