Don’t book the flights to Miami yet. Tennessee football to the Orange Bowl isn’t a done deal, and Ohio State could be the reason why. The Buckeyes are a potential Rose Bowl selection as the No. 5 team in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings. They would be the top-ranked Big Ten team outside the playoff if the rankings hold following conference championship Saturday. RANKINGS: Why the College Football Playoff ranked Tennessee Vols behind Alabama But the Rose Bowl selection guidelines do not force the bowl to invite the Buckeyes to Pasadena, California. The language gives the Tournament of Roses the freedom to choose a program when multiple teams from the same conference are clustered “within several spots of each other” in the rankings. That opens the Rose Bowl to “select the team from that cluster that will result in the best possible matchup for the Rose Bowl Game.” “In…
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