COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s national championship hopes surged back to life right along with Utah on Friday night. The Utes rallied from a two-touchdown first-half deficit to USC in the Pac-12 championship game and held on for a 47-24 victory in Las Vegas. Three-loss Utah defeated the Trojans, the No. 4 team in Tuesday’s College Football Playoff rankings reveal, for the second time. Ohio State, which dropped to No. 5 after taking its only loss last Saturday against Michigan, has a strong case to rise back into the top four in Sunday’s final rankings reveal. While the Buckeyes are not playing for a conference championship this weekend, no two-loss team has ever made the playoff. USC had been ranked behind OSU prior to the Michigan loss, and now also has no conference championship on its two-loss resume. The CFP selection committee will release its final rankings beginning at…
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