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Rankman has no idea what's going on with that other ranking committee. Maybe Condi Rice is not listening to the Grantland Rice in the room, you know, the only former sportswriter on the selection board. Moving Texas Christian to No. 3 by dropping Florida State to No. 4 — as the College Football Playoff Committee did — is insane. Why further separate TCU from Baylor when Baylor defeated TCU? Shouldn't Baylor be moved closer to TCU if the thought is that Baylor, should it defeat Kansas State on Saturday to clinch the Big 12 Conference championship, be jumped over TCU in the final ranking? Offered below is what should be the final four if all the contenders win this...
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College football Super 16 rankings
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Briles had that luxury. His university was already on the job, as was the Big 12 Conference.
...
Northern Illinois routs Bowling Green, 51-17, to claim MAC title
Drew Hare threw for two touchdowns and ran for one, and Northern Illinois wrested the Mid-American Conference title from Bowling Green in emphatic fashion Friday night, beating the Falcons, 51-17.
The Huskies (11-2) are MAC champions for the third time...
4-warned: Final week did little to sort out College Football Playoff
Alabama and Oregon locked up the top two bids easily, and early.
The hard part is now being finalized on lockdown in Grapevine, Texas, where a 12-person selection committee, ensconced in a boardroom at the Gaylord Resort Hotel, has volunteered to...
College Football Playoff: Big 12 hurt by lack of conference title game
You could see the pieces coming together Saturday night.
The Big 12 toxic triangle started to form when Florida State and Baylor pulled away for wins against Georgia Tech and Kansas State.
Meanwhile, Ohio State was crushing Wisconsin in the Big Ten...
College football mailbag: Playoff committee gives itself a TCU problem
Each week during the college football season, national analyst Chris Dufresne will burn a timeout to answer questions and exchange opinions. You can email him at chris.dufresne@latimes.com and reach him on Twitter: @DufresneLATimes.
Unbuckling the...
Quarterback Cardale Jones announces he will return to Ohio State
So, he wasn't a three-and-out after all.
Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones announced on national television Thursday that he would return to school next season instead of declaring for the upcoming NFL draft.
Jones, a third-year sophomore who has...
College football's breakout performance
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The cause of all this attention: the first-ever College Football Playoff championship game.
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Ohio State's Cardale Jones has done a lot of growing up
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The Buckeyes have not merely advanced to the first College Football Playoff title game with a third-string quarterback.
They actually think they can win it with a...
The Super 16 rankings: Ohio State rises here too
Rankman is flabbergasted Ohio State somehow pole-vaulted to No. 4 in the final Super 16 ranking, just as it did in the College Football Playoffs final ranking. There was only one way it could happen: a 59-0 win over Wisconsin with the Buckeyes'...
Kansas State expects UCLA's Brett Hundley to be a handful in Alamo Bowl
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It's the same concern 12 other teams have experienced while preparing for the Bruins this season: His name is Brett Hundley.
Coach...
UCLA will try to contain Kansas State's option offense in Alamo Bowl
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Wednesday's college football bowl games
WEDNESDAY'S BOWL GAMES
• Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl
No. 9 Mississippi (9-3) vs. No. 6 Texas Christian (11-1)
Time: 9:30 a.m. PST. Location: Atlanta. TV: ESPN.
The buzz: Mississippi won its first seven games and was in position to earn a spot in the...
College football: 2014 in review
THE HIGHS
• Last January, the Rose Bowl ushered out the Bowl Championship Series era with a terrific closing act. Florida State scored with 13 seconds left to cap an exciting victory over Auburn. The Rose Bowl played host to four national titles in the...
Power football conferences will continue to get richer in 2015
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Thursday's college football bowl games
College football bowl games on Thursday (other than national semifinal Rose and Sugar bowls):
•Outback Bowl
No. 18 Wisconsin (10-3) vs. No. 19 Auburn (8-4)
Time: 9 a.m. PST. Location: Tampa, Fla. TV: ESPN2.
The buzz: The Badgers enter the postseason...
Fired up about College Football Playoff; about firings, not so much
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Pac-12 is benefiting the most from craziness of new playoff system
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Wait, that was me!
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An eight-team College Football Playoff would level playing fields
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Four, it seems, might not be enough.
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In college football politics, only selection committee's vote matters
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