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Sporterberg on CFB: CFP Rankings review

By Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer

The initial College Football Playoff rankings came out Tuesday night to some eyeball emojis. Ohio State is ranked No. 1 in the country by the committee, while LSU, Alabama and Penn State round out the top five. I’ve got some issues here.

Ohio State is currently third in Strength of Record, an ESPN metric used to determine how hard a team’s win-loss record would be to obtain. Sitting above them are LSU and Penn State, two teams ranked below them.

They’ve beaten two teams that were ranked at the time of the game, blowing out both No.