Just when you thought things may start to calm down in the college football playoff, Week 12 of the season struck. Schools like Ohio State and Oklahoma State suffered the worst kind of a loss: one late in the season when there are very few chances to bounce back from it.
Now, the bigger questions involved what school would take the Buckeyes’ spot in the top four (where they have been since the inaugural playoff rankings were released and if Notre Dame could hold on to their spot in the top four with one game left to play.