Alabama is an excellent candidate for a New Year’s Six bowl, but Nick Saban's Crimson Tide lacks a College Football Playoff résumé.
Dan Wolken looks at how the massive Ohio State-Michigan game will impact College Football Playoff and what USC and LSU's path to top four looks like.In the next 48 hours, we’ll hear debate about which team should earn the fourth College Football Playoff bid if USC suffers a second loss to Utah in the Pac-12 Championship on Friday.
OSU’s playoff credentials are flawed. The Buckeyes wilted on their home field in their stiffest test. But, OSU’s résumé remains better than an Alabama team that lost twice, despite not playing the best team in its conference. OSU only lost once — to an undefeated team. Saban pointed out that Alabama is improved now that star quarterback Bryce Young is at full strength after playing a few games at less than 100%. Young injured his shoulder on Oct. 1 at Arkansas.Young is a special player, but his ailing shoulder didn’t cause Alabama to lose 52-49 at Tennessee.
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