If that happens, then it’s feasible both teams could make the College Football Playoff. At least it should be. Sporting News’ Week 11 bowl projections have the Wolverines and Buckeyes in the CFP semifinals along with fellow unbeaten teams in No. 1 Georgia and No. 4 TCU. There is not an argument for anybody else right now.
The loser of the Ohio State-Michigan game would not have the benefit of a conference championship, but if the game is a classic (and it should be), then the loser would be in the same discussion as No. 5 Tennessee and the rest of the one-loss champions. It is a debate the Buckeyes – and perhaps the Wolverines – would win.
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This week’s bowl projections also dropped No. 10 Alabama and No. 12 Clemson out of the New Year’s Day Six. No. 7 LSU, No. 15 North Carolina and No. 18 Texas moved into our projections.
The College Football Playoff semifinals will be on Dec. 31 this season. Those semifinals will be played at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta and the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. The College Football Playoff championship game is on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
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