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ESPN has surprisingly positive odds for Ohio State making the playoff

ESPN has surprisingly positive odds for Ohio State making the playoff

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Each team’s CFP chances according to the ESPN playoff predictor

Georgia | >99%
Michigan | >99%
TCU | 87%
Ohio State | 82%
Alabama | 23%

Interestingly enough, USC completely disappears out of the top five here and Ohio State is now given an almost lock of a chance to get into the College Football Playoff. Again, I’m not sure I would subscribe to this, and I don’t see any path for Alabama to get in, but this model says Ohio State is in good shape almost no matter what.

We say the game you really have to look at is Friday night’s Pac-12 Championship game. If USC loses, there’s a good chance Ohio State is in, if not — well, we’re probably looking at a New Year’s Six game either in Miami or Pasadena.

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