AP Top 25 Takeaways: Back door to the College Football Playoff is likely to be blocked this season
The back door to the College Football playoff is unlikely to be open for Ohio State or anybody else on championship weekend. With No. 4 Washington and No. 8 Alabama dodging the upset bug against unranked in-state rivals, next weekend’s conference title games are all setting up to have at least one playoff contender. In the Big Ten, that’s No. 3 Michigan after the Wolverines beat the second-ranked Buckeyes for a third straight season. Oregon has a chance to make the playoff in the Pac-12, and Texas could get there out of the Big 12. Alabama would have to beat No. 1 Georgia.
No. 3 Michigan beats No. 2 Ohio State 30-24 for 3rd straight win in rivalry
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — With Jim Harbaugh nowhere in sight and a scandal hanging over their heads, J.J. McCarthy and No. 3 Michigan stared down No. 2 Ohio State and ran the school’s win streak against the Buckeyes to three games with a 30-24 victory in maybe the most consequential game in the history of the storied rivalry. Michigan’s Rod Moore intercepted Kyle McCord’s wobbly pass intended for All-American Marvin Harrison Jr. at the Wolverines’ 21-yard line with 25 seconds left, setting off a wild celebration on the home team’s sideline. Michigan is headed to the Big Ten championship game for the third straight year. Harbaugh was serving the last of a three-game suspension handed down by the Big Ten for an alleged sign-stealing scheme.
Ryan Day’s decisions may haunt him after No. 3 Michigan beats No. 2 Ohio State for 3rd straight year
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Ryan Day’s decisions in The Game may haunt him. Again. No. 3 Michigan beat No. 2 Ohio State 30-24 Saturday, making the most of aggressive calls by fill-in coach Sherrone Moore and taking…
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