No. 11 Utah beat No. 4 Southern California 47-24 in the Pac-12 championship game on Friday in Las Vegas, opening the back door Ohio State needed to reach the CFP.
What's next for CFP rankings? in their regular-season finale. That left the OSU ranked No. 5 and needing help from either a USC loss or, less likely, a big enough loss by No. 3 TCU against Kansas State in the Big 12 championship Saturday to cause the CFP selection committee to bump OSU into the four-team field.How would the 12-team College Football Playoff expansion affect Ohio State in 2022?
No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Michigan are considered locks to make the CFP even with losses in their conference games Saturday. Georgia plays No. 4 LSU for the SEC title. Michigan plays unranked Purdue for the Big Ten championship.USC looked like it might cruise to victory Friday. Its Heisman Trophy-favorite quarterback Caleb Williams made several highlight-worthy plays in leading the Trojans to a 17-3 lead.
But after USC failed on a fourth-and-8 from the Utah 37, the momentum shifted. Utah scored two touchdowns, the second with 2 seconds left in the second quarter, to tie the game at halftime. Utah took the lead with a touchdown in the third quarter on a 57-yard pass from Cameron Rising to Money Parks on third-and-19.Williams, who suffered a gash on his right pinky finger early, became hobbled with what appeared to be a knee injury, and the Trojans’ offense stumbled.The Trojans came alive to score a touchdown to pull within 3 points, but Utah answered with a 60-yard touchdown pass and added two late touchdowns.The CFP selections will be announced Sunday. Alabama is No.
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