The Trojans and Bruins are both 7-1 but they need to do some serious work – and need some substantial help – if they’re going to figure out a way into the final four.
The bad news: USC and UCLA both need to do some serious work – and need some substantial help – if they’re going to figure out a way into the final four and earn a place in this season’s College Football Playoff, which will culminate with the national championship on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium.the College Football Playoff’s initial Top 25 rankingThe good news? It’s not where you start; it’s how you finish. And the final rankings don’t come until Dec. 4.“We,” is in the L.A.
UCLA coach Chip Kelly shrugged it off when he apparently got the CFP poll and the weekly AP rankings confused at practice on Monday. “Oh. Yeah.”This is USC’s highest initial ranking and, for all intents, the first time its fans got to experience what it’s like to anticipate the big reveal. , that has achieved 26 degrees of higher learning, including 11 master’s degrees and two doctorates – aren’t supposed to consider other polls.
For what it’s worth, UCLA’s 42-32 victory over Utah came at home and USC’s was a 43-42 thriller in an emotionally charged atmosphere at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. But the circumstances of those Utah results seem to have had less to do with the committee’s calculation than what happened in Eugene, Oregon, on Oct. 22.
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