Avoiding a rematch between Ohio State and Michigan “was not talked about in the room.”
Boo Corrigan, the athletic director at North Carolina State who chairs the committee, said members saw little reason to ding TCU for a narrow overtime defeat in the Big 12 championship game a day earlier, keeping it ahead of the Buckeyes.
TCU forced overtime after coming back to tie the game with less than two minutes left, a rally led by quarterback Max Duggan that Corrigan described as a “heroic effort.” That was Kansas State, which ended up at No. 9, after it prevailed over them back in October. The Buckeyes defeated Penn State later that month, but the Nittany Lions landed on the outside of the top 10 at No. 11.Most metrics have TCU’s strength of schedule as the strongest of all four playoff teams.“It was not talked about in the room,” Corrigan said. “We were looking at getting the right four teams, and as we went piece by piece by piece, we ended up in the order we did with TCU at No.
But rather than drop Georgia three spots down to No. 4, setting up a second meeting with the Tide to open the playoff, it put them at No. 3 ahead of unbeaten Cincinnati. Only after semifinal wins did the SEC foes meet for the national championship.
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