College Football World Debates Whether Ohio State or Alabama Should Be No. 5 in CFP Rankings

The top four appear to be set for this week, but there is disagreement over who should round out the top five.

After Saturday’s college football results, the playoff picture has become more clear, with conference championship weekend on the horizon. It seems as if Georgia, Michigan, TCU and USC have the inside track at the top four as long as they win their respective conference championships.

However, which team should hold the fifth spot in the rankings? Current No. 5 LSU lost to Texas A&M, creating a vacancy in the top five. The spot is important because if one of the top four teams loses next week, then the No. 5 team could sneak into the College Football Playoff.

The argument seems to boil down to 11-1 Ohio State and 10-2 Alabama. The Buckeyes have only one loss but got blown out on Saturday by Michigan, 45-23. Meanwhile, the Crimson Tide suffered its two losses by a combined four points against two teams in the latest top 10 of the playoff rankings.

Social media has been debating this issue since Alabama’s win over Auburn on Saturday, and there is no consensus on which team deserves the fifth spot.

College Football Playoff is Set.
Georgia, Michigan, TCU.

Fourth Spot Belongs to USC if they win out. Ohio State should get in if USC doesn’t win out, but the Committee loves Alabama. Ohio State losing by 22 today hurt them because Bama’s 2 losses were by a combined 4 points.

— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) November 27, 2022

If I was in charge of the #CFP rankings, as we all know I should be, here’s how they would look tomorrow night.
1 #Michigan
2 #Georgia
3 #TCU
4 #USC
5 #OhioState
6 #Alabama

— Mike Greenberg (@Espngreeny) November 27, 2022

Alabama has a better resume than Ohio State

Alabama is in the mix for a playoff spot, def in ahead of OSU

— Jason McIntyre (@jasonrmcintyre) November 26, 2022

1-loss Ohio State will get in/be higher ranked than 2-loss Alabama.

Taking win/loss record and game management - both #CFBPlayoff criteria - change my mind.

Good luck.

— Logan Booker (@LoganMBooker) November 27, 2022

In 2017, the committee chose one-loss Alabama over two-loss Ohio State for the last Playoff spot.

We're only a couple more dominos from them picking between one-loss Ohio State and two-loss Alabama.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 27, 2022

Headed to Conference Championship Weekend here is my Top 7
1) @GeorgiaFootball
2) @UMichFootball
3) @TCUFootball
4) @uscfb
5) @OhioStateFB
6) @AlabamaFTBL
7) @PennStateFball

— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) November 27, 2022

Of course you put Bama in over the Buckeyes if it came to that. Two road losses at the horn beats getting embarrassed and physically dominated at home in your biggest game. Many OSU fans want their coach fired — sound like a playoff team? #AmericasHonestyBroker

— Colin Cowherd (@colincowherd) November 27, 2022

I've seen enough of Ohio St today...

2 loss Bama deserves more consideration for the final playoff spot than 1 loss Ohio St if we get complete chaos

— Todd Fuhrman (@ToddFuhrman) November 26, 2022

Neither Alabama nor Ohio State will play next weekend, so the Crimson Tide and Buckeyes have to hope for upsets as the top four teams battle in their conference championship games.

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