Written by Daniel Taylor at Total Sports Live
Coming into conference championship week, we now have a clear picture of what SHOULD be the College Football Playoff.
Oklahoma won the Big 12 Championship with its blowout 58-23 victory over in-state rival Oklahoma State. That gives them an all but for sure ticket to the second College Football Playoff. The committee values a conference championship, check. Oklahoma also made use of its back loaded schedule with Baylor, TCU, and OK St. in the final three weeks. They made it through the season 11-1, despite not playing a true conference championship game, they should be in.
We have one lock for the playoff.
Lock number two comes from the Big 10 Championship Game. Iowa, who is currently undefeated, and Michigan State, with one loss, will meet to decide who is going to the playoff.
Who wins? Michigan State. The Spartans looked great in a decisive victory over Penn State. They avoided the post-upset letdown by beating the Nittany Lions 55-16. Iowa has had a really fun year and will likely take a trip to the Rose Bowl for its efforts. But the old school ground and pound won’t be enough to stop Connor Cook, who looked electric last week. Cook played his best game of 2015 in his biggest moment. One win from reaching the college football’s version of the final four, Cook gets it done and positions himself nicely for next year’s NFL Draft.
Now we have Oklahoma and Michigan State in the CFP.
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