The College Football Playoff committee might as well have handed Ohio State a golden throne and Indiana a silver medal. But it’s not without lighting a match under every Big Ten fan base. After a wild Week 10 that scrambled the playoff board, CFP committee chair Mack Rhoades found himself explaining why the Buckeyes get to sit on top while Indiana stares up from No. 2. And as he says, this decision didn’t come easy.

In an ESPN College Football X post on November 4, Mack Rhoades walked host Rece Davis through the playoff committee’s thought process. “ We really, really felt like the committee, that Ohio State and Indiana were close ,” he said. “ When you looked at the statistical data, both offensively and defensively, two teams, both in the top five offensively, two

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