Tulane was nowhere to be found when the second college football playoff rankings were released Tuesday night , which was not much of a surprise and no big deal.

For now.

Depending on results, it could be devastating if the Green Wave remains outside of the top 25 in two weeks. Assuming Tulane (7-2, 4-1 American Conference), South Florida (8-2, 4-1) and North Texas (8-1, 4-1) keep winning, the Wave almost certainly will be locked out of the league’s championship game because of poor computer metrics if it is not ranked ahead of the Mean Green in the college football playoff rankings entering the final weekend of the regular season.

Got that? OK, probably not. Read on.

The doomsday scenario, which is a long way from happening at this point but hardly far-fetched, involves Tulane winnin

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