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Simulated BCS ranking has Ohio State ranked higher than College Football Playoff selection committee

Andrew Olson

By Andrew Olson

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Ohio State was dropped to No. 5 by the College Football Playoff selection committee on Tuesday night. If the BCS formula was still used to decide the national championship, though, OSU would be a top-4 team.

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The BCS ended when FSU and Auburn played for the 2013 national championship. The BCS formula, though, lives online.

BCSKnowHow.com continues to crunch the numbers to show college football fans what a BCS Top 25 would look like. Interest in the simulated BCS rankings increases around the time of year the CFP selection committee starts to release its weekly rankings.

The site released its weekly post-CFP reveal side-by-side rankings Tuesday evening. The most notable difference comes at Nos. 4 and 5 regarding Ohio State and USC.

Ohio State has no control of its destiny at this point, but the Buckeyes can hope for upsets in the Big 12 and Pac-12 championship games this weekend.

Andrew Olson

A former Florida beat reporter, Andrew writes for the Saturday Tradition News Desk.