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FOX’s Clay Travis calls CFB Playoff system ‘rigged’ in favor of Ohio State, says committee ‘overvaluing’ B1G
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Clay Travis is bringing a rare opinion to the College Football Playoff conversation, and it’s one that won’t go over too well with Ohio State and B1G fans.
Ohio State maintained its No. 1 ranking in the latest College Football Playoff ranking on Tuesday night, all but securing its spot at the top with a win over No. 8 Wisconsin in the B1G Championship Game on Saturday. Travis, who has said on his show Outkick the Coverage that SEC football is better than any other conference, has a huge problem with the Buckeyes at No. 1.
Travis went on a bit of a Twitter tirade on Wednesday, calling the rankings system “rigged” and that the B1G has been “overvalued,” with the exception of Minnesota. Below is what Travis said about the system, Ohio State and the B1G.
Rig job in effect by the CFB playoff committee: Wisconsin, Penn State & Michigan are ranked seven spots higher in CFB rankings than in AP or Coaches Poll. UF, Bama & AU are six spots lower in CFP than in AP or Coaches. Ohio State is being protected to keep LSU from one seed.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 4, 2019
The Big Ten teams — except Minnesota who Ohio State didn’t play — are being insanely overvalued in the college football playoff rankings. All committee member ballots should have to be made public at end of year to make this transparent.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 4, 2019
The one seed matters this year because the team seeded one, either LSU or Ohio State, would be a big favorite over Utah, OU or Baylor and get to avoid Clemson.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 4, 2019
That’s certainly a new perspective. In the years before, many have argued that the College Football Playoff has had a lean in favor of the SEC. With the committee this year, that hasn’t necessarily been the case.
Not many have argued there’s a “B1G bias” in the committee room. And it’s hard to say that would be true, considering Ohio State and the B1G have missed out on the College Football Playoff each of the last two seasons.
It’s a new thought, that’s for sure.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB