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Paul Finebaum reveals his College Football Playoff top 4 following Week 1 action

Scott Schultz

By Scott Schultz

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ESPN commentator Paul Finebaum participated in a discussion on ESPN’s “Get Up” Monday morning, revealing his “Top 4” teams in college football, and not surprising, a B1G team was among the group.

Finebaum pegged his top as:

  1. Alabama
  2. Georgia
  3. Ohio State
  4. Oklahoma

With an explosive 45-31 victory over Minnesota on Thursday night, Ohio State settled into Finebaum’s 3rd slot.

Redshirt-freshman C.J. Stroud replaced Justin Fields as the Buckeyes quarterback, and posted an equally impressive stat-line to those of his predecessor. Stroud finished the day with 294 passing yards and threw for four touchdowns.

The Buckeyes will host Oregon next Saturday in one of the most anticipated non conference games of the season.

As far as the other three, top pick, Alabama cruised past Miami (FL) in their opener, as expected. Second slotted Georgia put on a defense show sacking Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei seven times to secure a 10-3 victory over the Tigers in what was Week 1’s most anticipated matchup.

Unlike the other three, Oklahoma struggled early and found themselves in a battle with Tulane, but came away with a 40-35 victory.

Scott Schultz

Scott Schultz covers Michigan State Football, along with Breaking News for B1G Football & Basketball for Saturday Tradition. He also serves as an Automotive News Editor & Writer, and Softball Writer elsewhere on the web. Follow him on Twitter @SRSchultz.