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Twitter reacts to the College Football Playoff rankings
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It’s a great week to be a fan of the B1G.
Both Michigan and Ohio State were listed in the top four on Tuesday’s College Football Playoff rankings show, becoming the second conference to have two teams in that position in a given week. The other is – obviously – the SEC.
But the success of the B1G stretches further than that. Wisconsin earned the No. 7 and Penn State moved up to No. 8. That’s right, the conference owned half of the top eight positions on Tuesday night.
The only other conference team to be ranked – Nebraska – came in at No. 18.
As you can imagine, Twitter erupted with plenty of hot takes and instant analysis. Here’s a glimpse of what some of the folks were saying:
The top four teams in the third #CFBPlayoff rankings:
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Clemson pic.twitter.com/8nS0JMR09r— College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) November 16, 2016
Big Ten has four of the top eight teams in the CFP rankings. Ohio State (#2), Michigan (#3 — same as last week), Wisconsin (#7), PSU (#8).
— Derek Levarse (@TLdlevarse) November 16, 2016
U-M will have three Top 10 wins with Colorado at No. 10.
— Mark Snyder (@Mark__Snyder) November 16, 2016
Comm. chair Kirby Hocutt on U-M: What impressed comm. about Michigan is they have 3 wins over Top 10 teams. Comm. evaluating entire season
— Mark Snyder (@Mark__Snyder) November 16, 2016
Wisconsin might have a tough time jumping ahead of Washington if both teams win out. Thought Badgers would be 6th this week.
— Brian Bennett (@GBrianBennett) November 16, 2016
B1G becomes only second league to have 2 teams in Top 4 @CFBPlayoff rankings. SEC has done it 7 times in 3 years
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 16, 2016
Wisconsin, Penn State and Oklahoma are 7-8-9. OSU has played them all. That is one heck of a strength of schedule
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_NBC4) November 16, 2016
Amazing how little Michigan's loss to Iowa hurt the Wolverines. Didn't drop in CFP, didn't really affect their B1G chances and hurt OSU's.
— Bill Rabinowitz 🗞 (@brdispatch) November 16, 2016
Don't overlook the importance of Washington remaining above Wisconsin. If they both win their conferences, could be fighting for 4th spot.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 16, 2016
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