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College Football Playoff Rankings: Projected Top 10 after Week 11

By Connor Muldowney

Nov 12, 2016; Tucson, AZ, USA; Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Jay MacIntyre (14) and wide receiver Bryce Bobo (4) celebrate after scoring a touchdown against the Arizona Wildcats during the second quarter at Arizona Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Casey Sapio-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 12, 2016; Tucson, AZ, USA; Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Jay MacIntyre (14) and wide receiver Bryce Bobo (4) celebrate after scoring a touchdown against the Arizona Wildcats during the second quarter at Arizona Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Casey Sapio-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 12, 2016; Iowa City, IA, USA; Michigan Wolverines linebacker Jabrill Peppers (5) carries the ball as Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Desmond King (14) defends during the first half at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 12, 2016; Iowa City, IA, USA; Michigan Wolverines linebacker Jabrill Peppers (5) carries the ball as Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Desmond King (14) defends during the first half at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports /

Irrational fans may have been watching the seconds tick down with Iowa setting up a potential game-winning field goal with a few seconds left Saturday, thinking that Michigan’s season was essentially over. Iowa, down 13-11 at the time, was going to kick the game-winner with no time left and end the Wolverines season.

Well, the Hawkeyes did make that field goal to win the game and send Kinnick Stadium into a craze, but what fans at home didn’t realize was that the Wolverines’ chances to make the College Football Playoff still rest entirely in their own hands.

Jim Harbaugh’s team just needs to win out and they will be in the playoff. That is easier said than done, though. Left on the schedule is a tough home contest against a pesky Indiana team that always seems to give Michigan fits as well as a huge game in Columbus against Ohio State. That game will likely be for all the marbles.

However, the final stretch of the schedule won’t be easy now that starting quarterback Wilton Speight has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a broken collarbone. When it rains, it pours.

John O’Korn will have to prove his worth.

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