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College Football 2018: 5 takeaways from Week 13

By Luke Feliciano

TUSCALOOSA, AL - NOVEMBER 24: Tua Tagovailoa #13 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after passing for a touchdown to DeVonta Smith #6 against the Auburn Tigers with Josh Jacobs #8 at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 24, 2018 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
TUSCALOOSA, AL - NOVEMBER 24: Tua Tagovailoa #13 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after passing for a touchdown to DeVonta Smith #6 against the Auburn Tigers with Josh Jacobs #8 at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 24, 2018 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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MORGANTOWN, WV – NOVEMBER 23: Marquise Brown #5 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrates after catching a 45 yard touchdown pass against the West Virginia Mountaineers on November 23, 2018 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
MORGANTOWN, WV – NOVEMBER 23: Marquise Brown #5 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrates after catching a 45 yard touchdown pass against the West Virginia Mountaineers on November 23, 2018 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /

3. Oklahoma or Ohio State?

In the event that Georgia falls to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game, the two teams on the outside looking into the playoff will be Oklahoma and Ohio State.

Each team will play in their respective conference championship games with the Sooners getting a chance at redemption against the only team that beat them this season (Texas) while Ohio State will face a Northwestern team that ran the table in the Big Ten West division.

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Should both teams win, each would have a case for a playoff spot –– with just one loss apiece –– although Oklahoma should be the team that is awarded the playoff bid.

For starters, Oklahoma’s lone loss this season (against Texas) came on a last-second field goal. Ohio State’s loss came in a drubbing it took against Purdue.

The Buckeyes have also been a part of several games in which they barely squeaked out a win. Take the Penn State win for example, when Ohio State had to climb out of a multi-score hole to survive an early-season scare.

Ohio State is also just two weeks removed from a shootout with a mediocre Maryland team. The Buckeyes lucked out because the Terrapins were unable to covert what would have been a game-winning two-point conversion.

For the time being, Oklahoma is also ranked higher in the College Football Playoff Top 25. The Sooners’ defense has certainly been lackluster at times in a conference that isn’t known for a lot of defense.

Oklahoma, though, has a potent offense spearheaded by Heisman hopeful Kyler Murray –– who is lethally accurate and can slice through defenses with his speed. Ohio State definitely has the firepower on offense, but the running game has been suspect at times.

The decision of whether to place Oklahoma or Ohio State in the playoff will be a tough decision for the committee to make –– arguably the toughest since the playoff’s establishment because each team surely has a case.

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