BTN.com staff, December 3, 2017
Alabama, not Big Ten champ Ohio State, claimed the No. 4 spot in the 2017 College Football Playoff, it was announced Sunday afternoon.
[ MORE: View final 2017 College Football Playoff rankings ]
The final spot was expected to come down to the Crimson Tide, the Buckeyes and, to a lesser extend, USC. The Tide, however, got the nod because it was "clearly" the choice, according to committee chairman Kirby Hocutt.
Ohio State finished No. 5, despite beating then-No. 4 Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game Saturday night.
Here's some Twitter reaction to the Buckeyes missing the playoff.
So, if I have this correct: It?s more important to avoid a bad loss than to notch quality wins or be a conference champ.
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) December 3, 2017
the @CFBPlayoff committee has told us
Yr 1 – Championships and 13 data point (sorry Baylor and TCU)
Yr 2 – Head 2 Head and Championship (sorry Ohio State)
Yr 3 – Resume and Good wins (sorry Penn State)
Yr 4 – Just because (sorry Ohio State and USC)— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) December 3, 2017
Last week – ?very little separation between teams 5-8?
Win conference championship over very good undefeated team
Today Alabama is ?unequivocally better?
?
— Mark Pantoni (@markpantoni) December 3, 2017
Someone asked about my tweets last night about Alabama over Ohio St. and yes check the timeline I originally I liked Alabama to get in based on where the Committee had placed them at #5 last week. Ohio St. needed a blowout over Wiscy. The Case against both exists.
— Tim Brando (@TimBrando) December 3, 2017
Give the committee credit, putting Alabama in makes total sense. One of the four best.
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) December 3, 2017
Thinking out loud. So if OSU loses by a FG to Iowa are they in?
— Dustin Fox (@DustinFox37) December 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/937397841957355520
Lol. All you SEC fans acting like 40-17 isn?t a blowout ???. But hey, SEC gets passes like NO other conference. #math
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) December 3, 2017
For all of Kirby Hocutt's "there's little difference between No. 5 and No. 8" last week, Ohio State beat No. 4, won Big Ten championship. Apparently, there was a BIG BIG difference.
— Pete Fiutak (@PeteFiutak) December 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/TSprinkle93/status/937377244246347776
https://twitter.com/Sam_Hubbard_/status/937375041540509696
That?s foul….
— Parris Campbell (@PCampbell21) December 3, 2017
