Ohio State leads growing group of one-loss teams in latest College Football Playoff projections
ESPN's analysts assess how the selection committee could rank the country's top teams after Week 5 of the season.
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Ohio State's Buckeyes lead a growing cluster of one-loss teams as ESPN's analysts project how the College Football Playoff selection committee could stack the top 12 teams in the country following Week 5 of the season.
According to ESPN, the number of unbeaten teams has thinned as the season progresses, leaving the committee with an increasingly crowded group of programs carrying a single defeat. Ohio State is described in the outlet's assessment as sitting at the head of that pack.
ESPN's projection exercise is one of several it runs throughout the season to gauge how the 12-team playoff field might take shape before the selection committee issues its own official rankings. Such projections typically weigh factors including strength of schedule, head-to-head results and overall body of work.
The committee's actual rankings, along with further movement in the projected field, are expected to keep shifting as more results come in later in the season.
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