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in college football every week is a playoff, but it is more complicated than that.
Hawaii is undefeated, but they have one of the easiest schedules in football. If you play no one of value you are.......Eliminated (schedule).
Kansas, a one loss team, had a very easy schedule much like Hawaii. But unlike Hawaii they had the chance to confirm their rank. They didn't. They played a ranked team and were beaten....Eliminated (schedule).
Oklahoma at two losses has a bigger argument than both UH and KU. They won the Big 12 and thrased the #1 team in the country. But they lost to two unranked teams, including Colorado. And with that CU loss....Eliminated (teams they loss to).
LSU won the SEC and went through a very difficult schedule. They lost to Kentucky and Arkansas both in triple OT. If there is such a thing as a good loss, those were it. Kentucky was, at the time, a high ranked team and Arkansas has a leading Heisman Trophy candidate.
That's why LSU is playing for the National Championship.
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