Ohio State tumbled down the fifth College Football Playoff rankings of 2024, but some fans didn’t think it was as long enough a fall as deserved.
The Buckeyes’ Saturday loss to archrival Michigan sent the program from second to sixth in the rankings behind schools like Oregon, Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame and Georgia.
However, Miami suffered an even more brutal fall out of the 2024 College Football Playoff bracket entirely after suffering its second loss to a better team in Syracuse than Ohio State had in its second loss to Michigan.
Some folks, particularly SEC fans, felt this was an unjust placement for the Buckeyes and wanted to see Ohio State further down the rankings after the Michigan defeat.
Heck, even Top Gun: Maverick actor Danny Ramirez was confused.
Warde Manuel how much did the SEC pay you? Fraud committee.
Miami dropped farther for losing on the road to an 8-3 team than Ohio State did for losing at home to a 6-5 team (and scoring 10 points).
— Danny Ramirez (@DannyRamirez) December 4, 2024
Note that Miami dropped farther for losing on the road to an 8-3 team than Ohio State did for losing at home to a 6-5 team (and scoring 10 points).
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) December 4, 2024
– Tennessee beats Florida at home
– Ohio State loses to Michigan at home
– Ohio State ranked ahead of Tennessee & robs us of a playoff game at Neyland pic.twitter.com/uih3OIcMt1
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) December 4, 2024
Ohio State should not be ranked ahead of Tennessee. We didn’t lose to a 20 point underdog at home pic.twitter.com/IQys7OR3HI
— No Context NATIONAL CHAMPION Vols (@ZeroContextVols) December 3, 2024
Tennessee fell 4 spots after BEATING Florida at home in OT.
Ohio State fell 4 spots after LOSING to 6-win Michigan at home as 3 TD favorites.
Something doesn’t add up @CFBPlayoff 🧐
— Teran Johnson (@TeranJSports) December 4, 2024
Ohio State is projected to host a playoff game after losing their 2nd game (to an unranked opponent at home).
Georgia was projected to be the first team out after losing their 2nd game (to a top 15 team on the road).
I don’t wanna hear about SEC bias ever again, @dannykanell.
— Jon Tweets Sports (@jontweetssports) December 4, 2024
Ohio State drops 4 for losing to 6-5 Michigan at home.
Miami drops 6 for losing to #22 Syracuse on the road. pic.twitter.com/vFeyqikIOg
— Just Means Less ACC (@FQACC) December 4, 2024
Yall remember when we dropped 4 Spots after beating Florida in Neyland ?
Ohio State dropped 4 Spots after losing to Michigan as 21-point favorites AT HOME
You can’t make this up 🤣
— Vol Scoops (@VolScoops) December 4, 2024
I actually want a legitimate explanation from the committee as to why Ohio State didn’t drop as much as Georgia dropped for a loss the week before and how Tennessee is behind OSU in the process…
— Jake Thompson (@jthomps72) December 4, 2024
Ohio State loses to (6-5) Michigan without a forward pass and falls just four spots from 2 to 6?
WTF?
— Brooks Austin (@BrooksAustinBA) December 4, 2024
Tennessee dropped 4 spots after losing @ Georgia. Ohio State dropped 4 spots for losing @ home to a 5 loss Michigan team. There’s no fairness in favoritism.
— Lace✨ (@lace_jay_bee) December 4, 2024