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ESPN staff
For the archetypal clip successful 2022, ESPN's writers person an unanimous apical 4 to marque the College Football Playoff.
Third-ranked Michigan made the biggest statement, turning a three-point halftime shortage against No. 2 Ohio State into a 45-23 rout. Michigan rushed for 242 yards successful the 2nd half, mostly down Donovan Edwards' touchdown runs of 75 and 85 yards. Edwards finished with 216 rushing yards, the second-most by a Michigan subordinate against Ohio State all-time (Tim Biakabutuka had 313 yards successful 1995).
Combined with backmost J.J. McCarthy's 3 agelong touchdown passes, Michigan had 5 scores of 45-plus yards. It's the astir by immoderate squad successful a azygous crippled against an AP Top 5 hostile since astatine slightest 2004.
Elsewhere, USC pushed its mode into the playoff treatment with a 38-27 triumph implicit No. 15 Notre Dame. Caleb Williams became the archetypal USC backmost successful the past 25 years with 3 rushing touchdowns successful a game.
Meanwhile, top-ranked Georgia and No. 4 TCU cruised to victories implicit Georgia Tech and Iowa State, respectively.
Georgia became the archetypal schoolhouse with back-to-back 12-0 starts since Clemson successful 2018-19 and the archetypal SEC programme to bash truthful since Alabama successful 2008-09.
TCU had its 3rd 12-0 commencement successful schoolhouse past and became conscionable the seventh Big 12 squad to scope the people and the archetypal since Texas successful 2009.
With each that successful mind, here's a look astatine however ESPN's assemblage shot reporters spot the existent playoff picture.
Andrea Adelson: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
Blake Baumgartner: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
Bill Connelly: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
Heather Dinich: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
David Hale: 1. Michigan 2. Georgia 3. TCU 4. USC
Chris Low: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
Ryan McGee: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. USC 4. TCU
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
Alex Scarborough: 1. Georgia 2 Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
Mark Schlabach: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
Paolo Uggetti: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
Tom VanHaaren: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
Dave Wilson: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. TCU 4. USC
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