Let the complaining begin.
The College Football Playoff field is set and Ohio State secured that final spot ahead of TCU and Baylor in the selection committee's final rankings.
Alabama got the No. 1 seed and will play the Buckeyes in one semifinal. No. 2 Oregon and No. 3 Florida State meet in the other semifinal.
Three one-loss teams had legitimate cases for the final spot, but the committee went with an Ohio State team that won the Big Ten Championship in impressive fashion by smashing Wisconsin 59-0.
TCU held the No. 3 spot in the committee's previous rankings, but the Horned Frogs fell to No. 6 despite defeating Iowa State 55-3.
Baylor defeated Kansas State in its final game and defeated TCU in their head-to-head meeting. The Bears couldn't crack the committee's top four. The Big 12 does not have a championship game, which would have help their cause.
Like many others, I thought Ohio State would get that final spot after its performance in the conference title game behind No. 3 quarterback Cardale Jones.
Conspiracy theorists will claim that the committee gave the nod to Ohio State because of the school's name brand and national appeal. No doubt that TV executives will love an Alabama-Ohio State semifinal game.
