{"id":362965,"date":"2025-11-07T20:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/362965\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T20:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:38:11","slug":"urban-meyer-calls-out-michigan-penn-state-and-usc-for-being-nonfactors-in-college-football-playoff-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/362965\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Meyer calls out Michigan, Penn State and USC for being ‘nonfactors’ in College Football Playoff rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first College Football Playoff Rankings were released Tuesday night, with Big Ten teams Ohio State and Indiana rounding out the top two spots. After that, the conference saw representation at No. 9 (Oregon<\/a><\/strong>), No. 19 (USC<\/a><\/strong>), No. 20 (Iowa<\/a><\/strong>), No. 21 (Michigan<\/a><\/strong>), and No. 23 (Washington<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

The SEC, however, boasted teams 3-6 (Texas A&M<\/a><\/strong>, Alabama<\/a><\/strong>, Georgia<\/a><\/strong>, and Ole Miss<\/a><\/strong>), along with No. 11 (Texas<\/a><\/strong>), No. 12 (Oklahoma<\/a><\/strong>), No. 16 (Vanderbilt<\/a><\/strong>), No. 22 (Missouri<\/a><\/strong>), and No. 25 (Tennessee<\/a><\/strong>). That gives the Big Ten five teams inside the top-25, while the SEC had nine teams present.<\/p>\n

During \u2018The Triple Option College Football Playoff Ranking Reaction<\/a>,\u2019 College Football Hall of Famer Urban Meyer<\/a><\/strong> called out No. 19 USC<\/strong>, No. 21 Michigan<\/strong>, and Penn State<\/strong>. Meyer accused the schools of being non-factors in the CFP race when comparing the Big Ten to the SEC.<\/p>\n

\u201cSEC has now surpassed the Big Ten again,\u201d Meyer said. \u201cI went with the Big Ten the last two years. As of right now, I know there\u2019s a lot of ball left, but I\u2019m staring at this. The SEC is better than the Big Ten and here\u2019s why. The (Michigan<\/strong>) Wolverines, Penn State<\/strong>, and USC<\/strong> are a non-factor right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

USC and Michigan could rise up polls with big victories in coming weeks<\/p>\n

\u201cThat has really hit the Big Ten hard,\u201d Meyer continued. \u201cWith the SEC, they have six of the top ten. Remains to be seen, but whenever you have (Michigan<\/strong>), Penn State<\/strong>, and USC<\/strong> kinda messing around 21, 19, and one not ranked. That\u2019s why the SEC is better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Penn State<\/strong> opened the season ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll, but has now dropped five consecutive games since winning its first three games of the season (all against non-power four competition). This resulted in James Franklin<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s firing, which completely disrupted the season. Interim head coach Terry Smith<\/a><\/strong> took over, but hasn\u2019t quite added a win to the win column yet.<\/p>\n

As for Michigan<\/strong> and USC<\/strong>, both programs have just one loss in Big Ten play. The Wolverines\u2019 loss came to USC<\/strong> earlier this season, while USC<\/strong> fell to Illinois<\/a><\/strong> via a last-second field goal in its third conference game of the season. These programs have major opportunities to climb the rankings; however, as Michigan<\/strong> has its yearly game against No. 1 Ohio State<\/strong> remaining on the schedule, while USC<\/strong> will face No. 9 Oregon<\/strong> and No. 20 Iowa<\/strong> in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first College Football Playoff Rankings were released Tuesday night, with Big Ten teams Ohio State and Indiana…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":346445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,51697,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-362965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-urban-meyer-82-ss-john-paul","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115510346189515403","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}