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The College Football Playoff selection committee announced their initial Top 25 rankings tonight, with the Minnesota Golden Gophers checking in at No. 17. This is their first appearance in the.

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Minnesota’s remaining schedule is both a help and a hindrance to the Gophers’ playoff hopes. On the positive side, head coach Don Lucia’s team has eight of its final 14 games at home at.

If you read the headline, you can guess that I’m talking about Penn State’s Playoff chances in relation to how Saturday’s loss to Minnesota impacted them. They’re alive, and dare I say in the wake of the Lions’ first blemish of the season, they still have a better chance than I think the average person realizes. Why? A few reasons. No, it doesn’t have anything to do with FPI.

The loss hurt the Gophers’ chances of making the playoff, but they remain atop the Big Ten West. Minnesota leads second-place Wisconsin by one game. The Gophers visit Northwestern on Saturday.

The Gophers still have hope for the playoffs at 10-1, and if they can outlast Wisconsin, what’s to say they can’t knock off the Buckeyes too. It’s been done before, but not since 2013. The outcome of this match-up could send aftershocks throughout the Big Ten. It’s definitely going to be one of the.