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Ohio State moved into second in the College Football Playoff rankings behind Alabama, with Michigan and Clemson still in the top four after losing for the first time this season.Louisville was fifth and Washington dropped from fourth to sixth after its first loss.The margin of separation between teams two and six was very small, selection committee chairman Kirby Hocutt, who is also the athletic director at Texas Tech, said.Clemson, Michigan and Washington -- the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 teams in last weeks rankings -- all lost to unranked teams on Saturday. The Wolverines, who have three victories against teams in the selection committees top 10, did not move after losing to Iowa. The Tigers ended up dropping two spots to No. 4 after losing to Pittsburgh.Wisconsin was seventh and Penn State eighth, giving the Big Ten four teams in the top 10. Oklahoma was the highest rated Big 12 team at nine and Colorado was 10th.---THE OHIO STATE PROBLEMMichigans loss to Iowa created a potential predicament for the selection committee with the Buckeyes. Because Ohio State lost at eighth-ranked Penn State, the Nittany Lions would win a tiebreaker for the Big Ten East if both finish 8-1 in the conference, shutting out the Buckeyes from the conference championship game.In two years of the playoff, all the participants have been conference champions and the committee is instructed to give some preference to league champs and head-to-head results when teams are similar.There is little question that Ohio State would have the best overall resume in the Big Ten, and maybe one of the best resumes in the country, if it wins out. But would not winning the conference keep the Buckeyes out the way it did last season?We do not look forward and anticipate what may happen in the future, Hocutt said.A Penn State loss in the next couple of weeks would clear things up, but the Nittany Lions play Rutgers on Saturday and finish at home against Michigan State. They will be heavy favorites in both games.A possible solution for the Buckeyes and the selection committee: If Oklahoma wins the Big 12 and Wisconsin wins the Big Ten, the Buckeyes would have a victory over both. Problem solved.If Penn State wins the Big Ten and the other Power Five conferences have champions with one-loss or less (i.e. Clemson in the ACC, Washington in the Pac-12, West Virginia in the Big 12 and Alabama in the SEC) well see just how much that conference championship is worth.---THE LOUISVILLE PROBLEMThe Cardinals hurdle could be even more difficult to clear than the Buckeyes. Without a Clemson loss at Wake Forest on Saturday, Louisville cant get to the ACC championship game because of its loss to the Tigers in early October.Unlike the Buckeyes, who could have wins over Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Michigan, Louisville will put forth a resume that would include one marquee victory: a demolition of Florida State in September that might have been the most impressive performance of any team this season.And having the likely Heisman Trophy winner in quarterback Lamar Jackson doesnt provide Louisville any bonus points from the committee.We dont talk about individual players in that regard, Hocutt said.A possible path the Cardinals: The Pac-12 picks itself apart and produces a champion with at least two losses and the Big 12 does the same. Even then Louisville might have to make a case against a Wisconsin team with a Big Ten championship and a victory against 16th-ranked LSU.---GROUP OF FIVENo. 20 Boise State moved ahead of No. 21 Western Michigan in the rankings for the first time.It is becoming fairly apparent that if there are no upsets in the next couple of weeks in the Mountain West, a championship game between two 11-1 teams, Boise State and San Diego State, could produce the team that earns the Cotton Bowl bid that will go to the best champion out of the Group of Five no matter what Western Michigan does.If the Broncos stay unbeaten they would have a better chance to edge past the Aztecs, but they are not going to bump the Broncos from Boise.Hocutt pointed out that Western Michigan has only one victory against an FBS team with a winning record while Boise State has a victory against No. 22 Washington State. Nike Air Max Rabatt . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., team took control of the game early. 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BALTIMORE -- The Boston Red Sox are in control of the American League East race thanks to their recent hot stretch.They are riding a seven-game winning streak and hold a five-game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays and a six-game advantage over Baltimore heading into the finale of a four-game series with the Orioles on Thursday.The Red Sox, who won the first three of the series, have just 10 games left in the season. Left-hander David Price (16-8, 3.91 ERA) will pitch for Boston in the series finale, coming in with his own seven-game winning streak, the third longest of his career.Right-hander Chris Tillman (16-6, 3.72 ERA) will start for Baltimore, which holds the second AL wild-card spot. Toronto is a game ahead of the Orioles in the top wild-card position, and Baltimore is a game ahead of both the Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros.Price is 2-1 this year against the Orioles. He gave up two runs on two hits in eight innings during a 12-2 rout of Baltimore on Sept. 12 at Fenway Park.Hanley Ramirez sat out the Wednesday night game due to a sore shoulder, but Red Sox manager John Farrell said the first baseman also is dealing with some other aches and pains.Boston is trying to keep focused on the task at hand, winning the division, and trying to not look forward until it is all over.We have a young club with a couple of veterans on it, right-hander Clay Buchholz said after he threw seven innings and got the win Wednesday as Boston topped Baltimore 5-1. For them to get to point wherre we are lucky enough to win the division, I think thats when everything will set in.dddddddddddd We still have a couple weeks left of games.Tillman has been the teams stopper all season long -- except for his short stint on the disabled list -- and the Orioles need him to come through once more due to their poor play this far in the series.Tillman is coming off of a pretty good start in a 5-2 loss against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. He gave up three runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings.His 16 victories tie a career high that he reached three years ago.Baltimore manager Buck Showalter confirmed the first two starters for this weekends interleague series with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Camden Yards -- Yovani Gallardo on Friday and Wade Miley going on Saturday. The starter for the Sunday series finale had yet to be announced.The Arizona series will be the last three home games for Baltimore this season. The Orioles play their last six on the road -- three each at Toronto and at New York against the Yankees.The Orioles inconsistent offense is on a downturn trend in the Boston series. Baltimore has just five runs in the first three games.Our guys are really pushing, Showalter said. Theyre pushing. Sometimes you can really want something too much, and you cant take that away from them. The want-to is always there for our guys, and it can be a deterrent. ' ' '