USC and UCLA made their debuts at No. 9 and 12 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2022 college football season Tuesday.
UCLA coach Chip Kelly lamented late Pac-12 kickoff times drastically limit how many people watch stars Zach Charbonnet and Dorian Thompson-Robinson.USC is looking up at: 1. Tennessee ; 2. Ohio State ; 3. Georgia ; 4. Clemson ; 5. Michigan ; 6. Alabama ; 7. Texas Christian ; No. 8 Oregon . No. 10 Louisiana State and No. 11 Mississippi are slotted between the Trojans and Bruins.
Before USC and UCLA can spend any time thinking about the CFP — the coaches certainly won’t — they have to win the games in front of them and make the“Most of the time, I don’t even know what it is, because it doesn’t matter right now,” Riley said Tuesday. “It does not matter one bit. You can go be ranked whatever, you go lose, it don’t matter. You keep winning, it takes care of itself.”
In other words, the last month of the regular season will function like a playoff for five of the top six teams. Only two will definitely survive. The Trojans and Bruins — and this might be hard to stomach — should also root for Oregon to win out until the Pac-12 title game. The more impressive the Ducks look going in, the more USC or UCLA would benefit from knocking them off in Vegas.USC coach Lincoln Riley weighs in on an officiating controversy, new receivers thriving and more takeaways from the Trojans’ win at Arizona.
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