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CFB insider says Michigan, Tennessee wins in Week 8 prove gap is closing for elite teams
By Keith Farner
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Ralph D. Russo of the Associated Press believes last weekend was expected given the number of undefeated teams facing off. But Tennessee’s win over Alabama also provided a shift in the landscape of the College Football Playoff teams.
“I don’t know if I necessarily see Alabama stumbling again, until maybe they get to the SEC Championship Game,” Russo said on “McElroy and Cubelic In the morning” on WJOX out of Birmingham, Alabama. “You definitely get the sense of the gap closing a little bit on those top 3. I think what Michigan did to Penn State gives you the sense that maybe they could do that to Ohio State again.”
Coming into the season, Russo believed it was Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia as the elite in college football, and that’s still the case overall, he said.
“I still think those top 3 is where your national champion is going to come from,” Russo said.
Our guy @ralphDrussoAP joined @MacandCube to discuss whether or not last weekend’s CFB results, including Tennessee knocking off Bama, will have an impact on the @CFBPlayoff field.
Whole interview here: https://t.co/v3UI4u5NeY pic.twitter.com/fFM2TwrK5n
— WJOX 94.5 FM (@WJOX945) October 19, 2022
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
