That’s it, that’s all.

The last Tuesday Playoff poll of the year actually had some things to look forward to.

What about the great Ohio State-Oklahoma debate? What about UCF in the post-McKenzie Milton era? We got answers to those questions.

Here were my takeaways from Tuesday night’s rankings:

1. What we learned about Ohio State-Oklahoma

With Oklahoma coming in ahead of Ohio State, this means what I thought was true on Saturday. That is, Ohio State needs some help to make the field. This is not a “win and in” scenario for the Buckeyes, despite the fact that they just put up 62 points against the No. 1 defense in the country.

This is based on the entire résumé, and right now, it’s Oklahoma who has the better résumé according to the selection committee. The Sooners have a chance to pick up their third win against a current top-25 team on Saturday against Texas, which came in ranked No. 14. That’s 7 spots better than Northwestern, which leads one to believe that Ohio State isn’t jumping Oklahoma if both teams win by significant margins.

Now, what would help Ohio State is if the Buckeyes had a 40-0 game and showed that they were a more complete team. Oklahoma enters Saturday having won each of its last 4 games despite allowing 40 points in each game. If the Sooners win another 55-52 game, perhaps that says to the selection committee that Ohio State is better all-around and more deserving.

And there’s of course still the possibility that neither Ohio State nor Oklahoma make the field. If Georgia wins, that messes up both of their plans because Alabama, I believe, already has a spot clinched.

Speaking of Alabama…

2. Why Tuesday showed Alabama’s résumé is already good enough

I’ve been saying all week that the Tide’s Playoff bid is locked in. Completing a regular season going 12-0 having won each game by at least 22 points is about as convincing as any argument one can make that it’s Playoff-worthy. The notion that Alabama is playing in a “win or go home” game on Saturday while other potential 1-loss teams are still alive to make the field is absurd.

So if you want to actually break down the résumé, here’s what you’d see in terms of wins vs. current top-25 teams

  • Alabama: 4
  • Ohio State: 2
  • Oklahoma: 2
  • UCF: 0

And again, Alabama beat all of those teams by at least 22 points.

Alabama losing to a top-4 Georgia team on a neutral site isn’t going to change the fact that it still has more top-25 wins. And while I’m not a believer that the loss matters quite as much as some argue, Alabama would easily have the best loss of the bunch.

Sorry to the Danny Kanells of the world who for some reason believe conference championships are this entry ticket to make the Playoff. They aren’t. We saw that with Ohio State in 2016 and we saw it with Alabama in 2017.

This is all about résumé, and even with 1 loss, Alabama’s would be better than the likes of Ohio State, Oklahoma or UCF.

3. UCF being ranked behind Michigan means…

Yikes. My question was how McKenzie Milton’s injury was going to impact the Knights’ ranking. Fair or not, it does impact how we evaluate UCF. Why? Because the Knights are a different team without their Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback.

I agreed with the point that if Milton stayed healthy, UCF would be ranked ahead of Michigan right now. Instead, the Knights will head into conference championship week ranked behind a 2-loss team. It would be one thing if UCF had a top-20 foe to face, but it’ll face unranked Memphis.

At No. 7 behind Oklahoma and Ohio State, I thought that if both of those teams lost and if UCF looked like it did with Milton, there was maybe a 50-50 chance that the Knights could make the field.

But after seeing how the selection committee ranked them, it’s awfully tough to envision a scenario in which a Group of 5 team with a backup quarterback going from No. 8 to No. 4 in the final weekend.

In other words, the claimed national championship hardware is coming.