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Ten of the top 11 teams in the College Football Playoff rankings won this week -- the exception being No. 5 Louisville -- so there shouldnt be too much of a shake-up among the top six.Michigan might drop one spot because of a lackluster passing game under John OKorn, and Oklahoma still has some work to do in spite of a big win at West Virginia. What we do know: The Mountaineers are out. Louisville is out. Utah is out.Whos in?Heres a breakdown of where each conference stands in the playoff race after 12 weeks:BIG TENNo. 2 Ohio State The Buckeyes have one of the most impressive résumés in the country, with road wins at No. 9 Oklahoma and No. 7 Wisconsin and a home win against No. 18 Nebraska. If they can punctuate the season with a home win against No. 3 Michigan, the Buckeyes would certainly enter the debate as one of the top four teams in the country.It would make it much easier on the committee if Penn State lost to Michigan State, allowing the Buckeyes to win the East. If Penn State wins the Big Ten title, for Ohio State to get in, the committee would have to put two Big Ten teams in the top four. That means it would need to consider Ohio State unequivocally better than the Pac-12 and Big 12 champs (assuming Alabama and Clemson are in). It would be extremely difficult for Ohio State to go instead of Penn State because it would lose the head-to-head and conference tiebreakers, so if the Buckeyes do get in, it would most likely have to be at the expense of the Big 12 and Pac-12. If Wisconsin wins the Big Ten, its a better argument in favor of Ohio State because the Buckeyes would have a head-to-head win over the Big Ten champs.No. 3 Michigan The Wolverines are one win away from clinching the East Division, but can they do it with backup quarterback John OKorn? Michigans offense was limited in Saturdays 20-10 win over Indiana as OKorn completed just 7 of 16 pass attempts for 59 yards. That likely wont suffice in Columbus next week. This was the first chance for the committee to see Michigan without injured starting quarterback Wilton Speight, and while it won, it could drop behind Clemson on Tuesday.No. 7 Wisconsin If the Badgers beat Minnesota, they will clinch the West Division and have a shot to beat what should be a top-10 opponent in the Big Ten title game. It could be a chance for Wisconsin to avenge a regular-season loss, as the Badgers lost to both Ohio State and Michigan.No. 8 Penn State The Nittany Lions would clinch the East Division with a home win against Michigan State AND a Michigan loss. They should stay ranked ahead of Oklahoma because they have a better win (against No. 2 Ohio State), but still behind Wisconsin because the Badgers two losses have been against two of the committees top four teams.SECNo. 1 Alabama The Tide started slowly against FCS foe Chattanooga but wound up right where they were expected to be: still undefeated. Even if Alabama loses to Auburn in the Iron Bowl, the Tide will still play in the SEC title game and likely finish in the top four with a win. Theres also an improbable scenario still floating that the SEC could get two teams in, but only if Alabama was to lose a close title game to Florida, which would also have beaten LSU and FSU.No. 23 Florida The Gators clinched the East with their win over LSU and will play Alabama in the SEC championship game. If by some miracle Florida upsets Alabama in the title game, it would be difficult for the committee to leave the Gators out of the top four, but thats assuming they also beat rival Florida State in Tallahassee next weekend. If they do, that would give them three straight wins over ranked opponents to end the season (LSU, FSU and Alabama).ACCNo. 4 Clemson The Tigers clinched the Atlantic Division with their win at Wake Forest and now carry the banner for the entire league after Louisvilles loss to Houston. The Cardinals have officially been eliminated both from the ACC race and the playoff conversation. Clemson has to beat rival South Carolina and likely an unranked opponent in the ACC title game, and if it does, it should be a lock to finish in the top four.PAC-12No. 6 Washington The Huskies rebounded from their loss to USC with a win against Arizona State, but their résumé took a hit when both Utah and Washington State lost. While Utah should still be ranked, that remains Washingtons lone win against a CFP Top 25 team. With a nonconference strength of schedule that ranks dead last in the FBS, Washington needs all the ranked opponents it can find, and Wazzu might drop out of the Top 25 after suffering its third loss of the season (including an FCS loss). Washington will win the North if it beats Washington State in the Apple Cup and could get another win against a ranked opponent if it beats Colorado to win the Pac-12 title.No. 10 Colorado The Buffs can clinch the Pac-12 South with a win over Utah on Saturday. They have two respectable losses (Michigan and USC) but need more marquee wins. Beating Washington State was a step in the right direction, but they also have to beat Utah and possibly Washington in the Pac-12 championship. Remember: Last year, Stanford was a two-loss team that won the Pac-12 title and finished No. 6 in the committees final rankings.BIG 12No. 9 Oklahoma The Sooners kept their playoff hopes alive and eliminated West Virginia in the process with their impressive win in Morgantown. They still need lots of help, though, because of a weak strength of schedule. Five of OUs nine wins have come against teams with at least six losses, and they have just three wins against teams with winning records. 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BOSTON -- Facing one of the NHLs hottest goaltenders didnt slow down the New York Rangers.Derek Stepan and Kevin Hayes each scored short-handed goals, Antti Raanta made 35 saves and the surging Rangers beat the Boston Bruins and goalie Tuukka Rask 5-2 on Saturday night.We didnt play our best game, but we found a way to make a couple of plays and beat one of the goaltenders that had been one of the hottest so far in the league, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said.Pavel Buchnevich added a power-play goal, Stepan had two assists, and Michael Grabner and Nick Holden also scored for New York, which won its fourth straight game and seventh in the last eight.The speed in our game has been very good and I think thats something that we were missing last year, Raanta said. Its still early in the season, but I think everyone is pretty much on the same page with what theyre doing and what we want to do.David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron scored for the Bruins, who had won their last three games. Rask made 19 saves, but lost for the first time after winning his first six starts.The Rangers entered the night with the leagues best goal differential.Were scoring a lot of goals and it helps for the goalies, but you have to focus on your own thing, Raanta said.Trailing 1-0 in the first, the Rangers tied it when Holden fired a seemingly harmless dump-in shot from the right point, but the puck appeared to hit the glove of Boston center David Krejci and dipped before going into the net.New York made it 2-1 on Stepans goal late in the period as he broke in alone after taking a pass from Grabner. Rask poked the puck off his stick, but it caromed off both of the wingers skates and slid into the net.Seconds after Boston defenseman Torey Krug misfired at an open side of the nnet, Hayes scored on the end of a 3-on-1 break at 2:18 of the second, slipping a shot under Rasks right pad.ddddddddddddThe Rangers also had a 2-on-0 short-handed bid seconds later, but Rask turned aside the chance.Overaggressive might be one term, and not realizing that you still have to defend when you dont have the puck and you cant be lackadaisical, Boston coach Claude Julien said of his teams power plays. I dont know if I want to call it sloppy, but certainly it definitely hurt our game tonight and our chances.Referee Dean Morton had to be helped off the ice in the second after taking the puck off the back of the head on clearing shot from Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein.Klein shot the puck from the side of his teams net into the corner, where it hit Morton. He went down to the ice before getting on his knees and being helped off by a Boston trainer. He was taken for evaluation and didnt return.The Bruins had moved ahead when Bergeron one-timed Brad Marchands pass 3:44 into the game.Game notes Rangers rookie and Harvard grad Jimmy Vesey, who played in the Beanpot at TD Garden, played his first here as a pro. It was great, he said. I played here for four years and came to a couple of Bruins games growing up. It was pretty special for me to be out there as a professional. . The Rangers entered the night as the only team with seven players having scored four or more goals. ... Bruins RW Jimmy Hayes -- brother of New Yorks Kevin -- was a healthy scratch.UP NEXTRangers: Host Winnipeg on Sunday, the first of a two-game homestand before a four-game road trip.Bruins: Host Buffalo on Monday, the second of two straight at home. ' ' '