What a night for the Big Ten. Five Big Ten teams were ranked within the top 12 of the first College Football Playoff rankings, while no other conference had more than four.
Now comes the hard part: waiting.
Selection Day won't come until Dec. 4, and the rankings are bound to fluctuate between now and then. Of the five Big Ten teams still in the playoff picture, who has reason for optimism and reason for concern? What obstacles lie ahead, and whom should each team be rooting for?
As part of a conference-wide series, we decided to break it all down:
Record: 8-0 (5-0 Big Ten)
Rank: No.