The question was never going to be if Ohio State's résumé was good enough right now.
After all the chaos over the weekend, after the big early-season victories and the current November surge and the position the Buckeyes were in the last time the College Football Playoff rankings were unveiled, there was never any doubt that Tuesday's latest release would have them once again in the four-team field.
The issue is whether the nation's new No. 2 is going to be able to stay there until the brackets are finalized, and at the moment there are still too many complicating factors to know the answer for sure.