The next three weeks of the college football season will go a long way in determining the College Football Playoff picture.
It is the best possible scenario for college football fans that a handful of games will be deemed as de facto quarterfinal games and they will eliminate a handful of contenders.
Saturday's Big Ten clash between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan State Spartans opens up a difficult three-week stretch for whichever team emerges out of the Big Ten East.
Ohio State is the favored side to come out of the Big Ten right now.