The pair of Top 25 games on the Week 10 college football schedule carry plenty of College Football Playoff implications.
The top-five Big Ten battle between the Penn State Nittany Lions and Ohio State Buckeyes will determine the top contender to the Oregon Ducks in the Big Ten.
Saturday's winner in Happy Valley will have a direct path to the Big Ten Championship Game, where it will play for one of the four automatic bids that go to winners of the four major conference championship games.
The Pittsburgh Panthers' ACC contest with the SMU Mustangs feels like a playoff elimination game.