Ohio State’s entry into the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff and a first-round home game are both already secure.
College Football Playoff committee chairman Warde Manuel made it clear on Tuesday that teams who aren’t playing in conference championship games this weekend won’t be moving ahead of or behind each other in the final CFP field, which is set to be released Sunday at noon on ESPN. The Buckeyes landed at No. 6 in the latest batch of rankings, and although two conference champions are set to jump them and collect top-four seeds with first-round byes, OSU's floor (and current projection) is the eighth seed in the CFP.