With Ohio State’s College Football Playoff hopes hanging by a thread, Buckeye fans have plenty of rooting interests this weekend even though Ohio State won’t be playing in a conference championship game.
Oklahoma State must beat Texas and Louisville must beat Florida State so that there are only three Power 5 conference champions with one loss or fewer. Georgia must beat Alabama to eliminate the possibility of two SEC teams making the CFP. It would help if Washington beats Oregon to erase the chance of two Pac-12 teams making the playoff. There’s two different schools of thought on whether the Buckeyes would benefit from a Michigan loss to Iowa or if it would only hurt their résumé, but most Ohio State fans will want to see anything but the Wolverines celebrating their third straight Big Ten title.