Well, Ohio State’s win over Wisconsin for the Big Ten Championship wasn’t enough for the College Football Playoff committee to put the Buckeyes into the top four. Urban Meyer and team finished the season with a No. 5 ranking, sitting on the outside looking in — but, they’ll still play in a New Year’s Six bowl, in the Cotton Bowl against USC on Dec. 29 at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The Buckeyes needed a dominant performance against the Badgers on Saturday, and despite heading into halftime 21-7, the team had too many mistakes for the committee to have no choice but to add Ohio State to the playoffs.