With five weeks between Ohio State’s final regular-season game and the CFP semifinal on Dec. 31, Ryan Day's banged-up team should have plenty of time to recoup and recover before it faces Georgia.
However, when Day was asked on Sunday about Jaxon Smith-Njigba's availability for the Buckeyes’ battle with the Bulldogs on New Year's Eve, the fourth-year head coach offered a noncommittal answer.
“We'll probably have more of an update over the next couple of days as to exactly where that's at,” Day told former Ohio State receiver Joey Galloway on ESPN's broadcast of the College Football Playoff rankings.