Coach Ryan Day said the expanded College Football Playoff has given Ohio State the chance "to peak" ahead of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic against Texas on Jan. 10, with a trip to the national championship on the line.
The Buckeyes routed both Tennessee and top-seeded Oregon in the first two games of the playoff by a combined margin of 45 points. Ohio State led the Ducks 34-0 late in the second quarter in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.
"I think we've learned a lot about our team," Day said Friday.