Ohio State went into East Lansing, Michigan on Saturday night and came away with a very impressive 49-37 win over Michigan State to reestablish itself as a legitimate playoff contender in college football. However, the Buckeyes don’t control their own destiny. They not only need to win out, including the Big 10 title Game, but they need a lot of help just to have a chance of getting into the first ever College Football Playoffs.
Here are the teams that are ahead of O.S.U. in the rankings or just behind them and what their remaining schedules look like. Urban Meyer and his Buckeyes will not only have to take care of business on the field, but they’ll be doing a lot of scoreboard watching in the coming weeks to see if they can get the help necessary that would make them one of the four choices by the College Football Playoff selection committee to play for a National Championship in the new four team playoff format.
Mississippi St. (9-0) – at Alabama, Vanderbilt, at Ole Miss – Potential SEC Title Game
Florida St. (9-0) – at Miami, Fla., Boston College, Florida – Potential ACC Title Game
Oregon (9-1) – Colorado, at Oregon St – Potential PAC 12 Title Game
Alabama (8-1) – Mississippi St., Western Carolina, Auburn – Potential SEC Title Game
TCU (8-1) – at Kansas, at Texas, Iowa St. – No Big 12 Title Game
Arizona St. (8-1) – at Oregon St., Washington St., at Arizona – Potential PAC 12 Title Game
Baylor (8-1) – Oklahoma St., Texas Tech, Kansas St. – No Big 12 Title Game
Ole Miss (8-2) – at Arkansas, Mississippi St. – Potential SEC Title Game
Auburn (7-2) – at Georgia, Samford, at Alabama – Potential SEC Title Game
Nebraska (8-1) – at Wisconsin, Minnesota, at Iowa – Potential Big 10 Title Game
OHIO ST. (8-1) – at Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan – Potential Big 10 Title Game
