College Football Playoff: Ohio State Needs Decisive Wins To Overcome Weak Schedule, Virginia Tech Loss

SHARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE ON TWITTERTWEET SHARE ON WHATSAPPWHATSAPP Miami clobbered Virginia Tech 30-6 in Blacksburg Thursday night. That drops the Hokies to 3-4 vs. FBS teams on the season. Ohio State’s two-touchdown loss at home to them looks worse with each passing week. Tech’s continued slide could be devastating to the Buckeyes’ chances of reaching the playoff, despite their dominance of late. Here is a reasonable scenario if Ohio State wins out. Florida State wins out to get to 13-0 and is a lock for the playoff. Alabama wins out and wins the SEC claiming a second place. That leaves two places for a one-loss Ohio State (B1G Champ), one-loss TCU (B12 Champ), one-loss Oregon (P12 Champ), one-loss Notre Dame (Independent) and one-loss Mississippi State (SEC Runner-Up). Ohio State has an easy schedule. They played no one non-conference. Their B1G schedule draw missed Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa. Michigan went into the toilet…

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