No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes ‘s 24-21 loss to Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday night does not eliminate the Buckeyes from College Football Playoff contention. In fact, they are still projected in the playoff. Ohio State is projected as the No. 4 seed, still as the Big Ten champion, falling one spot but remaining in the top four. College Football Playoff projections Bowl Date Location Matchup Peach Bowl Dec. 31 Atlanta, Ga. (1) Alabama vs. (4) Ohio State Fiesta Bowl Dec. 31 Glendale, Ariz. (2) Clemson vs. (3) Washington Every other team that has a shot at beating Ohio State will have to do so either in Columbus ( Nebraska Cornhuskers and Michigan Wolverines both come to town) or Indianapolis in the Big Ten title game. Ohio State would win a three-way tie with Michigan and Penn State, should that occur, as the Nittany Lions’ loss to Pitt would drop them from the tiebreaker and the Buckeyes would have a win over the Wolverines head-to-head in that scenario. The odd thing about that for Buckeye fans is that means rooting for Michigan to win out until that last game. Ohio State would lose a two-way tiebreaker with just Penn…
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