COLUMBUS, Ohio — Is there any reason for Ohio State fans/players to sweat out the final College Football Playoff rankings on Sunday? Probably not, but the one thing the Buckeyes were looking to avoid was an uncomfortable conversation for the playoff selection committee about what to do with a Big Ten Champion Penn State that owns a win over Ohio State. The No. 7 Nittany Lions beat No. 6 Wisconsin, 38-31, in Indianapolis on Saturday night. So now Penn State has its hardware and the best win in the country. The Lions also added a quality win over Wisconsin, and got a resume booster when Temple won the American Athletic Conference Championship earlier on Saturday. The Owls should be ranked on Sunday, and Penn State beat them in September. What we knew coming into Saturday is that the playoff committee saw a sizeable gap between Ohio State and Penn State,…
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