Michigan will beat Wisconsin, and that's OK for Ohio State: National College Football and Big Ten picks

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State’s only path to the College Football Playoff involves the Buckeyes winning out, obviously, and then still a little bit of help. But that first part is most important. The win out route doesn’t have to include a win over undefeated Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship. Which is why it won’t be the end of the world when Michigan beats the No. 5 Badgers on Saturday. These are our college football picks, where our cleveland.com Ohio State coverage team and a guest reader picker pick some of the best national and Big Ten games of the week against the spread. This week’s guest picker is Marianne LaRocco-Reardon of Dublin, Ohio. She’s on Twitter @MEL1Dublin. She didn’t pick Michigan. What Ohio State fan ever would? But I’m picking the Wolverines to win outright, while Doug Lesmerises and Tim Bielik at least have Michigan covering with the…

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