“There’s no part of me that says if you go undefeated as a Power 5 and win your conference championship and you’re not going to be in the final four. I don’t see that. That would shock me.” -Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez, via Heather Dinich, ESPN The Ohio State Buckeyes are used to being on the outside looking in into the College Football Playoff–at least until the final rankings come out. In 2014, the Buckeyes were sitting at No. 8 in the week 12 playoff rankings. A win over Michigan in the final regular season game, even with a season-ending injury to JT Barrett, propelled Ohio State up two spots to No. 6. And then a week later, a domineering win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship game was enough to allow the Buckeyes to jump two contenders from the Big 12 for a spot in the inaugural playoff.…
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