COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the end, Ohio State didn’t have to sweat it out all that much. The Buckeyes sat at home over conference championship weekend, knowing they were probably in the College Football Playoff but hoping for a little bit of chaos that would make Saturday night’s sleep a little easier. That chaos didn’t happen, but the Buckeyes are still in. Ohio State is in the College Football Playoff as the No. 3 seed, and will play No. 2 Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31. Top-seeded Alabama will play No. 4 Washington in the Peach Bowl. The National Championship will be played on Jan. 9 in Tampa, Fla. Ohio State is the first at-large team to make the field in the short three-year history of the playoff. The Buckeyes made the playoff over Big Ten champion Penn State, which finished No. 5 despite having a head-to-head win…
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