July 5, 2026

Ohio State and Alabama lead chase for the College Football Playoff: Buckeye Talk Podcast

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two teams lead the race for the College Football Playoff, according to ESPN prognostications: Ohio State and Alabama. Both teams have a near identical chance of making the four-team field come December. So we’re discussing the playoff chances of the Buckeyes and the Big Ten on a new episode of our Buckeye Talk Podcast, which you can listen to below. We’re using two ESPN predictions as the jumping off point: Ohio State is now almost as likely to make the playoff as Alabama. pic.twitter.com/hjgfvLcZ07 — Seth Walder (@SethWalder) September 30, 2018 Stanford’s loss to Notre Dame hurt the Pac-12’s already slim chance to send a team to the playoff. pic.twitter.com/1G7d3fNdeP — Seth Walder (@SethWalder) September 30, 2018 We discuss how good we feel about Ohio State making the playoff coming off a win against Penn State, whether the Big Ten can get multiple teams in, chat with Fox…

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