Nov. 4, 2017: Iowa 55, Ohio State 24. Oct. 20, 2018: Purdue 49, Ohio State 20. If it wasn’t for those two losses, Ohio State would have made each of the last two College Football Playoffs. Instead, they’ll be forced to watch from home for the second straight year. Ohio State has been left out of the College Football Playoff despite winning the Big Ten championship for the second year in a row. And once again, the Buckeyes can point to a lopsided midseason road loss to an unranked opponent as the reason why they didn’t get the chance to compete for a national championship. Ohio State had only one regular-season loss this year, not two, which was a big factor in the Buckeyes being left out last year in favor of 11-1 Alabama, which made the playoff last season (and went on to win the national championship) despite failing…
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