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How High Are the Playoff Stakes for Ohio State-Penn State and Stanford-Notre Dame?

Two titanic matchups on Saturday will help shape the College Football Playoff picture, and you have questions…

From @fentoozlr24: Do you consider either of Saturday's top-10 matchups a playoff elimination game? It seems like the winners will be in prime position to make the final four, but the losers can hardly be written off and still have a shot, right? (see: 2016 Ohio State).

Nobody is getting eliminated on Saturday, but the loser of one game could be in a more precarious position than the other.

The Big Ten’s dream scenario is Penn State beating Ohio State in a tight game followed by Penn State winning the Big Ten title and Ohio State buzzsawing its remaining opponents.