The Ohio State Buckeyes probably don't need to win next week against TTUN or against the Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten Championship to punch their ticket to a second consecutive College Football Playoff field.
As Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger revealed, the Buckeyes, Hoosiers, TAMU Aggies, Georgia Bulldogs, and Texas Tech Red Raiders are essentially locks to make the 12-team field, regardless of what Week 14 and the conference championships entail.
"We’ve got three absolute locks for the 12-team playoff field: Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M. And 2 more likely locks: Georgia and Texas Tech," Dellenger prefaced before saying, "We know the ACC champion will be in the field, as well as the highest-ranked non-power league champion.