Things went definitively not as planned for Ohio State this weekend.
The Buckeyes were a win away from yet another Michigan conquest, a place in the Big Ten Championship Game and a potential College Football Playoff berth, but it all came crashing down in a crushing 15-point defeat to the Wolverines in Ann Arbor. Stocks are down in most categories for Ohio State, and this week’s report must relent that the Wolverines are enjoying sky-high status across the board.
Here’s a look at where things stand around the Big Ten and national landscapes as a whole as conference championship week approaches, even if the Buckeyes won’t be participating.