A second straight loss to Michigan, no chance at a Big Ten title and then a back-door berth into the College Football Playoff. Just how everybody drew it up, right?
Not exactly, but the Buckeyes will have a shot to win it all just the same following the mayhem that ensued over conference championship weekend. Georgia, Michigan, TCU and USC all controlled their own destiny entering title games, but only two came out victorious, and one dropped out of the playoff picture altogether.
Ohio State received a boost it may or may not have deserved, TCU got its first-ever CPF berth, the Big Ten put two teams in the playoff and the Heisman Trophy race is murkier than any in recent memory.