8 in AP and Coaches’ Poll

MI (10-1, 7-1) moved up one spot to No. 3 following its 20-10 win over visiting Indiana. “You’ve got all kinds of momentum, so you go swing and try to have the knockout punch”.

“With it all of it on the line, you’re always ready for the game anyways but with how much we have riding on this game, we’ll prepare really hard and get after it”, nose tackle Ryan Glasgow said.

Florida State (8-3, 5-3, No. 17 CFP) won for the fifth time in six games and handed Syracuse (4-7, 2-5) its third straight loss.

KUDOS FOR RECEIVERS: Ohio State coach Urban Meyer this week praised the work of Ohio State’s outside receivers.

Clemson is No. 4, and No. 5 Wisconsin gives the Big Ten three of the first five for the first time since November 7, 1960, when Minnesota was No. 1, Ohio State was No. 3 and Iowa was No. 5.

If Michigan wins, the Wolverines win the East because they hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over Penn State. They Need to beat Michigan and then they have to have Michigan State beat Penn State and then it’s Ohio State playing for the big 10 championship. He finished the first half with 104 yards to become just the sixth player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to reach 4,000 yards and the first to do it in three years. Sparty’s running game, which was mainly OH native LJ Scott, did very well; their passing game was the polar oppisite, especially when it mattered most.

Jalen Hurts passed for three touchdowns and rushed for 68 yards to help No. 1 Alabama overcome a slow start and beat FCS team Chattanooga.

And the Hawkeyes (7-4, 5-3 Big Ten) played some defense, too.

But, until then, we still have the computers to tell us which team is better. I hear (about it) from the media, ESPN.

“I thought we did fine”. His 37-yard TD toss to Ka’Raun White pulled the Mountaineers within 41-28 with 10 minutes left in the game.

“The big playoff picture is all noise”, Price said. “If you don’t focus on the task at hand, slip-ups happen”. One loss Ohio State gets in over anyone else with lots of quality victories. Both teams ran into roadblocks, however. John O’Korn made his first start for the Wolverines (10-1, 7-1, No. 3 CFP), replacing their injured starting quarterback, and the redshirt junior struggled to lead an offense that was averaging 45 points and 232 yards passing. Maybe the wind was the overriding factor, but up to that point, J.T. Barrett’s legs were the biggest part of the attack.

The one reliable playmaker for Ohio State has been H-back Curtis Samuel.

The Spartans also had some success on the ground late in the game, scoring a touchdown with 4:41 remaining on a run by Scott.

Ohio State freshman running back Mike Weber had a good game with 14 carries, 111 yards, and a touchdown. “We ran for 200-some yards on offense”.

Michigan State: Dantonio’s team threw everything it had at Ohio State, executing a successful fake punt in the fourth quarter and later going for 2 when an extra point would have tied it.

“We don’t play for second place, obviously”, O’Connor said. Not that the Wolverines were world-beaters against IN, just a week after getting upset by Iowa.

The victory was no easy feat for the second-ranked Buckeyes, who are now 10-1 and will face off against rival MI in a titanic edition of The Game a week from now where a win could mean a ticket to the College Football Playoff.

Ohio State’s win set up a traditional season-ending showdown with MI at Ohio Stadium. “My job was to get them going”.

November wins for MI, when it comes to its archrival, have been excruciatingly hard to come by.

Graduate of Penn State University and Columbia University.

FORECAST: It was windy and rainy a year ago when these teams met, and the Spartans prevailed 17-14.

“I was somewhat surprised but I’ve been in that situation before”. “It’s bigger than yourself.it’s bigger than me and all the quarterbacks who have played here”.