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Before projecting who will take the spot of Ohio State in Tuesday’s playoff rankings, let’s take a look at the other three teams who occupied the rankings. I would say, ‘This is the kick to beat Ohio State. “I was trying to stay on my feet as long as possible”. It hurts a lot just because of how we lost.

The Spartans certainly do.

The 2015 Big Ten Football Championship Game will be played on Saturday, December 5, at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium and will be broadcast nationally on FOX with kickoff set for 8:17 p.m. ET.

MI State went to Columbus as a two-touchdown underdog Saturday, and that was before it found out it wouldn’t have its starting quarterback for the game.

The story line: The Gophers entered the season expected to contend in the Big Ten West. In light of that, they’ve been exposed as pretenders – though they’ve also been highly competitive the last three weeks in losses to MI, Ohio State and Iowa.

Elliott was limited to 33 yards on 12 carries on a day when Ohio State had only five first downs and produced only 132 yards total offense.

Don’t the Buckeyes have another important game to play next week, as well as a postseason bowl?

The Spartans completed one pass in the second half, but they gave Geiger a chance to win it with 3 seconds left and he curved it through. While that’s no surprise, the loss illustrated that the junior running back was the No. 1 reason the Buckeyes won the 2014 national title. They had a handful of All-Americans on both lines, one of the country’s best tailbacks and two quarterbacks who could seemingly start anywhere. Talk about slapping Ohio State’s biggest tradition right in the face. At least not like this. Tyler O’Connor started and played Damion Terry, too.

Cook took a shot to the shoulder last week against Maryland. Jordan Canzeri rushed for a game-high 95 yards, including a 42-yard touchdown to close out the scoring. The Spartans tied it five minutes later on O’Connor’s 12-yard pass to Trevon Pendleton. Faced with a third-and-14 from the MI State 36, he connected down the left sideline with wide receiver Aaron Burbridge for 36 yards. It rolled to the MSU 6, where OSU’s Terry McLaurin recovered it. And so the Spartans offense turned to the offensive line, and, boy, did it deliver, blasting open holes in a testament to physical ferocity. Elliott, a Heisman Trophy candidate, carried the ball just 12 times despite Ohio State struggling mightily to gain any traction with its passing attack in wet, cold, windy conditions. Alabama is hoping to join them in the FBS version and can clinch an SEC West title with a win next week at Auburn.

LeShun Daniels Jr. ran for two TDs for the Hawkeyes (11-0, 7-0 Big Ten). “I wish it all played out differently”.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Treon Harris threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jake McGee in overtime to lift Florida past Florida Atlantic.

“That was the most important kick I’ve ever made in my entire life”, Geiger said, admitting he was close to letting the emotion win as he talked to a throng of reporters. Temple (9-2) will be the East representative if it beats UConn next week.

Elliott remained consistent, with his 100-yard game streak reaching 15 before being snapped by the Spartans, but Jones clearly wasn’t playing as well as he did down the stretch last season. Barrett said he didn’t deserve to be the starter on September 7 at Virginia Tech because of his poor practices. This time, Michael Geiger drilled a 41-yard field goal as time expired.

Rudock was 25 of 38 and connected with Jake Butt and Amara Darboh for touchdowns.

Just as important as the result in Norman, Oklahoma, on Saturday night was the status of Sooners star quarterback Baker Mayfield, who sat out the second half with an apparent head injury. Christian Hackenberg passed for 137 yards for Penn State (7-4, 4-3).