Penn State makes playoff case with 38-31 win over Wisconsin

Each team has 19 wins and there have been four ties (19-19-4).

Of course, fellow Big Ten schools Ohio State and MI seem to be standing in the way of Penn State, despite not making the championship game.

For the most part, conference championships played out true to form and that led to relatively few changes on my ballot for this week’s Associated Press college football poll.

The Buckeyes are going back to the College Football Playoff.

Ohio State (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten) dropped but still held onto its Top 4 seed at No. 3 overall despite remaining idle during championship week after missing out on playing for the Big Ten title after suffering a 24-21 loss to eventual Big Ten champion Penn State on October 23. Here are five games you might want to watch. 7 Penn State muddied the playoff picture with a 38-31 victory over then-No.

“I think that you can make arguments for and against so many different teams”, Franklin said. Clement’s 13 touchdowns are also third among running backs in the conference behind Minnesota’s Rodney Smith and Penn State’s star running back Saquon Barkley who both have 15. That alone still wouldn’t be enough for Oklahoma. The CFP is in year three of a 12-year television deal with ESPN. The Pac-12 has been involved in the playoff two out of the three years, missing out last season.

Kirby Hocutt: “Oklahoma State’s record is 9-2”. The Tigers will wear their home jerseys for their match-up with the Buckeyes in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl.

Wisconsin, meanwhile, is most likely not heading to the playoff or to the Rose Bowl – which will feature the highest-ranked Big Ten team that does not make the playoff. 6 Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game. “You look at turnover margin, Washington ranks first in the country in turnover margin compared to Penn State, ranking 50”.

In Week 12, however, there wasn’t any chaos at all. If you assume MI would have scored a touchdown had it not been for Speight’s fumble on the 1-yard line, then there’s a 21-point swing that allowed officiating to become a factor.

A team shouldn’t be rewarded with a playoff berth while someone else plays for a league championship and risks losing a CFP berth, as Clemson and Washington did.

Led by dynamic quarterback Deshaun Watson, Clemson lost to Alabama in the national championship game last season in Arizona.

The game between these two giants is scheduled on November 26 but the tension can already be felt in each squad’s locker room.

They were blown out by a MI team ranked in front of them.

“Give credit to Penn State for coming out in the second half and making those adjustments and allowing those big plays to happen”, Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said.

Penn State will have all their best weapons available in the air and on the ground, as running back Saquon Barkley said he expects to play against Wisconsin after leaving the November 26 game against Michigan State with a right leg injury. No other team, including No. 1 Alabama, has anything similar.