re: Does Ohio State make the playoffs after the beat Wisconsin?

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Ohio State has to pretty much beat Wisky 59-0.

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But then the question becomes "was Wisky overrated?"

We've already seen Ohio State lose by 2 TDs to a potential playoff team and by 31 to an average Iowa team. The big knock against Wisky has been the weak schedule. Why would beating Wisky by that kind of margin benefit Ohio State?

I would almost think you'd have to see Wisky put up a fight and lose a 42-21 type game or something like that. A close game hurts Ohio State, and I don't think a blowout like 59-0 helps either. It just proves what everyone thinks about Wisky.

That being said, 59-0 with Alabama sitting at home probably does leap frog Ohio State into the playoff.

I really think Wisky is #4 and Alabama is #5 because if it were the other way around, Ohio State has no shot at getting in, just like when Penn State won last year against the #6 team. Beating someone in the Top 4 likely gets you in. Beating someone outside the Top 4 doesn't.