As the No. 6 Oregon Ducks prepare for a College Football Playoff run, there was still a Big Ten championship game at stake before the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes

Game of the week No. 1 Ohio State (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) at No. 15 Michigan (9-2, 7-1), Saturday, noon ET (Fox) Michigan needs to beat the top-ranked Buckeyes for a fifth straight time to have any hope of reaching the College Football Playoff.

The Oregon Ducks may not be playing for the Big Ten championship, but Dan Lanning's team is red hot heading into the CFP

The Ducks moved one step closer to punching their ticket to the CFP, but still need some help to reach the Big Ten title game

The Oregon Ducks need just two game results in Week 14 to go their way in order to have the chance to defend their Big Ten title.

Comment: The opinion expressed here with Oregon last year holds for the Buckeyes today: Remove the emotion of the Michigan rivalry, and they are better off losing, not making the Big Ten title game and hosting a CFP game.

No. 1 Ohio State put a bow on its perfect regular season and snapped a four-game losing streak to No. 15 Michigan with a dominant 27-9 win Saturday. The Buckeyes also secured their first Big Ten Championship Game appearance since 2021 and their first 12-0 record since 2019,

A longshot combination of results could give the storied series its first in-season rematch with the conference title at stake.