College Football Playoff

While these Buckeyes (13-2) certainly slowed down, they are getting ready for their school-record 16th game. That will be for the national championship against Notre Dame (14-1) on Monday night in Atlanta.

The 16-game season didn't come out of nowhere. Expanding the CFP to 12 teams meant that the teams in the national championship game would have to play either three or four games — depending on whether they got a first-round bye or not.

Jack Sawyer forced a fumble by his former roommate and Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers that he returned 83 yards for a touchdown with 2:13 left as Ohio State beat Texas 28-14 in the Cotton Bowl.

The Ohio State Buckeyes take on the Texas Longhorns in Friday's Cotton Bowl for a spot in the national championship.

No. 6 Ohio State roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 41-21 victory over No. 1 Oregon in the 111th Rose Bowl.

Not even the Granddaddy of Them All can remain unchanged by the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Columbus-native Bennett Obenour has always been a fan of the Tennessee Vols, and now he works for the team. He's back in town for the game on Saturday, and is predicting a win for the Vols.

Ohio State will host Tennessee in the first round of the expanded college football playoffs at Ohio Stadium in a night game on Saturday, Dec. 21.

Ohio State remained No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, with Georgia, Michigan and Florida State following the Buckeyes, as the selection committee stood pat with its top eight teams.

The starter will be expected to win every regular-season game, lead the Buckeyes over Michigan for the first time in three years, return the team to the College Football Playoff and win the national championship for the first time since the 2014 season.