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  It's Week 12, and if the games earlier this week gave us any indication of what we're in for on Saturday, it's definitely going to be fun. We've got a top-10 matchup as No. 7 Michigan State is traveling to No. 4 Ohio State, and later in the day No. 21 Arkansas will face No. 2 Alabama, and No. 3 Oregon faces a tough test in No. 23 Utah. Come back here throughout the day for the latest results, reaction and revelry from throughout the land. The Big Ten has become rather predictable in the way that it produces loads of high-quality teams in a given year, and Ohio State always wins. The Buckeyes have won 28 straight conference games going back to 2018's loss at Purdue , and even against a top-10 opponent in Michigan State, they're 19-point favorites to make it 29 straight. Despite high-level competition between now and then, ESPN's FPI gives them a 49% chance of winning their fifth straight Big Ten title in a couple of weeks. Of course, 49% is a coin toss, no...

  No. 4 Ohio State plays host to No. 7 Michigan State in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday and this massive Big Ten showdown carries more ramifications than just jockeying for position in the conference standings. Both the Buckeyes and Spartans enter with records of 9-1 and ranked in the top 10 of the College Football Playoff. Both teams have the goal of winning the Big Ten East and following it up with a win in the Big Ten Championship Game. After that, they want a playoff berth . After that? Well, there's only one thing left after reaching the playoff: winning it. But before any of those thing s can happen, one must win this game. A loss for Michigan State would give it two Big Ten losses and eliminate it from Big Ten title contention. Ohio State can afford to lose and still win the Big Ten, but it would destroy its hopes of reaching the playoff. The history of this series dictates that Ohio State is likely to emerge as the victor. The Buckeyes lead the all-time series 34-15 an d...