AI-assisted summary

Ohio State, Indiana, and Oregon are currently positioned as strong playoff contenders from the conference.

Key upcoming games include USC at Notre Dame, Nebraska at Penn State, and Ohio State at Michigan.

At least three Big Ten teams are expected to make the 12-team College Football Playoff field.

Things are about to get very serious in the Big Ten .

The first half of the college football is in the books. Penn State is out of the mix . Wisconsin is terrible. No. 1 Ohio State is intimidating. No. 3 Indiana looks unbeatable.

The second half of the regular season will decide which teams meet to decide the conference championship and which Big Ten teams make the College Football Playoff .

For now, the Buckeyes , Hoosiers and No. 9 Oregon look like playoff l

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