COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Beat Michigan, and the world is yours. That’s the only message Ohio State and its fans need to take from the College Football Playoff committee.

The Buckeyes were No. 1 in the first ranking s. But even if they’d been No. 2, the same message would be applicable since that spot went to Indiana.

All the committee did was validate any thoughts that the two programs are on a collision course that ends in Indianapolis on Dec. 6 , and the winner gets to walk into the playoffs as the No. 1 seed, potentially with the Heisman Trophy winner at quarterback .

But that doesn’t need to be their focus right now.

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