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When the Big Ten finally began its season last month, the most-anticipated game on the league's schedule was an Oct. 31 showdown between No. 3 Ohio State and Penn State. It was supposed to be a game between top-10 division rivals who both harbored league title and College Football Playoff aspirations. It turns out we're going to get a game fitting that bill -- it's just coming a bit later than expected with an opponent for the Buckeyes that few would have predicted.
When No. 10 Indiana dismantled Michigan State 24-0 on Saturday, the Hoosiers set up a game of massive proportions at No. 3 Ohio State next week. Penn State is reeling -- the Nittany Lions fell to 0-4 on Saturday -- but Indiana has picked up the slack to play the role of challenger to the Buckeyes in the Big Ten East. Indiana last beat Ohio State in 1988, but the Hoosiers already snapped one such streak this season when they defeated Michigan last week for the first time since 1987. On Saturday, they handed the Spartans their first shutout home loss since 1985.
If the Hoosiers pull off the upset, there will be plenty of teams waiting in the shadows to take Ohio State's place in the College Football Playoff race. One of them will be No. 11 Oregon, which survived a hearty effort from Washington State on Saturday to win 43-29 and improve to 2-0. The Ducks struggled in the first half but showed they still deserve to be in the CFP hunt as they navigate a truncated league schedule that continues next with a game against UCLA.
College football scores -- Week 11
No. 10 Indiana 24, Michigan State 0 -- Box score
No. 9 Miami 25, Virginia Tech 24 -- Takeaways, recap
West Virginia 24, TCU 6 -- Box score
No 20 USC 34, Arizona 30 -- Recap
No. 2 Notre Dame 45, Boston College 31 -- Takeaways, recap
No. 6 Florida 63, Arkansas 35 -- Takeaways, recap
No. 11 Oregon 43, Washington State 29 -- Box score
No. 13 Wisconsin 49, Michigan 11 -- Takeaways, recap
Check out the complete Week 11 scoreboard
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