The Ohio State Buckeyes and Minnesota Golden Gophers are playing live on the Big Ten college football schedule on Friday and the matchup is from TCF Bank Stadium as the two ranked teams matchup and the game is huge for OSU, as they are in the mix for the playoff at number eight and Urban Meyer has his team ready to go.

JT Barrett has been great for the team this season and he has 2156 yards and 26 touchdowns and has been very strong with Braxton Miller out and the team now is 8-1 and first in the east in the conference. The team comes in after their huge win against Michigan State and that saw Barrett toss for 300 yards and the team now has the Gophers before a matchup with Indiana.

Ohio State lost early and that is why they are alive now and they have made it through some tough games and now have the chance to finish strong. The team comes in ranked fourth in scoring and 25^th in defensive scoring and they are riding and seven game winning streak. The team lost early to Virginia Tech and now they have won in dominant fashion over a number of teams and are eyeing the conference title.

The team has Minnesota and then Indiana before playing against Michigan and that final matchup could be spoiler time for the Wolverines. The team is 47^th in passing yards per game and 14^th in rushing yards per game and they have one of the best offensive teams in the league. Minnesota comes in after a win against Iowa and they will play against Ohio State before a matchup with Nebraska. The team is ranked 23^rd in the nation in points against and the team is scoring 30 points per game this season. The team has won four of the last five games and they end the season with Wisconsin.

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