Before Penn State faces Minnesota, Ohio State and Indiana square off in a game with CFP and Big Ten title implications.

Here's how it can happen. Ohio State and Penn State have two losses This is the obvious -- and unlikely -- way. Ohio State beats Indiana then loses to Michigan. Penn State loses to Maryland. And IU beats Purdue. Then Oregon has zero or one loss ...

The first order of business is Penn State still has to beat Minnesota, and then take care of Maryland in next week’s regular-season finale at home. Without wins in these two games, Penn State will not be able to get past Ohio State in the Big Ten title race thanks to a head-to-head tie-breaker favoring Ohio State over the Nittany Lions.