Louisville Football: 5 games that will impact the playoffs on Saturday

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Oct 29, 2016; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes running back Curtis Samuel (4) celebrates with offensive linemen Pat Elflein (65) and Jamarco Jones (74) and wide receiver K.J. Hill (14) after scoring the final touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Northwestern Wildcats at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State won 24-20. Mandatory Credit: Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports /

#10 Nebraska at #6 Ohio State: 8:00pm (ABC)

I don’t even want to remember how we all felt when Ohio State was ranked over Louisville on Tuesday. The committee obviously feels as though the Buckeyes are better than the Cardinals right now, but that may be coming to an end on Saturday night.

Ohio State barely beat Northwestern last weekend, but that apparently isn’t the same thing as almost beating Virginia. The Buckeyes will need to play much better if they want to stay in the College Football Playoff picture after this weekend.

Both teams come in with 7-1 records and 4-1 records in the Big Ten. It’s really hard to say who the Cards need to lose in this game because Nebraska doesn’t have to play Michigan in the regular season, whereas the Buckeyes do at the end of the year.

The way things have played out so far, if Nebraska wins, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Huskers jump over Louisville in the polls.

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