The No. 8 Spartans play No. 14 Ohio State in an 8 p.m. game Saturday in East Lansing in what amounts to a preliminary College Football Playoff game.

The winner is in the driver’s seat for the Big Ten East Division and a slot in the Big Ten championship game to face the West Division winner.

More importantly, the loser of Saturday night’s game in Spartan Stadium is out of the hunt for a spot in the four-team College Football Playoff. - Read more at MLive.com