A victory for IU.
If OSU loses one more game to COVID - which could happen if this outbreak is big enough - then we'll be seeing Northwestern/Indiana for the Big Ten title. That would pretty much sum up 2020
Not necessarily, though the bigger issue is likely with the CFP Committee. A teams with 1 loss playing 9 or 10 games might have an argument if OSU only plays, say, 5 (and is undefeated). There is an exception to the 6 game requirement for B1G Ten Conference Football Championship Game consideration. Per the B1G Ten:
"A team must play at least six games to be considered for participation in the championship game.
However, if the average number of conference games played by all teams falls below six, with the average
rounded up/down at .50 (i.e. 6.50 or greater would round up to 7, 6.49 or less would round down to 6),
then teams must play no less than two fewer conference games than the average number of conference
games played by all teams (i.e. four games played if the conference average is six) to be considered."
https://bigten.org/documents/2020/10/22/2020_Big_Ten_Football_Tiebreakers.pdfThe current average games played by all teams is 4.4286 (62 games/14 teams) before the games this week (Friday/Saturday). That number would be rounded down to 4 per the above exception. So games cancelled involving other teams besides Ohio State will impact the calculation.
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