OSU enters this game as a virtual playoff lock but also has all of the pressure after losing the last four games in the series. Michigan needs to win to keep its slim College Football Playoff hopes alive. The Buckeyes will have WRs Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate back after both missed last week with injuries.

The coldest teams in the Big Ten meet to end the season. Maryland has lost seven in a row. Michigan State’s has lost eight straight. The Spartans are trying to avoid going winless in the Big Ten for the first time since posting an 0-5-1 record in 1958.