If they make the playoff with wins over Ohio State, Penn State, Illinois and Maryland, and whoever they'd play in the Big 10 championship game, that's plenty of challenges to prepare them for a #2-#3 matchup against a TCU or Oregon or USC. And you can say that about any 0-loss or 1-loss team any except Georgia and Tennessee. Ohio State? Has beaten Penn State and Notre Dame so far. Oregon? UCLA only, maybe Washington State as a stretch. TCU? Oklahoma State and Kansas State, and neither is as good as Penn State. USC? Oregon St. and maybe Washington State, neither as good as Penn St.