Ranking the most entertaining bowl games
Here is your yearly installment of our bowl watchability rankings. Because while every game is entertaining, some are simply must-see TV.
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2019 Schedule
10-3, 1st in Big Ten - West
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Oregon-Wisconsin set for Rose Bowl (1:17)
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Wisconsin RB Taylor plans to play in bowl game
Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor said he plans to play in the Badgers' upcoming bowl game.
OSU's Fields: Halftime deficit 'made us stronger'
Ohio State hadn't faced a double-digit deficit all season before Saturday. Against Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game, the Buckeyes had to show they could rally.
Projecting all 41 bowl games, including the College Football Playoff
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Taylor takes off for 44-yard TD (0:24)
No. 2 Ohio State rallies for 3rd straight Big Ten title
Justin Fields and J.K. Dobbins spent the first half scratching their heads.
Ohio State runs fake punt to perfection (0:15)
Cephus' incredible catch leads to a Coan TD (0:46)
Ruckert makes amazing one-handed TD catch (0:20)
College Football Playoff tracker: OU is safe, while LSU, Ohio State and Clemson battle for top spot
LSU's 37-10 win against Georgia in the SEC title game likely opened up a top-four spot for Oklahoma and perhaps moved the Tigers past Ohio State for No. 1.
The most important question for each conference championship game
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CFB Pod: Negandhi and Pollack preview Championship Weekend. Plus, Jonathan Vilma
Kevin Negandhi and David Pollack kick off the podcast by discussing David's appearances across ESPN, their thoughts on championship games and Kevin's eight-team playoff idea. Then the guys preview the conference championship games (8:25), hitting on Utah-Oregon, Baylor-Oklahoma, Cincinnati-Memphis, Georgia-LSU, Clemson-Virginia and Ohio State-Wisconsin. Later, they take listener questions (33:43) on the Group of 5, bowl game swag bags and Christmas. Next, Jonathan Vilma joins the podcast (41:22) to talk about scenarios for the No. 4 seed, his thoughts on Clemson, if he could play college football right now and be the same player he was, and the moment he knew his Miami team was going to beat Nebraska in the national championship game.
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Projecting all 41 bowl games, including the College Football Playoff
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2019 Big Ten Standings
| EAST | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 9-0 | 13-0 |
| Penn State | 7-2 | 10-2 |
| Michigan | 6-3 | 9-3 |
| Indiana | 5-4 | 8-4 |
| Michigan State | 4-5 | 6-6 |
| Maryland | 1-8 | 3-9 |
| Rutgers | 0-9 | 2-10 |
| WEST | CONF | OVR |
| Wisconsin | 7-2 | 10-3 |
| Minnesota | 7-2 | 10-2 |
| Iowa | 6-3 | 9-3 |
| Illinois | 4-5 | 6-6 |
| Purdue | 3-6 | 4-8 |
| Nebraska | 3-6 | 5-7 |
| Northwestern | 1-8 | 3-9 |
2019 Team Leaders
Team Stats
Passing Yards201.294th
Rushing Yards240.515th
Points For34.656th
Points Against16.1
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2019 Polls & Rankings
| CFP RANKINGS | AP | COACHES |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 11 | 11 |
2020 Recruits
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Wedig | OT | Committed | 84 |
| Jack Nelson | OT | Committed | 83 |
| Nick Herbig | OLB | Committed | 81 |
| Aaron Witt | DE | Committed | 79 |
| Ben Barten | OT | Committed | 78 |
Awards
| YEAR | PLAYER | AWARD |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | J. Taylor | Doak Walker Award |
| 2019 | T. Biadasz | Rimington Trophy |
| 2018 | J. Taylor | Doak Walker Award |
| 2014 | M. Gordon | Doak Walker Award |
| 2012 | M. Ball | Doak Walker Award |