Ohio State football to face Clemson in current USA Today CFP predictions

The Ohio State Buckeyes sustained their first loss of the season Saturday. They had their first real challenge of the year against the now-No. 2 Oregon Ducks on the road.

The Ducks, who only trail the Texas Longhorns, won 32-31 in a rocking Autzen Stadium. For Ohio State, with the defeat, it dropped to No. 5 in the AP Poll and is the second one-loss team, only behind No. 4 Georgia.

Three Big Ten programs crack the current top five.

As for the Buckeyes, with the extended 12-team playoffs, they are still set to make it and have a first-round battle. The first four seeds get a bye. USA Today went ahead and put out a prediction of the first round, and they have the Buckeyes facing the Clemson Tigers.

In this scenario that they have laid out, the winner of the Tigers-Buckeyes would face the Ducks, and while it can be just a dream for fans now, this would be the perfect revenge for Ryan Day and Ohio State.

That said, the season is still very young with No. 3 Penn State on the road and Michigan at home still on the schedule for the Buckeyes. Expect these to change weekly moving forward.