15 Northwestern’s defense made it stand up in a 35-19 victory over Auburn in the Citrus Bowl on Friday. Ramsey, a graduate transfer, totaled 291 yards passing and 50 yards rushing for Northwestern (7-2), which won its fourth straight bowl game. Auburn was led by interim coach Kevin Steele following the Dec. 13 firing of Gus Malzahn and was missing several key players. The Tigers got within 14-13 when Nix hit Elijah Canion for a 57-yard touchdown midway through the third quarter. Ramsey put Northwestern ahead 14-0 on first-quarter TD passes of 35 yards to Chiaokhiao-Brown and 6 yards to Raine.

He'd heard coach Ryan Day preach about everything the Buckeyes overcame to reach this season's Big Ten championship game. 3 Ohio State rally past No. Ohio State: Whatever happens in the polls this week, the Buckeyes really only care about one thing — making the playoff. COMMITTEE QUESTIONSThe CFP selection committee might want some answers from Ohio State before releasing the brackets Sunday. Ohio State: Must wait to see if it will be included in the national championship shootout.