Big Ten Power Rankings, Week 8: Ohio State new No. 1 as QB issues linger in Columbus, elsewhere

Beating Indiana gets Ohio State to the top spot, but Julian Sayin’s injury throws a wrench into the Buckeyes’ long-term plans

Beating Indiana gets Ohio State to the top spot, but Julian Sayin On a weekend of carnage across college football, Ohio State was one of the few top-10 teams to survive in a 19-15 win at Indiana — even if only by a foot out of bounds. That win in a battle of Big Ten titans should have cleared the path for the Buckeyes to roll to the Big Ten title game and the College Football Playoff, but in the fourth quarter, quarterback Julian Sayin injured his throwing arm and could miss the rest of the season. Quarterback injuries have unfortunately become a common theme at the top of the Big Ten this season.

Sayin joins UCLA's Nico Iamaleava as starters on contenders to suffer potentially season-ending injuries, while Oregon has been without Dante Moore since he suffered a concussion against USC. The Buckeyes turned things over to Luke Fahey against Indiana, with the freshman throwing a pair of incompletions in support duty, but Tavien St. Clair will also get first-team reps over the next two weeks as Ohio State uses its bye to figure out the quarterback situation moving forward. We'll learn who will take over for Sayin when Ohio State hits the field on Halloween against USC, and find out if the Buckeyes' offense can remain a title-contending