Ohio State makes it eight straight wins over rival Michigan

ANN ARBOR, MICH. » Ohio State has turned what’s known as The Game into Its Game, making one of the greatest rivalries in sports a one-sided series with little suspense.

Chasing a national championship, not simply beating the Wolverines, is how the Buckeyes measure a successful season.

And under first-year coach Ryan Day, they have put themselves in a position to potentially win it all for the second time since the

2014 season and third time this century.

J.K. Dobbins ran for four touchdowns, and Justin Fields threw four TD passes, providing plenty of firepower for No. 2 Ohio State to rout No. 10 Michigan 5627 Saturday for a school-record eighth straight win in the series.

“It feels great just to continue the legacy of this great Ohio State tradition,” defensive end Chase Young said. “We’re just going to try to keep it moving and keep it rolling next week.”

The Buckeyes (12-0, 9-0 Big Ten) will head to the Big Ten championship game to face No. 13 Wisconsin next Saturday with a spot in the College Football Playoff in sight.

Fields will likely use the limited time to rest and test out braces to protect his left knee that was injured for a second straight week. He came back in the game after a few plays and on the next snap, scrambled and threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Garrett Wilson.

“It was a magical moment,” Day said. “I thought it was a Heisman moment.”

Fields has thrown 37 touchdown passes with only one interception and scored

10 times rushing.

The Wolverines (9-3, 6-3) have to settle for a secondtier bowl game after coach Jim Harbaugh fell to 0-5 in the rivalry, and the program lost to Ohio State for the 15th time in 16 years.

Michigan got off to a strong start, driving 75 yards on the opening drive and scoring on Giles Jackson’s 22-yard run. WISCONSIN 38, MINNESOTA 17 » Jack Coan delivered two momentum-shifting touchdown passes in the snow for No. 13 Wisconsin, and Jonathan Taylor added three touchdowns to his FBSleading total as the Badgers forcefully repossessed Paul Bunyan’s Axe against No. 9 Minnesota to win the Big Ten West Division.

Quintez Cephus caught five passes for 114 yards, including a 47-yarder for a score midway through the third quarter that gave Wisconsin (10-2, 7-2) a 17-7 lead. Coan connected with Taylor for a 28-yard touchdown strike late in the second quarter that gave the Badgers the lead after a slow start, sending them to the Big Ten championship game for a rematch with secondranked Ohio State.

Tanner Morgan passed for 296 yards and two touchdowns for the Gophers

(10-2, 7-2). Minnesota was seeking to go undefeated at home for the first time since

1954, but the Badgers reasserted their recent dominance by taking home the trophy for the 22nd time in

25 seasons. They took a 6160-8 series lead.