No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes cancel Saturday's game vs. Illinois Fighting Illini - ESPN

The game was canceled just hours after Ohio State announced that coach Ryan Day had tested positive for COVID-19 and was in isolation.

This is the second game Ohio State (4-0) has canceled this season, as the Buckeyes were unable to play Nov.

In order for Ohio State to compete in the Big Ten championship game, it has to play -- and win -- both of its remaining regular-season games, on Dec.

If the average number of Big Ten games falls below six, then teams must play no less than two fewer conference games than the average number of Big Ten games played by all teams to be considered for the league championship.

If Ohio State -- or any CFP contender -- is not able to play in its conference championship game because of cancellations, that doesn't mean it would be eliminated from the CFP discussion, but it wouldn't have the conference title as one of the tiebreakers the committee uses when teams are comparable.