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This Saturday’s Big Ten Championship game will be one of the tougher matchups for Urban Meyer since his time in Columbus, with the Wisconsin Badgers not only the sole undefeated team left in the Power 5 conferences, but also with the Badgers looking to save face from their 59-0 shutout against the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2014.
Having survived the regular season, the depth chart for the most part has gone unchanged over the past few weeks — and that generally held true heading into the conference title game. The only change is that there is no more “or” designation for the back-up quarterback spot — the job solely rests on Dwayne Haskins’ shoulders. With J.T. Barrett still considered “probable” for Saturday, if he isn’t ready to get back on the field, the Buckeyes will look to Haskins to pull-off a Cardale Jones-esc performance against the Badgers.
Here’s the depth chart heading into this Week’s matchup:
Offense
| Position | First team | Second team | Third team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | First team | Second team | Third team |
| LT | Jamarco Jones | Joshua Alabi | - |
| LG | Michael Jordan | Malcolm Pridgeon | - |
| C | Billy Price | Brady Taylor | - |
| RG | Demetrius Knox | Matthew Burrell | Wyatt Davis |
| RT | Isaiah Prince | Thayer Munford | - |
| TE | Marcus Baugh | Rashod Berry (or) Luke Farrell | - |
| QB | J.T. Barrett | Dwayne Haskins | Joe Burrow, Tate Martell |
| RB | J.K. Dobbins (or) Mike Weber | Antonio Williams | Demario McCall |
| HB | Parris Campbell (or) K.J. Hill | C.J. Saunders | - |
| WR | Austin Mack (or) Binjimen Victor | - | - |
| WR | Johnnie Dixon (or) Terry McLaurin | - | - |
Defense
| Position | First team | Second team | Third team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | First team | Second team | Third team |
| DE | Tyquan Lewis (or) Nick Bosa | Jonathan Cooper | - |
| DT | Tracy Sprinkle | Robert Landers | Davon Hamilton |
| DT | Dre'mont Jones | Jashon Cornell | Haskell Garrett |
| DE | Sam Hubbard (or) Jalyn Holmes | Chase Young | - |
| LB | Dante Booker (or) Malik Harrison | Pete Werner | - |
| MLB | Chris Worley (or) Tuf Borland | Baron Browning | - |
| LB | Jerome Baker | Keandre Jones | Justin Hilliard |
| CB | Denzel Ward | Jeffrey Okudah | - |
| SAF | Damon Webb | Isaiah Pryor | - |
| SAF | Jordan Fuller (or) Erick Smith | Wayne Davis | - |
| CB | Damon Arnette (or) Kendall Sheffield | - | - |
Special Teams
| Position | First team | Second team | Third team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | First team | Second team | Third team |
| K | Sean Nuernberger | Blake Haubell | - |
| KO | Blake Haubell | Sean Nuernberger | - |
| P | Drue Chrisman | Sean Nuernberger | - |
| LS | Liam McCullough | - | - |
| H | Drue Chrisman | C.J. Saunders | - |
| PR | K.J. Hill | Demario McCall | Kendell Sheffield |
| KOR | Parris Campbell (or) Mike Weber | K.J. Hill | - |