COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The path to the Big Ten Championship Game has already been paved : Ohio State and Indiana just have to walk it without any slip-ups.

But a conference trophy might not be the only thing on the line.

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza and Ohio State’s Julian Sayin can use a Dec. 6 game in Indianapolis to decide the winner of college football’s most prestigious award.

They’re the quarterbacks of the nation’s top two teams and could spend the next month running through the rest of their Big Ten schedules. Regardless of what would happen in that game, a College Football Playoff spot will have already been clinched.

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