No. 3 Ohio State showed it has what's nece Orlando Cepeda Jersey sary to win the Big Ten championship.The Buckeyes used the same all-weather formula to beat yet another ranked Big Ten foe in a 42-35 victory against No. 9 Indiana on Saturday. However, the Hoosiers rallied in the second half and exposed what could be Ohio State's undoing if it isn't fixed before the Big Ten championship and College Football Playoff.MORE: Ohio State (4-0, 4-0 Big Ten) can run the ball and stop the run. The Buckeyes can pa s, too but can they stop the pa s? It is that simple moving forward. Indiana (4-1, 4-1 Big Ten) left that cliffhanger out there after quarterback Michael Penix Jr. finished 27 of 51 pa sing for 491 yards and five touchdowns while leading an impre sive second-half comeback.The Hoosiers had opportunities to win the game. Ty Fryfogle (7 catches, 218 yards, three touchdowns) dropped a fourth-and-2 pa s in the first quarter. David Ellis fumbled in the red zone in the second quarter. Penix threw a pick-six to Shaun Wade in the third quarter. Indiana can lament mi sed opportunities and still work toward a potential New Year's Day 6 berth.The Buckeyes have national championship aspirations, however, and that path remains open despite the clean-up Greg Maddux Jersey needed. Heisman Trophy contender Justin Fields (18 of 30, 300 yards, two touchdowns, three interceptions) matched his interception total for his career in the victory. Fields threw two first-quarter picks and took two sacks, but some of those struggles can be attributed to getting away from what worked in the first half.Ohio State built a 28-7 lead with a dominant running game. Master Teague scored on a 41-yard touchdown run, then added a 2-yard touchdown run on the next po se sion. Fields spun out of a sack and dashed for a 9-yard touchdown with 17 seconds left in the half. Teague (26 carries, 169 yards), Fields (15 carries, 78 yards) and Trey Sermon (9 carries, 60 yards) led a rushing attack that had 23 rushing attempts for 196 yards by halftime. Ohio State finished with 50 carries for 307 rushing yards.The le son? The Buckeyes can win the Big Ten championship with this rushing attack. Indiana, which rushed 16 times for negative yardage, might have been able to steal this top-10 showdown with a better running game.So, what about the pa s defense? That's going to be the subject of criticism this week. Ohio State allowed six pa s plays of 25 yards or more in the victory, including four pa s plays of David Justice Jersey 50 yards or more. Those coverage breakdowns led to 28 second-half points for the Hoosiers.That might not matter through the rest of the Big Ten regular season against Illinois, Michigan State and Michigan, but the Big Ten West champion which could be Wisconsin and quarterback Graham Mertz can expose that. So can the College Football Playoff contenders, which will feature Heisman Trophy-level quarterbacks acro s the board.The good news? Ohio State has time to fix that. The defense did shut down the Hoosiers on two potential game-tying drives. The Buckeyes improved to 14-0 against ranked Big Ten teams since second-year coach Ryan Day joined Urban Meyer's staff as an a sistant R.A. Dickey Jersey in 2017. That's part of an 18-game winning streak against ranked conference opponents since the 17-14 lo s to No. 9 Michigan State on Nov. 21, 2015.Other contenders will follow Indiana's blueprint with better rushing attacks to support it. Now, it's on Ohio State to at least slow down the pa s if it wants to win its first national championship since 2014.Ohio State vs. Ranked Big Ten teamsDateTeamScoreOpponentScoreNov. 28, 2015No. 8 Ohio State42No. 12 Michigan13Oct. 15, 2016No. 2 Ohio State30No. 8 Wisconsin23Nov. 5, 2016No. 6 Ohio State62No. 9 Ohio State3Nov. 26, 2016No. 2 Ohio State30No. 3 Michigan27Oct. 28, 2017No. 6 Ohio State39No. 2 Penn State38Nov. 11, 2017No. Deion Sanders Jersey 11 Ohio State48No. 13 Michigan State3Dec. 2, 2017No. 8 Ohio State27No. 3 Wisconsin21Sept. 29, 2018No. 4 Ohio State27No. 9 Penn State26Nov. 10, 2018No. 8 Ohio State26No. 24 Michigan State6Nov. 24, 2018No. 10 Ohio State62No. 4 Michigan39Dec. 1, 2018No. 6 Ohio State45No. 21 Northwestern24Oct. 5, 2019No. 4 Ohio State34No. 25 Michigan State10Oct. 26, 2019No. 3 Ohio State38No. 13 Wisconsin7Nov. 23, 2019No. 2 Ohio State28No. 9 Penn State17Nov. 30, 2019No. 2 Ohio State56No. 10 Michigan27Dec. 7, 2019No. 2 Ohio State34No. 10 Wisconsin21Oct. 31, 2020No. 3 Ohio State49No. 18 Penn State27Nov. 21, 2020No. 3 Ohio State42No. 9 Indiana35