Players and staff members shuffle out of the Oregon football locker room and collect pre-prepared meals as coach Dan Lanning and athletic director Rob Mullens pull up on a golf cart. Both are silent.

The Ducks were no match for the Buckeyes in a 41-21 loss in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals, and an unbeaten season ended with a somber locker room.

Ohio State stormed out to a 34-point lead and led undefeated Oregon 34-8 at halftime of a Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl.

If Wednesday night was any indication, the College Football Playoff might already be decided, and the Ohio State Buckeyes are going to have everyone else playing for second this season. Ryan Day's team came out and looked every bit the national championship favorites against the number one-ranked team in all of college football,

• Oregon crushed by Ohio State, ending No. 1 Ducks’ season: Previously undefeated Oregon (13-1), which prides itself in physicality and mental toughness, was punched in the mouth from the start as 90,732 attended the 111th Rose Bowl.

The rematch of college football's game of the regular season failed to live up to the hype as No. 8 seed Ohio State took out its pent-up frustrations on top seed Oregon in a 41-21 victory in the Rose Bowl quarterfinal of the College Football Playoff.

Ohio State basked in the glow of the postgame celebrations after trouncing Oregon in the Rose Bowl quarterfinal, but the Buckeyes’ star quarterback wasn’t among

Ohio State matchup may cause the league to push for future seeding that doesn't prioritize conference championships.

Ohio State is set for revenge. The Buckeyes have surged to a 31-0 lead in the first half of Wednesday’s Rose Bowl with Oregon. The first time the schools met in October, the Ducks came away with a one-point victory. In Pasadena, Oregon had no answers for Chip Kelly’s offensive game plan. Ohio State was scoring anywhere and everywhere.

Ohio State roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 41-21 rout of top-seeded Oregon in the 111th Rose Bowl on Wednesday night.

The week of Rose Bowl festivities for Ohio State and Oregon has been scaled back as part of the expanded College Football Playoff.