All Ohio State has to do is win its last two games.

With the Buckeyes 10-6 win over the Purdue Boilermakers Saturday coupled with an Oklahoma loss to Texas A&M, OSU moved in to the No. 2 spot in both the Associated Press and coaches’ polls behind undefeated Miami.

The win also put OSU into the No. 1 spot in the Bowl Championship Series. This is the first time since 1998 that the Buckeyes held the No. 1 spot in the BCS. If the Buckeyes beat Illinois next week and Michigan the week after, they will hold one of the top two spots in the BCS and the right to go to Tempe, Ariz. for the national championship game.

“I am proud of what this team has accomplished so far this year,” said OSUfootball coach Jim Tressel. “We have won a number of tough football games. This week, we have another very difficult challenge at Illinois. That is where our focus is.”

Trailing Purdue 3-6 late in the fourth quarter, Tressel used unconventional Buckeye play-calling to secure the 11-0 season and a possible berth to the Fiesta Bowl.

On fourth and one, OSU quarterback junior Craig Krenzel took the snap and threw a 37-yard bomb to junior wide receiver Michael Jenkins, who had beaten Purdue cornerback Antwan Rogers for the game-winning touchdown.

“It was fourth and one, and I think they thought we were going to run the ball and try to get the first down and keep the ball moving,” Krenzel said.

The drive that provided that game-winning touchdown began at the Purdue 46 and after a sack by Boilermaker Vedran Dzolovic for a four-yard loss and an incomplete pass to junior tight end Ben Hartsock; the Buckeyes were looking at third and fourteen from midfield. Then Krenzel threw a 13-yard pass to Hartsock along the left sideline to set up the fourth and one.

Although OSU had two time outs remaining, the coaches decided against using one and quickly called in the pass play.

“Sometimes when you give us coaches a chance to think we foul things up. So, I’m not sure we would have called anything different,” Tressel said.

The play was relayed into Krenzel who called it at the line of scrimmage to save a little time.

“It was a route that had all the components we needed. It had a quick throw for the first, it had some dump-offs that could have gotten us the first and it also had the big play potential,” Tressel said.

Jenkins definitely found that potential when he recognized the man-to-man coverage the Purdue defense was using.

“I was supposed to have a post towards the middle of the field. But, the guy pressed me and I was able to beat him off the line, so I took off. Then Craig saw me, and he was able to make a throw,” Jenkins said. “He threw it in the perfect spot, and I just had to run under it.”

He did just that as he caught the ball at the goal line and allowed his momentum to carry him into the end zone.

“Jenkins is a big play guy. We like to get him the ball. That is just the way he is – he comes up big when we call his number,” Tressel said.

Krenzel almost did not get the throw off as the Boilermaker defense was plowing its way towards the OSU signal caller.

“I saw Mike running up the field and I glanced back to see if Craig was still alive. He was sliding up in the pocket and made a big throw,” Tressel said. “He threw a bomb, but it was only 37 yards.”

Krenzel is 12-1 as the starter of the Buckeyes. He had been pressured to perform in the past four games as tailback Maurice Clarett, the team’s top offensive performer, has been sidelined with a nerve injury.

“Craig is the leader of our offense, and he showed that today,” Jenkins said.