The oldest of the Buckeyes sent Ohio State back to the Granddaddy of all bowls!

Devin Barclay, a 26-year-old former pro soccer player, kicked a 39-yard field goal in overtime to give No. 11 Ohio State a 27-24 victory Saturday over No. 10 Iowa and send the Buckeyes to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 13 years.

"None of our kids have gone to the Rose Bowl. I haven't been there in 25 years [since] I was an assistant coach in the 1985 Rose Bowl," coach Jim Tressel said. "There's nothing like it. It's a great feeling."

The Buckeyes (9-2, 6-1) clinched at least a share of their fifth consecutive Big Ten title and the conference's automatic BCS bid.

"It means everything to us," linebacker Austin Spitler said. "Senior day, we're going to remember this for the rest of our lives. This is a special moment."

Iowa (9-2, 5-2), which overcame a 24-10 deficit with just over 11 minutes left, lost its second in a row. Redshirt freshman quarterback James Vandenberg was solid for the Hawkeyes in his first college start. But filling in for the injured Ricky Stanzi -- who hurt his ankle in last week's upset loss to Northwestern -- Vandenberg was intercepted three times, the final time to end Iowa's only possession in overtime.

Brandon Saine rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns and Dan Herron added another score for the Buckeyes.

Iowa started overtime with an incompletion. Then freshman Adam Robinson was thrown for a 6-yard loss by Spitler, and Doug Worthington sacked Vandenberg for a 10-yard loss. Out of field goal range on fourth-and-26, Vandenberg then lofted a long pass into the end zone that was picked off by Anderson Russell.

The Buckeyes handled the ball with extra care -- just the way Tressel wanted. Three runs up the middle netted two yards. On came Barclay, the Buckeyes' front-line kicker since taking over after starter Aaron Pettrey injured a knee three games ago.

"We had so much confidence in Devin that we were going backwards to make his kick longer," Tressel cracked.

Still, Tressel admitted, he was on the headphones as Barclay made contact with the ball, telling the offensive coaches in the press box to have a play ready for the next possession in overtime in case Barclay missed.

Instead, his kick split the uprights, touching off a wild scene as thousands rushed the field.

"It's unbelievable. I'm speechless," said Barclay, a former Major League Soccer player who walked on for the Buckeyes. "The fourth quarter definitely made it interesting. I'm just glad we came out on top -- and now we're going to the Rose Bowl."

A cadre of state police surrounded the goal posts, preventing anyone from tearing them down. But that didn't prevent the frenzied crowd from mobbing the Buckeyes players, snapping pictures and joining the team in singing the alma mater.

The Buckeyes haven't been to Pasadena since the 1996 team finished No. 2 in the nation, scoring in the final minute to beat Arizona State 20-17 in the Rose Bowl.

Ohio State does not want to duplicate one aspect of that season, however -- those Buckeyes were perfect all year until losing 13-9 to Michigan in the regular-season finale. Ohio State plays at its archrival next Saturday.

Iowa, a 17-point underdog, overcame several dropped passes and other mistakes to tie it at 10 on Vandenberg's 9-yard slant pass to Marvin McNutt midway through the third period.

Coach Kirk Ferentz told his team earlier this week that it needed to play a perfect game to win.

"We didn't quite do it," he said. "Maybe if we had, we might have won. This was a heck of a challenge."

The Buckeyes counter-punched, putting together a 79-yard drive. Terrelle Pryor -- who completed 14 of 17 passes for 93 yards and ran for 29 more yards -- engineered a march that resulted in Herron taking a direct snap and sweeping right, stiff-arming Brett Greenwood and then turning the corner for the go-ahead score with 13:03 left.

Vandenberg then tossed his second interception, picked off by Ross Homan. On the first play from the Iowa 49, Saine took the ball on a quick-hitter off left tackle and outraced everyone for a 24-10 lead.

The 14-point margin was short-lived, however. Derrell Johnson-Koulianos dropped the ensuing kickoff, picked it up, shed a tackle and raced to the right sideline where he sidestepped another potential tackler before sprinting 99 yards for the fourth-longest return in Iowa history.

Barclay missed a 47-yard field goal that might have salted it away, and Vandenberg made several big plays on the next drive -- after Brian Rolle's interception return for a touchdown was wiped out by an Ohio State offside penalty.

Vandenberg, who completed 20 of 33 passes for 233 yards and two scores, then threw a pass directly to two Buckeyes but it popped up in the air and tight end Tony Moeaki quickly grabbed it for a 16-yard pickup.

Vandenberg flipped a high pass into the end zone where McNutt pulled it in with two hands over defender Chimdi Chekwa to tie it at 24.

"Man, this was great," Ohio State offensive lineman Jim Cordle said. "I'm bruised. I'm battered. But we're victorious, man. We did it."

OHIO STATE POSTGAME NOTES
• With the win, Ohio State clinches its fifth-consecutive Big Ten championship. Ohio State won six in a row from 1972-77.
• Jim Tressel is 25-4 in November games at Ohio State.
• In home finales, Ohio State is 73-44 all-time.
• Jim Tressel is 5-1 in overtime games. The last home overtime game was vs. No. 24 NC State Sept. 13, 2003, a 44-38 triple-overtime win. The last away overtime game was at Northwestern, a 27-23 loss, Sept. 18, 2004.
• Ohio State is 36-13 against ranked teams under Jim Tressel.
• Ohio State is 817-308-53 in its 120th season of play. The win total ranks fifth all-time among FBS schools.
• Ohio State's all-time Big Ten record now stands at 456-190-28, which is the best percentage of any Big Ten school.
• Jim Tressel's record with the Buckeyes is 92-21 and his career record is 227-78-2. Tressel's 227 victories rank fourth among active FBS coaches.
• The Buckeyes are 431-131-14 all-time as a Top 25 team.
• Jim Tressel is now 80-6 when leading/tied at the half and 85-6 when leading/tied going into the fourth quarter in his Ohio State career.
• The Buckeyes have won 85 games since the start of the 2002 season, the fourth best among FBS schools during that span.

SERIES NOTES• Saturday was the 62nd meeting all-time between Ohio State and Iowa.
• Ohio State leads the all-time series, 45-14-3.
• Ohio State has won the last three and 11 of the last 12.
• Iowa has not won in Columbus since Nov. 2, 1991.

OFFENSIVE NOTES
• The Buckeyes have totaled seven team rushing performances for at least 200 yards this season. They had seven in 2008, the most under Jim Tressel.
• Terrelle Pryor went over 3,000 yards passing. He entered the game with 2,979 yards and finished with 93 on the day. He passed Todd Boeckman (3,085 yards) for 10th on the all-time list.
• Terrelle Pryor is 17-3 as Ohio State's starting quarterback (note: Pryor did not start at QB in the 2009 Fiesta Bowl).
• With 122 yards of total offense, Terrelle Pryor passed Cornelius Green (4,414) for 10th place on Ohio State's all-time list with (4,214 going into Saturday).
• Freshman offensive lineman Marcus Hall made his first career start right tackle.

DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Ohio State came into the game averaging a nation's best 6.0 three-and-outs per game and recorded two more today. They have totaled 62 through 11 games.
• Ohio State has allowed only seven 100-yard rushers since the start of the 2005 season (63 games). That mark is the best among FBS schools during that span.
• Ohio State has not allowed a 100-yard rusher over its past 20 games, the second-longest streak in the nation. Alabama is first at 27 games.
• Ohio State's defense has allowed just 10 touchdowns over its past 39 quarters of play.
• Senior Anderson Russell intercepted his second pass of the season and the fifth of his career in the third quarter.
• For the second consecutive game, senior Ross Homan recorded an interception. It also was his fourth of the season and fifth of his career.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES• Junior kicker Devin Barclay kicked his third career field goal in the second quarter, a 30-yarder, after a season-long scoring drive of 17 plays, 73 yards with 8:45 off the clock. Barclay went on to kick the gamewinning field goal in overtime, a 39-yarder.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES• Ohio State's fourth captain was senior offensive lineman Jim Cordle.
• Ohio State's honorary captain was former Ohio State All-American offensive tackle, No. 74, John Hicks (1970-72-73).
• Nineteen (19) Ohio State seniors played their final game in Ohio Stadium Saturday.