After all, the state of Ohio has had a very successful year. Yes, the measuring stick involves winning a Big Ten championship (checking), making the college football playoff (checking) and winning a national championship (doh), but seeing as how Buckeyes shouldn’t even have played, we’ll all take him.
It could have been a very special year if Ohio hadn’t faced an absolute buzz in the Miami National Championship game against Alabama. The Bucks were abbreviated, but even with a full range of players, OSU was very unlikely to beat one of the best college football teams I have ever seen playing in person.
That being said, the latest S&P rankings have come out and we don’t have to tell you who is number 1, which belongs to the Crimson Sea by a wide margin. However, things were much closer behind this. So where did Ohio State end up when it came to ranking a team’s strength and a team’s predictive measure in the future? Well, we’re glad you asked.