Rejoice Ohio State fans because the Buckeyes are your No. 1 team in the initial release of the College Football Rankings. The committee was impressed with the Buckeyes’ résumé and body of work compared with the other unbeaten Power Five teams (Florida State, Georgia, Michigan and Washington) to have OSU on top as it stands today.
After each rankings release by the committee, the executive chair, Bill Hancock, and the committee chair, Boo Corrigan (on Halloween night no less), spend some time on a conference call to talk to media members and field questions about what into ranking the teams. We like to join in.
We are especially interested in what the committee has to say about Ohio State, so we pull out those comments and share them with you so you can get a bit of a peek into what went into the conversation surrounding OSU in the room.
Here’s everything the College Football Playoff committee said about Ohio State after the release of the initial rankings.