The Ohio State football program is coming off two straight losses to Michigan and a heartwrenching loss to Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in the College Football Playoff. Seemingly everyone with a keyboard and half a brain believes the Buckeyes have been surpassed by the Wolverines as the best team in the Big Ten.
Over the last couple of years, it would be hard to argue the point because Michigan has put its foot on the throat on the Scarlet and Gray’s intentions of winning the Big Ten.
However, there’s no denying the fact that Ohio State still has the talent to beat and contend with anyone, including Michigan, Georgia, Alabama and anyone else. In fact, the latest ESPN FPI has OSU as the No. 1 team.
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But there’s another ESPN ranking that we like to follow closely, and it has a little different take on where the Buckeyes are in the 2023 college football landscape after the conclusion of spring.
Here’s an updated top 25 ranking of ESPN’s college football power rankings after all the spring games and practices concluded.