We are getting closer and closer to the first college football playoff ranking in just about a week. Ohio State seems to be sitting in a good spot currently, but a tough road test with Penn State awaits this week.
As he does each week, Kirk Herbstreit has ranked the top four teams he sees as the best in the country as of right now and the first two that would be out if the season ended today.
Herbie still likes the Buckeyes, despite a slow start against Iowa. But maybe it was the fact that even though the offense seemed to be out of sync early on, the defense was able to carry the load. It’s been a while since we’ve seen that out of the OSU defense and it was refreshing.
Let’s take a look and see where Herbstreit ranks his top six.