We don’t have to tell you that the Ohio State football program is at some pretty tall heights at the moment. The Buckeyes are included in just a handful of teams that seem to be in the picture for a run at the College Football Playoff almost yearly. The Buckeyes have also won four-straight Big Ten titles, so there’s that too.
However, that doesn’t always mean things will click without a little adversity, especially in a year when Ohio State loses its starting quarterback and other key members to graduation and the NFL.
ESPN released a very early look ahead to the 2021 college football season just after the national championship game and had OSU among the top four teams once again. But wait, these things change, and that’s exactly what happened with the worldwide leader’s latest, revised look at the power rankings after the completion of spring.
Instead of being in the top four, the Buckeyes have dropped. But why? What does ESPN’s Mark Schlabach say about OSU this time around, months ahead of the start of the season?