No. 3 – Ohio State, 90.5 points
What Bill Bender says
“The Buckeyes have put together an amazing eight-year stretch with Urban Meyer and Ryan Day. Ohio State has lost just one Big Ten home game in that stretch; a loss to Michigan State that prevented a Playoff run in 2015. The Buckeyes have the second-best winning percentage with the third-most draft picks in the past 10 seasons. The beat goes on in Columbus as Ohio State looks for a fourth straight Big Ten title in 2020.”
You can probably guess the two programs that finished ahead of Ohio State. It’s none other than Alabama at No. 1 (166 points), and Clemson at No. 2 (122). I don’t know that I’d have this much separation between these three programs, but at least Bender tried to look at it objectively using things that have substance.
Now, for the rest of the top 25 and points. Where is Michigan? Did it finish ahead of Penn State or Wisconsin?