Winning a national title doesn’t always go to the best team in college football. Nobody’s arguing that any national titles should be taken away from teams that did what they needed to hoist the trophy, but sometimes a break here, a call there, or a day in which things don’t go right can leave a team with all kinds of talent left out of all the fun.
What if?
ESPN compiled a list of the top 25 teams in college football history to not have won a national championship, and Ohio State has two teams that appear on the list. The 1973 team that engaged in the infamous tie with Michigan at the end of the year is listed, and so too is the Buckeyes’ squad from last season that set all kinds of metrics records.
Ohio State highly ranked in Pro Football Focus' early top 25 https://t.co/nbiVrec5il
— Buckeyes Wire (@BuckeyesWire) May 25, 2020
But where does Bill Connelly of ESPN rank each team, and where does he have them on the list of the top 25? The top four of all-time include 1983 Nebraska, 1987 and 1986 Oklahoma, and the top team — Ole Miss from 1959.