It was an instant classic as Ohio State faced its first big challenge of the 2023 season. A road game at night against a top-10 Notre Dame team lived up to the hype as the Buckeyes needed every second on the clock to pull out the victory.
It was a game in which new Buckeye quarterback Kyle McCord can build upon with his clutch play down the stretch.
But was it enough to get the attention of the talking heads? It wasn’t a dominating performance but a win on the road has to be worth something, doesn’t it? Well, Joel Klatt seemed to like what he witnessed and gave OSU a boost in his personal rankings. There are, of course, the usual suspects that Klatt has thought fondly of like Georgia, Michigan, Texas, and Florida State, but the Buckeyes are making a move.
Let’s take a look at how the Fox college football analyst sees things after a weekend full of ranked matchups.