Finally, mercifully, we are officially in game week mode for Ohio State football. After a start, stop, then start again offseason, we’ve finally got a full slate of Big Ten games on tap for this weekend.
And while Ohio State should have a whale of a team this year, the national media has been on a kind of wait and see mode with the Buckeyes, all while Alabama and Clemson look like Alabama and Clemson yet again.
ESPN’s Chris Low has been publishing his weekly college football Power Rankings throughout the season, and so far he’s had the Buckeyes up in the top five without seeing any product on the field. That continued after week seven of the college football schedule, but OSU even moved up a spot with the Georgia loss (I know, shocking).
Now, instead of Ohio State appearing at No. 4, Low has the Buckeyes just behind the Tigers and Tide and No. 3, sitting in the waiting room, just looking to make a statement.
Behind those three, rounding out the top ten include Georgia (4), Penn State (5), Notre Dame (6), Oklahoma State (7), Cincinnati (8), BYU (9), and Oregon (10).
We’ve been high on this Buckeye squad since the offseason and expect it to come out swinging on Saturday against Nebraska. After that, we’ll see where Low has OSU going into next week and beyond.
For now, though, here’s what Low says about Ohio State.