No. 3 – Ohio State?
What We Say
The more and more we look at the makeup of this roster, the more we are starting to believe in folks sleeping on this Ohio State team. With the offensive line and skill position players on that side of the ball, it’s going to be hard for opposing defenses to get enough stops to hang with the Buckeyes, even with a new quarterback running the show.
And while there are some concerns in the secondary, the defensive line might be able to make up for any shortcomings with guys like Haskell Garrett, Taron Vincent, Tyreke Smith, Zach Harrison, and Jack Sawyer wreaking havoc in the trenches. If all of those guys have the years we expect, that’s going to be a game-wrecking crew.
In fact, we like The Sporting News’ rankings so much, we have the Buckeyes around the same spot in our own way-too-early-rankings.
Head on over to the next page to see the complete preseason college football rankings from The Sporting News.