The Ohio State football program has eight national championships to its credit. It gets tricky when you count how many different organizations recognize a national title, but eight is the generally accepted number.
However, there are several other teams that were good enough to take home the ultimate prize but didn’t because of one bad game, an unlucky break or two, or other unrealized potential. You could make the argument that some teams that didn’t win the national championship were better collectively than some that did.
ESPN has tackled that theme and ranked the top 50 college football teams not to win a national championship, and two OSU teams made the list. We think there’s a glaring omission, but we’ll get to that later.
For now, you can take a look at the complete list for yourself by visiting ESPN.com and enjoying the memories (subscription required). For now though, here are the two Buckeye teams Bill Connelly highlighted.