The Ohio State Buckeyes are undoubtedly a good team, the Big Ten favorite, and undefeated. They are currently ranked third in the College Football Playoff, exactly where they were last year when they went on a run to win the national title. Do the Buckeyes deserve to be there? After all, they haven’t beat a top 25 team this year, they seem to struggle on a weekly basis, and their quarterbacks haven’t performed like they did last year.
When the playoff committee meets to compile the top 25, they aren’t supposed to look at last year.