It may have taken eight weeks, but No. 1 Ohio State is finally starting to look like the dominant team and College Football Playoff favorite that everyone expected to see during the preseason.
The Buckeyes, fresh off a 49-7 rout of Rutgers on Saturday, enter their bye week with few questions to answer.
Head coach Urban Meyer has featured J.T. Barrett in the offense over the last three weeks, and the results have been convincing. The redshirt sophomore scored 12 total touchdowns against Maryland, Penn State and Rutgers—games that Ohio State won by an average of 30.