Ohio State won last season's national championship, is the favorite to do so again in 2015, and just might stand atop preseason, in-season and end-of-season polls for as long as Urban Meyer remains motivated to create a present-day dynasty at the flagship program in his home state.
Suffice it to say: With the Buckeyes leading the charge, the rest of college football no longer has the Big Ten Conference to kick around.
Jim Harbaugh is back at Michigan, where he once cockily guaranteed a rival victory against Ohio State — and delivered, by the way — and then, after a few seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, returned to the Football Bowl Subdivision with grand plans of remaking his alma mater into a national power.