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October 21, 20132013 Cleveland Indians Power Rankings
October 21, 2013The season debut of the BCS rankings was revealed last night, and the Ohio State Buckeyes (7-0) are fourth behind Alabama, Florida State and Oregon.
If there was a surprise in the rankings, it may have been Florida State edging out Oregon for the second spot. The Seminoles beat previously undefeated Clemson 51-14 on Saturday night. Clemson and Stanford are the only teams in the top ten with a loss.
Missouri beat Georgia and Florida in consecutive weeks by a combined 34 points. Miami plays Florida State in two weeks. Oregon plays UCLA and Stanford.
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That’s a big dropoff from #4 to #5. Look at the numbers…there’s a smaller drop off between #1 and #4 (294 points) than between us and Mizzo (295.) This surprises me…because I really think that the Buckeye’s are overrated (mostly because I am completely unimpressed with our defense.)
The Buckeyes’ #4 ranking here feels right to me. I think they’d be more likely to lose than not to the 3 teams above them. Bottom line – the Big 10 is so weak that there’s no way the Buckeyes are going to the title game unless 2 of the 3 teams in front of them lose. Stanford still will have to play Oregon, which is probably best chance for Ducks loss. Florida St, which looked dominant on Saturday has Miami and Florida and then an ACC title game matchup likely with Virginia Tech or Miami. Alabama still has LSU and a frisky Auburn team and the SEC title game. Should be an interesting finish.
Ohio State is going to need some help. They don’t deserve to be in the title game game unless 2 of the top 3 teams lose.
Well we are in the race for sure, so that’s a positive. Yet I can’t help thinking that the Buckeyes would get run off the field by any of the other teams in the top five. We have yet to play four solid quarters of football in a game this season.
alot of season left to go, but I think you need to say 3 of the top5 (adding in Mizzou). good thing is that Mizzou&Bama cannot both go undefeated.
Oregon has 4 possible pitfalls left (really tough end schedule). UCLA, Stanford, Oregon State, Pac12 champ game.
FSU not as much. Miami, Florida, and ACC champ game. They could stumble, but not if they play like they have against Maryland & Clemson.
I think with a healthy dose of Carlos Hyde and some timely runs and throws from Braxton our offense would do fine against most of the teams ahead of us.
Our defense on the other hand would probably get smoked by anyone in the top 15. Time for some of these young defensive “studs” to stop resting on their individual and recruiting accolades and start making some plays.
Even if 2 of top 3 lose I have a hard time saying Ohio State belongs and that is based on who and how they have played.
Agreed the defense is definitely the weakness but they are incredibly young plus missing Bryant. Roby needs to forget the hype just practice, learn and play.
I agree with this. If Oregon loses a close, tough game against Stanford, I still pick them over Ohio State. I’m not being a hater; I don’t even necessarily blame OSU for this. It’s more pointing out how crappy the Big Ten is and thus wondering if we have a true measuring stick for how good the Buckeyes really are. For example, through no fault of their own, that close win at Northwestern suddenly looks a lot less impressive.
So where’s the uptick man?
The scary thing, at least for the Big 10, is when the full Urban Meyer effect takes over completely. Just wait until his current crop develops and are joined by the next wave. I think that is when you will see the Buckeyes be even more dominant and be a national story. At least I hope so anyways because I’d love to see a non-SEC team be relevant again.
They’re lucky they are that high with the way they played the past 2 games.
last I checked Oregon nor FSU were in the SEC. they are both pretty dang relevant this year.
Last I checked FSU hasn’t been relevant in almost a decade. Oregon has been around but lets face it the SEC has dominated just add up the National Championships.
you said you were hoping for a non-SEC team to be relevant. is the only way to be relevant to win the whole thing?
Oregon has not only “been around” but they lost their nat’l title shot by a late FG against Cam’s Tigers. Pretty relevant.
And, FSU hasn’t been all that relevant, but Winston changes that status now (see: last year A&M w/ Manziel).
VaTech & Oklahoma are in the top15. Outside of them, yeah our defense would be in trouble unless they improve mightily.