Where Should Ohio State Be Ranked Now (11/24/2012)?

[FireRescue2]

I guess what bothers me most about this whole thing is that if they were ranked #2 at the end of the year (Youd have to think so if they won the B1G championship game)

We'd be playing ND in the national championship... how awesome would that have been to get them? Figures that would be a highly anticipated game like always

But oh well Ill be playing this game in my head for months...

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

Could be an interesting scenario...
be in the #2 slot for now
ND will lose to either Bama or Georgia
which should land us in the #1 slot

 

[WoodyWorshiper]

This. I don't give a [Mark May] about "weak B1G" or "S-E-C! S-E-C!" We're one of only two major undefeated teams in FBS. Notre Dame has earned their #1 ranking, but we've earned the #2 ranking.

Exactly what I was thinking. When you are one of two undefeateds in College Football and your name is "Ohio State" you SHOULD be ranked no lower then #2. The way I read this post, that's what the author was asking for, not a pecking order of who you think is the best, better, or whatever team.

You play the games and take care of your business and thats what its all about. Notre Dame is a missed chip-shot field goal by Kevin Harper away from being nowhere in the discussion. We're a Kenny Guiton miracle comeback away from being out of the top ten or possibly worse. In the course of a football season, being lucky is right up, there with being great. Rewind back to the 2002 season where a National Championship season could as easily been a 9-5 clunker.

Do I think Notre Dame and Ohio State are the two best in the country? Nope.
But, based on their accomplishments, #1 and #2 are where they should be.

Peace

 

[Jake]

The whole poll thing is subjective anyway, so why not #1?

Notre Dame was flat out rescued by a terrible 4th down PI call versus Pitt, and then a blown FG in an OT that should've never happened. Stanford, BYU, shit BC hung around with them. They beat scUM, Sparty and Purdue - so did we. We blew out 10-2 Nebraska. They beat 7-5 USC without Barkley.

Fuck it, we can argue for #1 as much as anyone else. Unfortunately, most of America doesn't even know we exist this season.

 

[exhawg]

I think if OSU was eligible and won the B1G championship game they would get into the BCS game at 13-0 over a 12-1 Bama. Even in a weak B1G you have to reward perfection. 2 other teams were good enough to beat A&M, but Bama couldn't. That doesn't mean that Bama wouldn't murder OSU if they played. I guess we'll see how they do against Georgia and ND.

I'm actually not too heartbroken about missing out on a bowl this year although a matchup with ND or the Ducks would have been nice. I hate to say it, but I'm glad they don't have to worry about facing an SEC power team until next year to give the coaches another year to coach up the players and bring in more playmakers on both sides of the ball. I'm really hoping for Bama to set back ND's return to glory a decade.

 

[buckeyesin07]

2nd. Only one quality win and they've looked awful on multiple occasions, but they're undefeated and I think they would beat Nebraska again next week.

Alabama will be 1-1 against ranked teams if Michigan drops out this week. Their win coming against a team with a junior college offense that they needed Les Miles reverse-mad-hattery and a perfectly timed screen to pull off. They sure know how to beat the [Mark May] out of patsies though!

Florida has good wins against LSU, South Carolina, and Florida State. They also looked like [Mark May] against Bowling Green, UL-Lafayette, and Missouri and won't win their division.

Georgia beat Florida and also lost a game by four touchdowns.

I can't argue with anything here. Alabama, Florida and Georgia each have blemishes too, plus they (unlike OSU) have each lost a game.

I'd rank ND ahead of OSU for better quality wins (at Oklahoma is more impressive than anything OSU has done all year).

 

[buckeyesin07]

The whole poll thing is subjective anyway, so why not #1?

Notre Dame was flat out rescued by a terrible 4th down PI call versus Pitt, and then a blown FG in an OT that should've never happened. Stanford, BYU, [Mark May] BC hung around with them. They beat scUM, Sparty and Purdue - so did we. We blew out 10-2 Nebraska. They beat 7-5 USC without Barkley.

[censored] it, we can argue for #1 as much as anyone else. Unfortunately, most of America doesn't even know we exist this season.

ND's horrible game against a horrible opponent (Pitt) wasn't any worse than OSU's horrible game against a horrible opponent (Purdue), IMO. I guess I'd give ND the nod over OSU if I'm being perfectly honest because I think winning @ Oklahoma (currently ranked #12) and beating Stanford (currently ranked #8) (even if on a BS non-TD call to end it) are both better wins, IMO, than OSU's best win (beating Nebraska (currently ranked #14) at home). OSU's next best win (against #21 scUM) is against a team that ND also beat at home, so that's a wash.

 

[maximumblitz]

tOSU very quietly moved up to third in the AP poll. It aint first, but hey, it is higher than fourth, higher than fifth.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/polls/ap/?eref=sinav

 

[BuckeyeSoldier]

Should we set up a v-bet for how many first place votes we get in the AP poll when ND loses?

 

[Mike80]

Should we set up a v-bet for how many first place votes we get in the AP poll when ND loses?

I'm not convinced (yet) that ND is going to lose to Alabama....

 

[MaxBuck]

I'm not convinced (yet) that ND is going to lose to Alabama....

Oddly enough, I agree. :cheers:

 

[FerrariEnzo]

3rd or 4th