Even though Ohio State is a perfect 10-0 in 2013, the Buckeyes remain No. 3 in the BCS Bowl rankings and appear to be out of the picture for an appearance in the BCS Championship game in January.
The Buckeyes are 22-0 over the past two seasons under head coach Urban Meyer. With a career record of 127-23, Meyer has been successful at every stop. He began his collegiate head coaching career at Bowling Green State University, moved on to Utah and won two national championships at Florida in 2006 and 2008. He has yet to lose a single game at OSU but does not have any hardware to put in the Ohio State trophy case to prove it.
Last year the Buckeyes went 12-0 but were ineligible to play for the Big Ten championship or in the national championship game due to self-imposed sanctions and stayed home during the bowl season.
The undefeated Buckeyes are ranked third behind two other undefeated teams, Alabama and Florida State.
Alabama, under head coach Nick Saban, has won the NCAA Division I National Championship three of the last four years. Florida State’s young quarterback, Jameis Winston is all the rage among college football media and may keep Ohio State out of the national championship game again this year.
The Big Ten has an image problem. Its record in bowl games over the past several years is abysmal, and when its members play good teams outside the league early in the season, they lose.
Although Ohio State has not helped itself by playing a relatively weak…
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