Why Isn’t Ohio State in the Top 2? Just Take a Look at Week 12 in the Big Ten

Ohio State has won 22 games in a row and is averaging nearly 50 points a game, but it still can’t crack the top two in the BCS Standings.

A resume that reads like the Buckeyes’ does would normally be enough to be one of the teams set to make the BCS National Championship Game.

So why can’t OSU break into the top two spots? Week 12 of Big Ten action should be the only answer you need.

It was as brutal a slate as we’ve seen in the conference in a long time. Sure, Ohio State has to play Illinois and Wisconsin has to play Indiana, but on the same weekend?

Unfortunately, Week 12 has happened far too often this season in the Big Ten and the conference is in danger of becoming irrelevant down the stretch—just when Ohio State could use some help and some eyeballs tuning in too.

Last weekend, Michigan versus Northwestern was supposed to be a Top 25 matchup, but both teams have fallen on some hard times in conference play and the game was a brutal field-goal fest until overtime.

The only saving grace was a battle for the Legends Division title between Michigan State and Nebraska. But even that turned into a disastrous matchup, thanks to a comedy of errors by the Huskers.

For nearly the last month, the Big Ten has failed to produce a game that anyone, outside of the fanbases of the teams involved, cares about.

Wisconsin hasn’t seen a ranked opponent since Northwestern came to town on October 12 and will see just its third ranked opponent this weekend when it…

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