One coach voted for Alabama. Another tabbed TCU. Maybe the outliers know something everyone else doesn’t, or maybe they were just contrarians. But the other 62 voters placed Ohio State atop their ballots for the preseason Amway Coaches Poll. And absolutely no one in the entire Associated Press Top 25 voting panel disagreed.
Less than a week from kickoff of the 2015 season, the overwhelming favorite to win the national championship is last season’s national champion. Ask around — almost anybody, almost anywhere but within the walls of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center — Ohio State looks as formidable as any defending champion in a long while.
The entire topic, along with the term “repeat” and its many variations, has been banned from conversation by Urban Meyer. That’s probably a good thing, because those two voters may have gotten it right.
The Buckeyes are unlikely to win it all. With the advent of the College Football Playoff, the entire process has grown exponentially more difficult for every team. No defending champion has ever had it tougher.
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