College football wouldn’t be college football without our week-to-week knee-jerk reactions, and through eight games Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has heard just about all of them. Depending on the week, he found himself coaching a team that was starting the wrong quarterback, or had a problem on its offensive line, or had a problem with its receiving corps, or couldn’t figure out its play-calling system, or was giving up too many big plays. … you name the critique. Yet here we are, two-thirds of the way through its schedule, and the nation’s No. 1 team sits exactly where it started the year. The Buckeyes have yet to lose a game and have now won its last three by scores of 49-28 (Maryland), 38-10 (Penn State) and 49-7 (at Rutgers). “I’ve been down this road before where the expectation level is over the top,” Meyer — referencing his 2009 Florida team — told FOX Sports on Sunday. “All I care about is getting better each week. We haven’t played perfectly, but not a lot of people out there have.” He’s right about that. Next week, the College Football Playoff selection committee will convene for the first time to rank a 2015 field littered with flawed teams. But like Ohio State, many of those same teams just keep winning. Even with Florida State (against Georgia Tech) and Utah (against USC) suffering their first losses Saturday, FBS still boasts 12 undefeated teams, including eight among the Power 5 conferences. …
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