Poll Attacks: One AP voter has eight teams ranked ahead of Ohio State even though that makes no sense


The season remains young. Things could obviously change. But, at this moment, nobody has been more consistently impressive, and overwhelming, than Chris Holtmann’s Ohio State Buckeyes. They’re 9-0. But that doesn’t tell the whole story. Here’s the whole story: Ohio State is 9-0 with eight double-digit victories — among them a 25-point win over Villanova, a 25-point win over North Carolina and a 32-point win over Penn State. So that’s three wins by at least 25 points over schools currently ranked in the top 25 at KenPom. And, at the time the games were played, Villanova and UNC were in the top 10 of the AP poll — which means Ohio State is just the fourth team in AP poll history to own two wins over top-10 teams by at least 25 points in the same season. The three teams that previously did it each won a national title. So…

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