It’s no secret that the Ohio State defense was the Achilles heel of the team last year, a reason the Buckeyes got sunburned near South Beach in the College Football Playoff national championship game vs. Alabama. © File photo Ohio State football’s defense for the next three years ranked by ESPN Afterward, head coach Ryan Day said the coaching staff would be emphasizing improvement on that side of the ball, and rightfully so. The porous and charitable defense was simply not up to Buckeye standards. So, what about that future? Believe it or not, ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg has been rolling out projections of programs’ expected production over the next three years, and the latest is a top 25 ranking of defenses (subscription required) over that time in college football. It takes things into account like recruiting, returning production, historical numbers, etc. So where does Ohio State land? Well, we can…
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