COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s Big Ten Conference schedule lacks compelling crossovers with the West Division. That does not mean the biggest threat to the Buckeyes’ playoff streak cannot come from the West. The 11th annual cleveland.com Preseason Big Ten football poll will be released later this week. We asked reporters from all 14 teams to rank their one through seven finish, predicted Big Ten championship game winner and picks for the league’s best offensive and defensive players. While we leave it up to those voters to reveal their own ballots, Doug Lesmerises, Stephen Means and I revealed our Big Ten East and West preseason rankings on Monday’s edition of the Buckeye Talk podcast. We don’t know if Ohio State will be the unanimous choice to win the East for a fifth straight season, but it probably should. The Buckeyes will open the season as a top-five team in…
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