COLUMBUS, Ohio — We labeled the Ohio State Buckeyes as The Kings of the North in our preseason series, as we divided college football not by conferences but by geographic area — North, South and Southwest. In the North, we placed 29 of the 65 teams from power conferences: * All 14 Big Ten teams * The six teams in the top half of the Pac-12: Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Colorado and Utah. * Four teams from the Big 12: Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and West Virginia. * Four ACC teams: Pitt, Syracuse, Boston College and Virginia Tech. * And independent Notre Dame. Also included are teams like BYU and Cincinnati, who aren’t in power conferences now but will join the Big 12 next season. The exercise here is our first in-season Kings of the North rankings. Recruiting bases, weather, the view of the football in the…
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