Ohio St getting dinged for weak RU game
Overrated: No. 1 Ohio State
The Buckeyes were far from crisp against Rutgers, and we know "game control" is a metric considered between those four walls of the committee room. It has to count for something. Rutgers is significantly better than in previous seasons but is far from a juggernaut. Ohio State trailed by two at the half, struggled to find an offensive flow and was saved by a tremendous performance from running back TreVeyon Henderson (128 yards rushing and a touchdown).
Part of the reason that Ohio State was ranked No. 1 to begin with was a resume that includes wins over No. 10 Penn State and No. 20 Notre Dame. That resume looked much better last week than it does this week after the Fighting Irish suffered their third loss of the season -- this time to a remarkably average (and unranked) Clemson team. The fact that Notre Dame is still ranked No. 20 by the committee is clearly propping up an Ohio State team that is still a work-in-progress."