Kirk Herbstreit reveals who he would currently pick between Ohio State, Indiana

Entering Week 11 of the College Football season, No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Indiana and No. 3 Texas A&M stand firmly atop the sport.

Two of these programs, Ohio State and Indiana, look to be on a path to collide in the Big Ten Championship Game. Unfortunately they will not play in the regular season, but dominant campaigns from the reigning National Champions and the Hoosiers have seemingly set this matchup in place.

With just a few weeks remaining in the regular season, ESPN‘s Kirk Herbstreit was asked who he’d currently pick between the two programs on the latest edition of ‘The Ryen Russillo Show.’ Herbstreit revealed that he’d give the Buckeyes the slight edge on a neutral field.

“Indiana‘s real,” Herbstreit said. “Last year, I wasn’t real high on Indiana. Nothing against them, but I just never really saw it against a great opponent. This year we have. One thing I really admire about Indiana is its consistency at the line of scrimmage. They’re not a gimmicky offense in this day and age of ‘we’re going to run some form of RPO.’ I mean they do, but if you really watch them, they pound you into misery on both sides of the football.”

Ohio State and Indiana have steamrolled opponents this season

“With that being said, Ohio State‘s skill and this quarterback Julian Sayin (who I didn’t know anything about), every single week he seems to take another step and another step,” Herbstreit continued. “We know that he has NFL receivers everywhere. I’d probably, on a natural field, but I’d give Ohio State a three or four point advantage over them.”

Indiana sits at 9-0 (6-0) with quality wins against No. 3 Oregon, No. 9 Illinois and Iowa, while Ohio State is 8-0 (5-0) with quality wins over No. 1 Texas, No. 17 Illinois and Washington. Of the 17 combined games that these two programs have played, just two games have finished within one score. Eight of the 17 games however have been won by 30-plus points.

If you were to sum up the seasons played by Ohio State and Indiana, the word used would be dominant. However, we’ve seen this song and dance from the Hoosiers before. Last season, Curt Cignetti‘s team opened the year with a 10-0 record (winning games by an average of 30.1 PPG) but fell to the Buckeyes 38-15.

Indiana has shown that last season was not a fluke, and we luckily won’t have to wait too much longer for these teams to (likely) clash once again in the Big Ten Championship.