Ohio State Football: 3 reasons Buckeyes should be in top 4 of CFB Playoff rankings

If Ohio State football can win out down the stretch against teams like the Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans, it can get in the Playoff.

Ohio State football got the short end of the stick in terms of the first edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings released on Oct. 31. The Buckeyes were ranked No. 6 in the first edition of the rankings. That puts them behind the Oklahoma Sooners, Clemson Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Georgia Bulldogs.

Putting the Buckeyes behind Oklahoma makes sense. Yet, putting the team behind Clemson, a squad that lost to the Syracuse Orange, does not make as much sense. Ohio State deserves more respect considering the huge win just achieved over the formerly No. 2 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions.

Ohio State has been in the field for two of the last three Playoffs. Even the one season that the Buckeyes did not make the Playoff, it finished just outside the top 4. Head coach Urban Meyer has established some real consistency in Columbus.

The first Playoff rankings are always going to come with some controversy from the Selection Committee. Five weeks still remain until the end of the regular season. And, there’s still a lot of big games left to be played.

Winning out and claiming the Big 10 Championship would likely put the Buckeyes in a clear position to get into the Playoff field. The biggest problem that most Power Five conferences face is that Notre Dame and two SEC teams are in the thick of the Playoff race right now. That leaves room for only one more Power Five conference to get into the field.

Now, let’s take a look at three reasons the Ohio State Buckeyes should be in the top-4 with the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.