The Ohio State Buckeyes were recently ranked the third-best NCAA football program in the last ten years, landing behind Alabama and Clemson.
If you look at the last ten years, the Buckeyes have seen some of the best, most dynamic college football players on their roster.
From the recent stars like DE Chase Young and QB Justin Fields to the older stars like RB Ezekiel Elliott and QB Braxton Miller, this program has been elite, and they may have the best outlook of any national powerhouse as well.
That said, as Bender notes, the past few seasons have incredible with the team winning three-straight Big Ten titles.
“The Buckeyes have put together an amazing eight-year stretch with Urban Meyer and Ryan Day. Ohio State has lost just one Big Ten home game in that stretch; a loss to Michigan State that prevented a Playoff run in 2015. The Buckeyes have the second-best winning percentage with the third-most draft picks in the past 10 seasons. The beat goes on in Columbus as Ohio State looks for a fourth straight Big Ten title in 2020,” Sporting News’ Bill Bender wrote.
He gave the Buckeyes the third spot behind a point system justifying the ranking.
Bender gave 10 points for a national championship, 5 points for an appearance in the national championship, 5 points for a CFP appearance, 3 points for a BCS bowl appearance, and then 2 points for each Heisman Trophy winner.
The Buckeyes ended his system with 90.5 points. Clemson and Alabama both crushed Ohio State, notching 122 and 166 points respectively. They were ranked No. 2 and No. 1.
