Ridiculous level of consistent success. Miami being a "brand new" challenger this year made me think of your previous discussions of how college football basically breaks down to OSU battling a rotating cohort of top teams each year. It is hard to win it all, but to be in the hunt every single season is not discussed enough nationally. Achieving that standard amidst the chaos requires such a high level of execution in all phases- players, coaches, management.
Miami owns the state of Florida, having knocked down South Florida, Florida and Florida State, further cementing its case for the top team in the country. Penn State's stunning loss at UCLA doesn't help Oregon. Texas losing in The Swamp doesn't help Ohio State.
The first comment is just one person’s opinion in an article about Miami. Doesn’t reflect the entire network. The second comment is factually true; Miami’s resume so far is better than Ohio State’s. Doesn’t mean they’re the better team, of course, but if the playoff committee did rankings now they’re be first.
Let’s stop looking for agendas everywhere. It’s okay for people to write good things about teams other than Ohio State.
ESPN always had an agenda. You can’t watch their channels or listen to their radio shows and NOT see the obvious bias towards SEC/ACC. It’s business.
To say Miami’s resume is superior to THE is debatable. We dominated the pre-season number 1 team at home, and they held on to beat pre-season 5 at home. Their only road win was last week, which they almost didn’t finish.
Our road win against Washington was much more thorough and impressive than theirs against FSU.
Miami is undisciplined and against the better teams it will bite them. The committee will see that too!
First of all, I’ve never heard anyone say that ESPN was biased towards the ACC. That’s very funny. Secondly, they do have a business deal with the SEC and they promote them. That doesn’t mean every single person who writes for ESPN is biased in favor of SEC teams. Many different people work for that company and give different opinions on topics.
Also basing Ohio State’s resume on the preseason ranking of Texas is laughable. Those rankings mean nothing. Texas is clearly much worse than we thought. Right now Miami’s wins are better than Ohio State’s wins. Lots of people agree. Chris Vannini at the Athletic put Miami at #1 in his rankings this week. Is he also biased in favor of Miami (or against Ohio State).
I get it, you’re a Buckeyes fan and you want to see your team ranked first. That’s fine. It doesn’t mean everyone who thinks otherwise has an agenda against your team.
I never said everyone did, I said ESPN does, and, for the naive, that’s company policy. They also own the ACC TV rights so it behooves them to promote that week conference as well.
There is no one who watches all the games that can rank the U over OSU. Just look at the dominance of the Buckeyes as well as the discipline in which they play all phases of the games and then look at how undisciplined the U plays. It’s no comparison.
But, as we proved last year, it doesn’t matter how well you play early, just be in position to host a home game. We proved that a 6th seed can win. If the U is so good, as you claim, we may see them in January. But based on their lack of discipline and the track record of Cristobal as a coach, I wouldn’t bet on them!
I’m aware of the TV contract that ESPN has with the ACC. I’m also aware that they had the same TV contract a week ago when this person ranked OSU ahead of Miami. So what happened over the weekend to change her mind? Did she suddenly learn about the TV contract? Did her bosses tell her to raise Miami higher in her power rankings? Or did she determine based on Miami’s win (and Texas not looking very good any more) that they had the better resume up to this point. Which of those seems more likely.
And there are many people, in fact, who have watched both Miami and OSU to this point and ranked Miami higher right now. I gave you another example above. There are plenty more. Do they ALL have an agenda against OSU or are you possibly not being objective because you’re a Buckeyes fan.
Also, I never said that Miami is a better team than Ohio State. I don’t believe that to be true. All I said is that right now they have the better resume than OSU based on their wins. That doesn’t mean they’ll be better at the end of the season.
This is all very stupid to argue about. I don’t know why anyone cares enough about power rankings by some writer in October to post a complaint and say they’re “keeping receipts.” Fans take these waaaay too seriously. It’s just the opinion of one writer at ESPN, not the agenda of the entire network to take down Ohio State because they want them to fail.
Bradley, I agree with many of your points. ESPN has suffered losses in revenue and viewer ship BECAUSE of their bias, which it highlights the teams and conferences it has financial ties too. Which is why NBC, CBS and FOX joined ranks to reel in the B1G.
But polls are designed to rank teams in order, which we start with the number 1. It’s based on who do you think is better and 40 AP people think OSU is better and 16 now think Miami is. Of course, you use the fall back that “their resume is better” BS when we know FBS teams don’t play balanced schedules to consider resumes equally. Thats why the eye test is used so heavily in rankings and in the FBS committee room.
I don’t know how anyone who pays attention can write an article that’s point is”we know nothing about college football except Miami is the best”. It’s factually not true!
The “best” team in the country isn’t 123rd in penalties. They average 8+ a game, 10 in their last 3 games and 13 in its last game. I guess you don’t consider this important stat as part of their “resume” ? And for the record OSU is 20 and averages 4+ a game, 5 in the last 3 and 4 in their last game. Discipline wins championships not bravado! And, as Cristobal shouted after the game “we won FL”, that’s all he’s won so far. My prediction is that the longer the season, the less those “Florida” wins will mean. Enjoy the best sport in the land Bradley!
Ridiculous level of consistent success. Miami being a "brand new" challenger this year made me think of your previous discussions of how college football basically breaks down to OSU battling a rotating cohort of top teams each year. It is hard to win it all, but to be in the hunt every single season is not discussed enough nationally. Achieving that standard amidst the chaos requires such a high level of execution in all phases- players, coaches, management.
Go checkout the Worldwide Leader for the receipts:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/gamedayfinal100425/college-football-week-6-highlights-top-plays-games-takeaways-2025
This season has no prewritten script. There is no favorite, no dominant team, no safe bet for the playoffs.
Except for, maybe, Miami.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46488325/projecting-college-football-playoff-top-12-week-6
Miami owns the state of Florida, having knocked down South Florida, Florida and Florida State, further cementing its case for the top team in the country. Penn State's stunning loss at UCLA doesn't help Oregon. Texas losing in The Swamp doesn't help Ohio State.
No agendas here ... nope, none at all.
As always, The South Can Cram It.
The first comment is just one person’s opinion in an article about Miami. Doesn’t reflect the entire network. The second comment is factually true; Miami’s resume so far is better than Ohio State’s. Doesn’t mean they’re the better team, of course, but if the playoff committee did rankings now they’re be first.
Let’s stop looking for agendas everywhere. It’s okay for people to write good things about teams other than Ohio State.
ESPN always had an agenda. You can’t watch their channels or listen to their radio shows and NOT see the obvious bias towards SEC/ACC. It’s business.
To say Miami’s resume is superior to THE is debatable. We dominated the pre-season number 1 team at home, and they held on to beat pre-season 5 at home. Their only road win was last week, which they almost didn’t finish.
Our road win against Washington was much more thorough and impressive than theirs against FSU.
Miami is undisciplined and against the better teams it will bite them. The committee will see that too!
First of all, I’ve never heard anyone say that ESPN was biased towards the ACC. That’s very funny. Secondly, they do have a business deal with the SEC and they promote them. That doesn’t mean every single person who writes for ESPN is biased in favor of SEC teams. Many different people work for that company and give different opinions on topics.
Also basing Ohio State’s resume on the preseason ranking of Texas is laughable. Those rankings mean nothing. Texas is clearly much worse than we thought. Right now Miami’s wins are better than Ohio State’s wins. Lots of people agree. Chris Vannini at the Athletic put Miami at #1 in his rankings this week. Is he also biased in favor of Miami (or against Ohio State).
I get it, you’re a Buckeyes fan and you want to see your team ranked first. That’s fine. It doesn’t mean everyone who thinks otherwise has an agenda against your team.
I never said everyone did, I said ESPN does, and, for the naive, that’s company policy. They also own the ACC TV rights so it behooves them to promote that week conference as well.
There is no one who watches all the games that can rank the U over OSU. Just look at the dominance of the Buckeyes as well as the discipline in which they play all phases of the games and then look at how undisciplined the U plays. It’s no comparison.
But, as we proved last year, it doesn’t matter how well you play early, just be in position to host a home game. We proved that a 6th seed can win. If the U is so good, as you claim, we may see them in January. But based on their lack of discipline and the track record of Cristobal as a coach, I wouldn’t bet on them!
I’m aware of the TV contract that ESPN has with the ACC. I’m also aware that they had the same TV contract a week ago when this person ranked OSU ahead of Miami. So what happened over the weekend to change her mind? Did she suddenly learn about the TV contract? Did her bosses tell her to raise Miami higher in her power rankings? Or did she determine based on Miami’s win (and Texas not looking very good any more) that they had the better resume up to this point. Which of those seems more likely.
And there are many people, in fact, who have watched both Miami and OSU to this point and ranked Miami higher right now. I gave you another example above. There are plenty more. Do they ALL have an agenda against OSU or are you possibly not being objective because you’re a Buckeyes fan.
Also, I never said that Miami is a better team than Ohio State. I don’t believe that to be true. All I said is that right now they have the better resume than OSU based on their wins. That doesn’t mean they’ll be better at the end of the season.
This is all very stupid to argue about. I don’t know why anyone cares enough about power rankings by some writer in October to post a complaint and say they’re “keeping receipts.” Fans take these waaaay too seriously. It’s just the opinion of one writer at ESPN, not the agenda of the entire network to take down Ohio State because they want them to fail.
Bradley, I agree with many of your points. ESPN has suffered losses in revenue and viewer ship BECAUSE of their bias, which it highlights the teams and conferences it has financial ties too. Which is why NBC, CBS and FOX joined ranks to reel in the B1G.
But polls are designed to rank teams in order, which we start with the number 1. It’s based on who do you think is better and 40 AP people think OSU is better and 16 now think Miami is. Of course, you use the fall back that “their resume is better” BS when we know FBS teams don’t play balanced schedules to consider resumes equally. Thats why the eye test is used so heavily in rankings and in the FBS committee room.
I don’t know how anyone who pays attention can write an article that’s point is”we know nothing about college football except Miami is the best”. It’s factually not true!
The “best” team in the country isn’t 123rd in penalties. They average 8+ a game, 10 in their last 3 games and 13 in its last game. I guess you don’t consider this important stat as part of their “resume” ? And for the record OSU is 20 and averages 4+ a game, 5 in the last 3 and 4 in their last game. Discipline wins championships not bravado! And, as Cristobal shouted after the game “we won FL”, that’s all he’s won so far. My prediction is that the longer the season, the less those “Florida” wins will mean. Enjoy the best sport in the land Bradley!
Quality read-