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!
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!
Quality read-