After this week of upsets and shuffling in the Top 25, it was agreed that after the top three teams in the country, the rest was a lot of guesswork. Not surprisingly, I found after a dominating 30-0 victory over Illinois, Ohio State found themselves at No. 9, still two spots back of their ranking going into the season.

Ahead of them are such teams as Boise State, USC, Oklahoma, and Virginia Tech. I got to thinking—is Ohio State really worse than these teams? I believe the answer is no. And I believe that the Big 10 conference does not receive the respect it deserves.

Of course, Ohio State lost to USC, but for those who actually watched the game (obviously not Mark May or the rest at ESPN proclaiming the game marked the "a...

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