Is Ohio State in Danger of Missing the Playoff?
Nov 1, 2026
You're on the playoff committee.
You're meeting this week.
Your first rankings come out Tuesday.
Is Ohio State 6-2 or is Ohio State 0-1?
Because the team that you are evaluating
is the team without Julian Sayin.
Kevin, what do you think?
I think you're 6-2, but I think if I was Ryan Day right now,
I would be starting to politic, yeah, you know,
the outlook for Sayin it looks a little better now.
It doesn't actually have to be,
but we've seen this with the basketball tournament.
We've obviously seen this,
and we will continue to see this in football, I'm sure.
It's going to be against Oregon.
It's going to be against Northwestern with this defense.
You know, can you contain Chip Kelly
and everything that he's throwing at teams on a weekly basis?
You know, is it, you know, kind of down the stretch?
I mean, even this Michigan defense, you know.
Look at that Ohio State effort against USC.
Do you expect them to put up just a ton of points
against a very good Michigan defense?
It's tough. It's really tough.
Again, being on the college football playoff selection committee
is a largely thankless, very difficult task.

