It took a few weeks of Ohio State football looking fantastic and Alabama and Georgia looking far from it, but the Buckeyes have finally moved up in ESPN’s weekly college football power rankings.
OSU dispatched of Michigan State handily, 49-20, in a game that could have gotten even more out of hand if not for a pull-back and mindset of mercy down the stretch and had plenty of offensive fireworks. C.J. Stroud became the first Big Ten quarterback to throw for six touchdown passes in a game on three separate occasions, and Marvin Harrison Jr became the first Ohio State player to catch three touchdown passes on three separate instances.
