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After the Ohio State Buckeyes pulverized the hapless Miami-Ohio RedHawks on Saturday to the tune of 76-5, the AP Voters saw fit to move OSU back up a spot to No. 5 in their poll. However, the coaches kept the Buckeyes at sixth in their rankings.
Coming into the Miami game, Ohio State was at No. 6 in the SB Nation FanPulse Top 25, but No. 3 in the Land-Grant Holy Land poll. On Monday, the Buckeyes stayed at sixth with the national SBN rankings, but fell in our own LGHL Buckeye-fan Top 25. They now sit at fourth behind Clemson, Alabama, and Georgia.
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In fact, no SBN site had the Buckeyes higher than fourth, while only three team sites (Auburn, Ole Miss, and West Virginia) had OSU at seventh. The Bucks averaged a 5.735 ranking amongst all of the team blog rankings.
Check out both the LGHL and SBN polls below:
FanPulse Top 25 | Sept. 23
| Ranking | LGHL Poll | SBN Poll | LGHL to SBN Difference | Last Week LGHL | Last Week SBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking | LGHL Poll | SBN Poll | LGHL to SBN Difference | Last Week LGHL | Last Week SBN |
| 1 | Clemson | Clemson | - | Clemson | Clemson |
| 2 | Alabama | Alabama | - | Alabama | Alabama |
| 3 | Georgia | Georgia | - | Ohio State | Georgia |
| 4 | Ohio State | LSU | 1 | Georgia | LSU |
| 5 | LSU | Oklahoma | -1 | LSU | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Oklahoma | Ohio State | -1 | Oklahoma | Ohio State |
| 7 | Auburn | Auburn | - | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| 8 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | - | Auburn | Auburn |
| 9 | Florida | Florida | - | Utah | Utah |
| 10 | Texas | Texas | - | Florida | Florida |
| 11 | Penn State | Notre Dame | 1 | Wisconsin | Michigan |
| 12 | Notre Dame | Penn State | -1 | Texas | Texas |
| 13 | Oregon | Oregon | - | Michigan | Wisconsin |
| 14 | Iowa | Utah | 1 | Penn State | Penn State |
| 15 | Utah | Iowa | -1 | UCF | UCF |
| 16 | Michigan State | Texas A&M | 1 | Oregon | Oregon |
| 17 | Texas A&M | Michigan State | -1 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M |
| 18 | USC | Michigan | 3 | Iowa | Iowa |
| 19 | Boise State | Boise State | - | Washington State | Washington State |
| 20 | Washington | Washington | - | Boise State | Boise State |
| 21 | Michigan | USC | -3 | Washington | Washington |
| 22 | Washington State | UCF | 1 | Michigan State | Michigan State |
| 23 | UCF | Washington State | -1 | Virginia | Virginia |
| 24 | Virginia | Virginia | - | Maryland | Maryland |
| 25 | Cal | Cal | - | Arizona State | Arizona State |
However, the SBN FanPulse is not just about the Top 25, as this week it introduced a question of what Top 25 team fans thought was the most overrated. There were seven options, and even though I bristled at Ohio State’s initial inclusion, I am glad to see that the totality of SB Nation realized that the Buckeyes are not overrated, and picked the most obvious of candidates amongst the bunch. Also, I would dare say that Ohio State is actually underrated, but that’s for another column.
SBN FanPulse | Week 4 Overrated Survey
| Team | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Team | Percentage |
| Michigan | 60.24% |
| Florida | 14.98% |
| UCF | 9.38% |
| Notre Dame | 6.71% |
| Utah | 4.09% |
| Texas | 3.25% |
| Ohio State | 1.36% |
Finally, the FanPulse survey also measures the confidence that fans have in their specific program, and after a dip to 98.6 percent last week, the totality of LGHL participants have full confidence in the direction of the Ohio State program, so it is back up to the full 100 percent. Go Bucks!
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Just as a point of comparison, the confidence level of Michigan fans has gone from 92.4 percent following Week 1 to 12.7 percent following their humiliating loss to Wisconsin this weekend. Who’s got it better than us?