Four weeks into the current college football season have produced the following assessment:

The defending national champion, the Ohio State Buckeyes, holds the number one spot in the national rankings. Led by a superior defense and freshman quarterback Julian Sayin, who replaced former signal caller Will Howard, this 2025 Ohio State team has done just enough to keep the defending champions ahead of the rest of the pack of national title contenders and pretenders.

But make no mistake, this Buckeyes defense is the centerpiece of this powerful team, as witnessed by their stellar performance against the University of Texas and preseason All-American Arch Manning in game one of the season. Manning and the Longhorns drew most of the national press headlines heading into that contest, which bri

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