COLUMBUS — When it comes to a second off weekend of this college football season, top-ranked Ohio State’s approach is different strokes for different folks.

“Everyone’s a little bit different,” coach Ryan Day said Tuesday. “There’s guys who have played a whole bunch of football who need maintenance, and there’s some young guys that need a whole bunch of football and a whole bunch of reps. So we’ll use the formula that we’ve used in the past for the bye week, but try to give everybody what they need.”

So far, some obvious strengths have emerged for the defending national champions.

The defense is No. 1 in the nation in points allowed (5.9 per game) and second in yards allowed (216.9).

Despite losing five starters from the front seven and three more in the secondary, this version of the

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