Everyone would really see how overrated the Ohio State Buckeyes are if they played an SEC schedule like Georgia's each year. The only currently ranked team the Buckeyes have played so far this season is Texas, who funny enough is from the SEC. Ryan Day only faces a maybe-not-ranked-by-then Michigan at the end of the season.
Meanwhile, Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs will face five ranked SEC teams by the end of the season once they face Texas and an ascending Georgia Tech at the end of the season. Ohio State would wither under such a schedule because they never face any real opposition until playoff time. On top of that, OSU quarterback Julian Sayin's stats are padded against weaker teams each week, making his Heisman hopes unreal.
Ohio State wouldn't stand a chance against Georgia's schedule
Alabama, Ole Miss and Tennessee, Georgia has played them all and only lost once by a very slim margin. Ohio State has played Grambling, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and has Rutgers up ahead. Hardly noteworthy with zero ranked teams in that group. And yet pundits praise how great the Buckeyes are. The national championship win last year was something of course, but only after Ryan Day got owned by a 7-5 Michigan team, again.
The SEC is littered with top 25 teams while the Big 10 has OSU, Indiana and Oregon, with USC barely making the cut. Georgia marches through the toughest conference in college football with consistent winning. It's long past time for the softness of the Big 10, and especially Ohio State's schedule, to be called out and reflected in the rankings.
When will more people recognize this and say it out loud? Why can't the SEC's superiority and Georgia's continued winning in such an environment be valued higher? Perhaps Bulldog fans can make the difference. Of course, the best evidence is winning championships and Georgia is still in a good place to do just that this season.