The Ohio State Buckeyes look untouchable from what we've seen during the 2025 season. Brian Hartline and Matt Patricia successfully schemed against the Texas Longhorns in an ugly, but effective 14-7 win, then followed that up with three dominant wins against the Grambling State Tigers, Ohio Bobcats, and Washington Huskies -- the latter happening on the road in Seattle.
CBS Sports' Brad Crawford sees OSU's potentially unstoppable dominance as being one that sportsbooks will pick up on when the Buckeyes take on the Illinois Fighting Illini in Week 7 at Gies Memorial Stadium, the Penn State Nittany Lions in Week 10 at the "Shoe," and against TTUN in Ann Arbor during rivalry week.
Crawford also snuck in a prediction for Ohio State to make the Big Ten Championship Game this December.
"The Buckeyes have made both of their early-season tests look easy through five weeks, downing Texas in the opener before another dominant defensive showing over the weekend at Washington. Illinois, Penn State and Michigan are the three top 25 teams left on the slate for the Buckeyes and they'll be at least a touchdown favorite in each of those matchups prior to Indianapolis," Crawford wrote.
Hard to disagree on any of those points.
Hartline and Patricia were challenged to rise to the occasion before the season, but they've answered that and then some with brilliant gamep lans against Texas and Washington that completely neutralized Arch Manning and Demond Williams Jr., respectively.
Julian Sayin put everything he learned from Will Howard into effect to great success. Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate look the part of a championship 1-2 receiving punch. Caden Curry, Arvell Reese, and Kayden McDonald have been defensive nightmares for opposing offenses, totaling 71 tackles and 10 sacks in four games.
There isn't a team that looks nearly as dominant through the first month of the 2025 season. If there's going to be an undefeated champion, it'll be the Buckeyes.
And if they can finish the job in January, the Michigan Wolverines' 2023/2024 title will pale in comparison.