The Ohio State Buckeyes are the clear No. 1 team in the country. The Indiana Hoosiers are the clear No. 2 team. FOX Sports' RJ Young broke down the two Big Ten teams' place atop their conference and the country.
Young had several similes to describe OSU's status atop the sport. He also showed love for the team's dynamic passing game, led by Julian Sayin, and the team's strong defense under first-year defensive coordinator Matt Patricia.
Ohio State defeated the Illinois Fighting Illini 34-16 in Champaign, while Indiana knocked off the Oregon Ducks 30-20 in Eugene. Young predicts the two teams playing in the Big Ten Championship Game.
"That's 10 in a row for the Buckeyes — and counting," Young wrote.
"Ten straight games where teams show up with a bat to play Ohio State, thinking they can hack it — only to get cracked with it. And you can’t expect Illinois to be better with a bat than the Detroit Tigers in a winner-take-all game.
"Ohio State remains the team to beat in college football, now 6-0. That's six times this season the Buckeyes have punched a concave crater in their opponent’s chest — like Ox Baker throwing a cross with Radio Raheem's rings on.
"Julian Sayin threw for 166 yards and two touchdowns, while Ohio State's defense continued to impress with three turnovers that all resulted in touchdowns.
"The Buckeyes are now allowing 6.8 points per game, which is the fewest points allowed by an Ohio State program through six games since 1975.
"The Hoosiers went to Autzen and did what no other Big Ten team had been able to in the regular season since Oregon joined the conference: beat the Ducks.
"In doing so, Indiana cemented itself as the second-best team in the Big Ten — and is now on a collision course with Ohio State to play for the conference title, if both teams can run the table."
Ryan Day has done a bang-up job replacing a team that lost most of its top players to the NFL draft, with others running out of eligibility. Curt Cignetti has done one of the greatest turnarounds in the sport's history, lifting an IU squad not usually known for competing for much to the College Football Playoff.
Beating the Ducks is big-time. IU has arrived.
Just not where OSU resides just yet.