Six weeks into the season, following Ohio State's 34-10 romp over Michigan State, SP+ decided that Ryan Day's Buckeyes were the best team in the country, bumping them ahead of Alabama atop the list. Over the next month, OSU would achieve air so rareified that the Buckeyes went from potential "best team in 2019" status to "one of the best ever."
Things have gotten interesting late in the year, however. As the Buckeyes were showing signs of vulnerability -- granted, while beating three top-15 opponents by double digits -- LSU and Clemson appeared to be peaking.