SportsPulse: Death, taxes and Ohio State getting trounced by a random Big Ten school has become a fall tradition. As Paul Myerberg prognosticates, the Buckeyes should be on high alert against Nebraska. USA TODAY
We’ll stipulate up front that most of the primary playoff contenders are in action this week even though their games don’t appear on this list. Yes, the sports world has the capacity to surprise us. That’s why we watch, after all. But the top six teams haven’t been threatened thus far in 2019, and we don’t expect that to change.