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Who’s Really No. 1? Maybe Ohio State

Jay Laprete/Associated Press

L.S.U. this week took over the top spot in the college football playoff rankings. And why not? The team is 9-0 and just beat previously undefeated Alabama, 46-41.

But ask linemakers and computer rankers what the best team in college football is, and you will get an unequivocal answer: Ohio State, and it’s not especially close.

Ohio State is 9-0 and its margins of victory have been dizzying: 42 points over otherwise unbeaten Cincinnati, 49 points over Northwestern, 71 points over Miami of Ohio. O.S.U. is even drilling the good teams it has played.