The Buckeyes are 3rd in the only poll that matters.
Their path to the CFP trophy and subsequent unanimous preseason number one started at 16th in last season's inaugural CFP ranking one year ago last month. They now sit at 3rd in any poll for the first time since the week in 2013 when they last took a bus to Ann Arbor.
Way back then getting into the top 4 wasn't good enough. It is now.
Nebraska, Arizona State, Arizona and Georgia were just some of the teams Ohio State was chasing after the first poll was released in 2014.