With the non-Big Ten portion of the season officially over, this is the last week we have to stare at a 0-0 team topping the SP+ rankings. Ohio State gets underway in six days, and we'll finally get to find out if Ryan Day's Buckeyes are as good as SP+ seems to think they'll be. If they aren't, they'll cede control of the rankings to two teams in a hell of a battle at the moment.
Clemson and Alabama have traded off the No. 2 and No. 3 spot in the rankings for a few weeks now, and after two impressive performances -- Alabama pulled away from No.