An Offensive line update, Michigan and Ohio State’s spot in the College Football Playoff rankings

Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2025 season are out, putting Ohio State in a favorable place. The Buckeyes debuted in the No.1 spot in the first rankings of the new 12-team era. On this Wednesday Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means and Stefan Krajisnik break down what that means going forward. Then Andrew Gillis joins in as the trio reacts to everything Ryan Day, said as OSU prepares to face Purdue on Saturday. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk and sign up to get text messages from experts Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis at 614-350-3315. Get the insider analysis, have your voice heard on the Buckeye Talk podcast and connect with the best Buckeye community out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.7	The first college football playoff rankings of the 2025 season are out.
1:06.9	And Ohio State is number one in those rankings.
1:10.6	I'm Stephen Means, and that's Stefan Christnick.
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1:26.8	Beat Michigan in the world is yours.
1:28.7	Yes, exactly.
1:29.6	I mean, that Michigan in the world is yours.
1:28.7	Yes, exactly. I mean, that's often the case for Ohio State. But, you know, in this new
1:34.0	playoff era, I think, you know, things can change and whatever. But that is, that's the simple
1:39.2	goal for Ohio State is if you beat Michigan, everything's out in front of you, right? Because
1:43.3	if Ohio State goes undefeated in the regular season and Indiana goes undefeated in the regular season, these first rankings with Ohio State at 1 and Indiana to show us that the Big Ten champ is going to be the number 1 seat. And that's essentially everything that's at stake for Ohio State. Now, you know, they're in a spot where if they go 11 and 1, they're stolen the
2:01.6	playoff, right, and whatever, all that's, you know, still in place for Ohio State. But, you know,
2:06.3	I'm going to write about it. If you're listening to this Tuesday right after the rankings,
2:09.9	it'll be out on Wednesday morning. If you're listening to this Wednesday morning, then the story's
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