For that matter, isn’t there a decent case Michigan should be ahead of Ohio State ?
- Michigan defeated Ohio State last time they played. Sure, last year, but don’t tell me current rankings of Georgia and Alabama aren’t due at least a little bit to last year’s results
-Michigan’s best win is blowing out Penn State, Ohio State’s was beating 3-3 Notre Dame
- Michigan beat 3 out of conference cupcakes, Ohio State beat 2 (Toledo, Arkansas State)
- Not sure Ohio State conference opponents so far of Michigan State, Rutgers and Wisconsin are better than Maryland, Iowa and Indiana (although OSU generally had bigger margins of victory).
That said, I still expect Ohio State to beat Michigan. But let them wait for a bit right now before ranking them ahead of Michigan
And I agree that polls are mostly academic at this point. Win out and Michigan will be a top 3 team and in the playoffs. Lose to OSU and they are longshot to make playoff