Brian Fremeau’s FEI ratings still have Buckeyes as #1. Here is his detailed explanation on BlueSky:

 https://bsky.app/profile/bcfremeau.bsky.social/post/3lcdfhxxjps2l

Note, these rankings do not include any preseason information; contain only what occurred this season.

Nebraska’s game against us was the “best loss by any team this year.”

Our game against Michigan is a significant outlier. Didn’t run the numbers but looks like 3-5 deviations below mean. 
 

Glass half full folks will be pleased. Glass half empty folks are astounded that we could possibly play so poorly against Michigan.