Robert Griffin III believes Ohio State isn't college football's top team

Jeff Hauser

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Robert Griffin III went against the national consensus with his latest college football rankings.

After Week 9's action, the FOX Sports analyst and former Heisman Trophy winner released his updated Top 12 teams. Except for the first time this season, his No. 1 wasn't Ohio State.

Griffin gave the top spot to another Big Ten team by elevating Indiana, who beat up on UCLA Saturday with 56-6 win. The Hoosiers are off to another 8-0 start with consistent play through October. In fact, Curt Cignetti's team is now 19-2 going back to the start of the 2024 season. 

The two losses came against Ohio State in Week 13 and at Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff. Indiana has four games left and are on a crash course to face Ohio State in the Big Ten title game. However, both teams have to get there first. 

Ohio State remains the nation’s consensus No. 1 team in both the AP and Coaches polls, but still have to play at No. 21 Michigan in "The Game" to end the season. The Buckeyes checked in at No. 2 on Griffin’s list with Indiana not facing another ranked opponent in the regular season. 

Griffin seems to have a tradition approach, putting undefeated BYU and Georgia Tech higher than the national polls. There are five unbeaten teams with a month left in the season, and Texas A&M is the only one from the SEC. 

Make no mistake about the power of the nation’s top conference. The Aggies might at the top, but one-loss Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt are knocking at the door. We could see all five teams in the Playoff come the end of December. 

Indiana has made a great case for themselves and could turn heads with the school’s first conference title since 1967. 

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