Eleven Warriors

Regardless of wether or not we deserve to be ranked we have been slotting as high as 12 and as low as 20 in almost every single preseason poll I have seen over the course of the summer.  Odd that we aren't in a similar range then in the AP poll.  Considering we know that past history shows sanctioned programs are still voted on in this particular poll it does seem odd, doesn't really matter but still curious.  Who knows though, maybe they changed their policy.  Can anyone elaborate?

I thought we weren't allowed to be because of the post season ban?

USC wasn't ranked at all last year..same thing with us.

me either.   espn sucks so hard

if you look at the espn poll, it doesnt show any one ranked 18th

Conspiracy theory at espn alive and well it seems...lol.  We are skipped in their online poll (as someone mentioned above...goes from 17 to 19).  Mobile version of the site has 18 listed as OHIOST instead of our typed out name like the rest.  Guess that doesn't link properly on their site.  I smell an AACC grad working in their web dep't...lol.  No seriously, they stink... =P

Just because someone points out an obvious mistake that ESPN made doesn't mean it's a "CONSPIRACY!" It could have been a rogue employee who hates OSU or maybe they did it to troll some fans (we've all seen how they erased OSU's vacated wins, but never touched dozens of other schools' vacated wins). Maybe they mistakingly thought OSU can't be in the AP poll, or maybe it was a typo. It doesn't matter. They made a mistake as some here pointed out. That doesn't make them conspiracy theorists.

I'm more of the opinion that it doesn't matter what we're ranked this year (helps another B1G team if they beat us). But, results on the field will matter going into next year, at least some.

PEN - 1) What does the lawsuit have to do with anything? All they wanted was to have ALL records released. You act like ESPN led the charge in all the investigative pieces on OSU, yet if you actually RESEARCH where the info came from you would see ESPN simply reported what others dug up 2) If ESPN has "something against OSU" then why are they devoting several weeks of coverage soley to OSU football? Why does ESPN's staff think more of OSU's team this year(14th in the power rankings) than the AP sports writers(18th)? The conspiracy theorists like to conveniently omit info that doesn't support their opinion while at the same time reading too much into simple issues. 3) What other teams don't show vacated wins? USC and PSU's wins show as being vacated.

He is such a homer.

This is the AP poll so Hoke wouldn't be voting.

I took a screen shot of this occurence, but I have no idea how to post the image.

just click browse server. still able to post pictures

If you want a reason for why ESPN does things that put OSU in a good light from time to time see Ramzy's second tweet above.  ESPN is a large entity, so it's a given that not all parts of the organization will have the same opinion.  However, that lawsuit is a big example of something that goes all the way to the top.  The upper management has to be behind a big lawsuit like that, and that's a decision made with public relations in mind.

Also, ESPN's reporting on OSU was extensive compared to other organizations as detailed at the end of the article linked above.

So, what was it you were saying about omitting information?  Because you seem to neglected huge parts of the reality of that lawsuit and appear to be unaware to ESPN's selective record keeping detailed in the link posted above.

You're accusations of conspiracy theory are nothing but ad hominem, and unfounded at that, attacks against fellow Buckeyes.  As I said before, ESPN made a mistake (no matter what the actual reason or if there even was a reason) and commenters were right to point it out.  It doesn't make them conspiracy theorists.