They have to be the odds on favorite to repeat.

But one, every team has some easy games, and I'd say Bama's schedule is tough enough.

Bama and Georgia are both 3-1 against top 30 teams. The Buckeyes are 4-2. Ohio State's undoing was it's second loss to a 7-5 Iowa team.

Should Ohio State have scheduled a pansy over Oklahoma? But the Buckeyes' schedule is already littered in pansy's in Maryland, Rutgers, Indiana, Illinois, UNLV and Army. They probably felt they had to buck up the schedule a bit.

Either way, Ohio State's undoing was losing to Iowa, not Oklahoma.