Scott Halleran/Getty Images An hourlong lightning delay couldn’t slow down Ohio State. Oklahoma wasn’t able to either. And by the time the third week of the college football season had ended, it became clear these Buckeyes may be the team to beat in 2016. The only convincing part of Ohio State’s two blowouts against overmatched opponents to open the season may have been its final margins of victory. But it was tough to argue with the case the Buckeyes made Saturday for being college football’s top team. Squashing the Sooners in Norman from start to finish, Ohio State passed its first true test of the campaign with flying colors, showcasing the type of national championship-caliber talent that should at least make the Buckeyes a playoff front-runner. Factor in No. 1 Alabama’s uneven, albeit victorious, outing against Ole Miss and the crushing 63-20 defeat second-ranked Florida State suffered at the hands of Louisville, and the No. 3 Buckeyes’ 45-24 ousting of No. 14 Oklahoma seems like even more of statement. “You go on the road and you find out about yourself,” Meyer told Fox Sports in his postgame interview. “That was a good team we played, and our guys played well.”…
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