COLUMBUS, Ohio — It happened on a football field outside Phoenix a year ago and in a high school community room outside Cincinnati on Wednesday. Clemson beat Ohio State, then the Tigers beat the Buckeyes again. Here at the end of 2017, Clemson occupies the place in the college football world that two or three years ago you would have expected Ohio State to hold. The No. 2 program in the country. The primary challenger to Alabama. Ohio State, though not in the College Football Playoff this year, is obviously one of the three best programs in the nation and may land the No. 1 recruiting class in 2018. We’re splitting hairs in rare air here. But just as Ohio State is clearly in the top three, it’s clearly not in the top two. Not after a 31-0 loss to Clemson in a playoff semifinal last season. Not after losing the…
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