COLUMBUS, Ohio — Every player on Ohio State football’s roster was well aware that Clemson coach Dabo Swinney voted the Buckeyes No. 11 on his USA Today coaches poll ballot. If you believe OSU coach Ryan Day, he did not know where Alabama coach Nick Saban had ranked his team until a reporter asked him. The answer: No. 5, behind the Crimson Tide, Clemson, Notre Dame and Texas A&M. Something the Buckeyes can use for motivation ahead of the national championship game? I suppose, but Saban’s was certainly a more reasonable vote under the circumstances. Ohio State had only played six games, and Texas A&M’s only loss came against Alabama. The Aggies had also beaten the same Florida team that pushed Alabama in the SEC championship game, which was likely fresh in Saban’s mind. “Until you just said that I wasn’t aware,” Day said of Saban’s vote. “We don’t look…
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