Mark May puts Ohio State insanely low in preseason football rankings

Mark May, long known as a notorious Ohio State hater, dished out some more disrespect for the Buckeyes in his initial football rankings

Ohio State opened as the No. 3 team in the nation, and received one first-place vote, according to the officially sanctioned voters who compose the AP top 25 preseason college football rankings, but according to one infamous Buckeye hater, this team doesn't even belong in the top 10. 

When the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll was released this week, it was revealed that pollster Mark May's ballot put Ohio State further down in his rankings. Way down. All the way down to No. 11 overall, behind 10th ranked Washington, and three spots behind Penn State. May's No. 1 team this preseason? Ohio State's arch-rival.

1. Michigan
2. USC
3. Georgia
4. LSU
5. Texas
6. Alabama
7. Florida State
8. Penn State
9. Clemson
10. Washington
11. Ohio State
12. Tennessee
13. TCU
14. North Carolina
15. Notre Dame
16. Kansas State

Here are the actual rankings: AP top 25 preseason poll revealed

May's apparent contempt for Ohio State has been known around college football for many years as he frequently used his former position as an ESPN analyst to use every chance he had to diminish the team's accomplishments and gloat over its losses.

The source of all that enmity? Legend has it that it all began back in 1996, when Pittsburgh, May's alma mater, got drubbed by the Buckeyes in a 72-0 massacre, the worst defeat in Pitt history. But whatever the reason, May always embraced the role of villain when it came to the scarlet and gray.

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