By Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) — Arguably no college football team in America enters the season with a hazier forecast than the Ohio State Buckeyes.

It’s usually easy to predict how the Buckeyes will fare when the games begin. They have dominated the Big Ten for the better part of the past decade. But the looming NCAA situation involving coach Jim Tressel, combined with the need to replace quarterback Terrelle Pryor and four others for the first five games, makes Ohio State a real wild card.

I’m still of the belief that until proven otherwise on the field, Ohio State remains the team to beat in the Big Ten. Despite all the turmoil, Ohio State still has top-notch personnel and a track record of filling gaps and finding ways to win.

Colleague Mark Schlabach sees it differently. Schlabach dropped Ohio State nine spots in his post-spring top 25, noting the potential effects of TresselGate and the personnel challenges.

Ohio State comes in at No. 15 in Schlabach’s poll, behind three other Big Ten teams……

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