Ohio State's Ryan Day Brutally Disrespected Before CFP

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos...

Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes are preparing to defend their national championship with the College Football Playoff about to begin, and they found so much success during the regular season that they have a first-round bye.

Ohio State will face the winner of the Miami-Texas A&M matchup on New Year's Eve, and regardless of who the Buckeyes play, it should be a doozy.

But with Day on the sideline, Ohio State should be in pole position to win back-to-back titles, right?

Well, not according to coaches around the country.

Bruce Feldman of The Athletic recently polled over two dozen Power 4 and Group of 5 coaches about the College Football Playoff, and one of the questions was determining who is the best coach in the field.

Based on the fact that Day won a championship last winter and holds the highest winning percentage in the history of college football (.882), you would think he would collect a fair amount of votes … except he didn't receive any.

Georgia's Kirby Smart received 50 percent of the vote, and Indiana's Curt Cignetti came in second with 38 percent. Oregon's Dan Lanning notched eight percent, and Texas Tech's Joey McGuire came in at four percent.

How does that make sense?

While it's entirely fair to cite Smart as the best coach and Cignetti deserves a ton of credit for leading the Hoosiers to a No. 1 seed and their first Big Ten championship since 1967, the idea of both Lanning and McGuire being ahead of Day is pretty absurd.

Remember: Day's Buckeyes throttled Lanning's Ducks in the Rose Bowl last year, and McGuire owns a lifetime 35-17 record and had never done better than 8-5 before this season.

It feels like people are still reeling from Ohio State's loss to Michigan last November, when half the country — including most of Columbus — wanted Day's head served on a platter.

But a lot has happened since then.

The Buckeyes not only won a national title in dominant fashion, but the also smoked the Wolverines at Ann Arbor a few weeks ago.

I'm not sure what Day has to do to get some respect. Would winning consecutive championships do it? Or would people still find something to complain about?

More at NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos