Right now, there isn’t a team in college football that is doing more — with less fanfare — than the Ohio State Buckeyes. 

Ohio State is currently 4-0. They have scored 40 points in each of their first four games. They haven’t given up more than 10 points on defense in each of their last three. And the Buckeyes have won all four of their games by at least four scores. 

So why aren’t the Buckeyes getting any love? The answer is simple, actually: They haven’t really played anyone yet. 

LSU has traveled to Texas. Georgia hosted Notre Dame. Alabama went to South Carolina, while Clemson hosted Texas A&M. Ohio State? Their four wins are against Florida Atlantic, Cincinnati, at Indiana, and Miami of Ohio. Not exactly a murderers' row of college football powerhouses. 

That will begin to change this weekend, though, as Ohio State goes on the road to face Nebraska. This isn’t a vintage Cornhuskers team by any stretch (few have been since the turn of the century). But Nebraska is 3-1, with Adrian Martinez at quarterback and Scott Frost at head coach, and the pair will be joined by 90,000 of their closest friends Saturday night in Lincoln. 

It’s a game which will be unquestionably the Buckeyes’ toughest test of the season. 

Still, if the Buckeyes pass that test like many think they are capable of doing (Las Vegas currently has them listed as an 18-point favorite), and if they pair it with what they’ve done so far, it sets up for what could be an interesting question coming out of Lincoln late Saturday night: In a season where we came in talking about Alabama and Clemson, with LSU, Georgia, and Oklahoma taking the mantle at various points in recent weeks, is it possible that it’s the Buckeyes – not any of those five or anyone else – who are the most complete team in the country?  

By the end of the day Saturday it could absolutely be in play. 

Now, to be clear, I’m not saying that Saturday will prove Ohio State is the best team in college football. “Best” is subjective until the final game of the season (and, for college football fans, usually long after that). 

But “most complete?” It seems possible if the Buckeyes take care of business on Saturday night. 

Again — just so we’re loud and clear for the readers from Tuscaloosa to Baton Rouge and everywhere in between — we all know that the Buckeyes haven’t faced the stiffest competition so far. There are no marquee matchups like LSU and Georgia have had, or heck, even a super hostile road environment like Alabama and Clemson have faced (sorry Indiana fans, Bloomington doesn’t count).

Still, let’s not totally discredit the Buckeyes here either. Cincinnati and Indiana both have just one loss on their collective resumes, each suffering their lone defeat to Ohio State. In their other games, the Bearcats and Hoosiers are a combined 5-0, with all five wins coming by double-figures. So yes, Ohio State’s early competition won’t be confused for a run through the SEC West. But it might not be quite as bad as people think, either. 

But looking beyond the schedule and to the Buckeyes themselves, through four games they’ve dominated in just about every way a football team can. Competition or not, this is a sport that is built on upsets, one where on any given Saturday, some school you’ve never heard of can spring up and beat the best in the sport. So let’s never discredit Ohio State for playing and bludgeoning four inferior teams so far this season. It’s something not everyone can do, or has done so far. 

And it’s not just that Ohio State has done it — it's how. With ruthless efficiency in virtually every phase of the game. 

On defense, the Buckeyes have been elite so far. Not good. Not great. But elite. 

For fun, here are just a few of the categories that Ohio State currently ranks in the top 10 nationally in: total defense (No. 2), yards per play allowed (No. 2), rushing touchdowns allowed (No. 2), yards per run allowed (No. 2), rushing defense (No. 7), sacks (No. 1), and tackles for loss (No. 2).

I don’t care who the competition is. Those numbers are absolutely unbelievable. 

And it’s basically the same on offense. 

Ohio State currently ranks No. 3 nationally in scoring offense, and has actually scored the second-most total points this season behind only LSU (Oklahoma is averaging more points per game, but has played one fewer game). The Buckeyes rank 15^th nationally in rushing offense and are tied for fifth nationally with 13 rushing touchdowns. The only category that doesn’t jump off the page for Ohio State is passing offense, but even that number is a bit deceptive, since Ohio State has gotten out to such big leads in its games that they stop passing the ball. A better reflection of the Buckeyes’ pass offense might be their 9.4 yards per completion, which – like pretty much every other category – puts them in the top 20 nationally.

Did I mention that in a season where everyone is in a rush to hand either Joe Burrow or Jalen Hurts the Heisman, Justin Fields has basically been as good as either? For those not paying attention, here is Fields’ stat line: He is completing just under 70 percent of his passes, with 13 touchdown passes and zero interceptions. He also has six rushing touchdowns to boot.

So again, what don’t the Buckeyes do well? The closest thing I could come up with was field goal kicking, where they’re hitting just 50 percent. Of course, they have only been forced to attempt two all season. 

That’s especially interesting when you look at just about everyone else across major college football. While there are a handful of other teams who could be considered true playoff contenders at this point, each seems — at least through a few games — to have at least one obvious, fatal flaw.

At Clemson, the defense has been incredible, but the offense has left a bit to be desired, specifically — believe it or not — from the quarterback position. That’s not to say that Trevor Lawrence has been bad, but he hasn’t exactly lived up to the hype either. Lawrence has already thrown five interceptions this year. He had just four last year in nearly 300 more attempts than he’s had so far this season. His completion percentage is also down from 65 percent a year ago to just over 62 percent this year. 

At Bama, the Tua hype is real and it's spectacular. But South Carolina also moved the ball up and down the field on a young Tide defense in their biggest game of the season, with over 450 yards of total offense. It’s the same at LSU. Joe Burrow has been unreal. But the Tigers have given up 38 points to both Texas and Vanderbilt. 

Sure, some of that is due to the fact that LSU is scoring so fast that it’s keeping their defense on the field for longer. But 38 points is still a lot to give up. And it’s happened twice already. Once to Vanderbilt. Woof. 

At Oklahoma, the defense appears to be improved, but “appears to be” is the operative phrase there. We’ll see how they hold up against Texas and some of the better offenses the Big 12 has to offer. 

Even Georgia, which beat Notre Dame last week, was good, but not seemingly invincible against the Irish. Specifically, there are the wide receivers. That group was the closest thing to a weakness Georgia had coming into the year, and so far this season they remain a concern. The Bulldogs rank just 46^th nationally in plays of 20-plus yards, and last week that lack of explosion was on display. What happens when they play the better teams in this sport? It remains to be seen.

That’s also what makes Ohio State so interesting right now. At this point there is no obvious weakness. No place to be exploited. They are great on offense, able to move the ball both on the ground and through the air. Their defense has proven capable of shutting down anything thrown their way.  

Maybe Nebraska figures out a way to get to the Buckeyes this weekend. Or maybe someone does it down the line.

But through four weeks, Ohio State has looked like the most complete team in college football. 

By Sunday morning we should know for sure.