Useless Stat of the Century

From the (1)Ohio State vs. (2)Texas section of ESPN.com's Top 25 Overview for this weekend:

The past three regular-season 1 vs. 2 games have been won by the No. 2 team. But the Buckeyes are 2-0 all-time in 1 vs. 2 games.

OMG, what an incredible conflation of incongruent, meaningless, and wholly irrelevant statistical trends! Something's got to give!