Ohio State Buckeyes
FBS
Big Ten Conference · OSU
Team Vitals
+34.9
power · 2026 · #2 D1
+15.1 / +19.7
off / def (higher = better)
1–1
2026 record
119
roster (2026)
Team profile 2025 · vs 136 FBS teams
Percentile against every FBS team, from 2025 play with garbage time excluded. No 2026 game has been played yet, so this describes last season.
- Win rate 93%ile 0.857
- Offense (PPA/play) 92%ile 0.333
- Defense (PPA allowed) 98%ile -0.042
- Offensive success rate 98%ile 0.527
- Defensive success rate allowed 97%ile 0.323
- Explosiveness 9%ile 1.164
- Explosiveness allowed 95%ile 1.123
- Plays per game 12%ile 55.4
median · bars right of it are above the FBS average · pace is a style, not a grade
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Kent State FBS | HOME | Ohio State 98% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Illinois FBS | HOME | Ohio State 84% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Iowa FBS | AWAY | Ohio State 69% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Maryland FBS | HOME | Ohio State 93% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Indiana FBS | AWAY | Indiana 52% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | USC FBS | AWAY | Ohio State 66% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Oregon FBS | HOME | Ohio State 74% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Northwestern FBS | HOME | Ohio State 89% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Nebraska FBS | AWAY | Ohio State 79% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | Michigan FBS | HOME | Ohio State 81% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Texas @ | L | 23–24 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Ball State vs | W | 56–3 |
| 2025-12-31 | 2025 | Bowl | Miami vs | L | 14–24 |
| 2025-12-06 | 2025 | Wk 15 | Indiana vs | L | 10–13 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Michigan @ | W | 27–9 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Rutgers vs | W | 42–9 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | UCLA vs | W | 48–10 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Purdue @ | W | 34–10 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Penn State vs | W | 38–14 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | Wisconsin @ | W | 34–0 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Illinois @ | W | 34–16 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Minnesota vs | W | 42–3 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 27 | +52 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 468 | 130 | +338 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2 | 571 | 206 | +365 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 | 397 | 146 | +251 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 575 | 273 | +302 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2 | 594 | 296 | +298 |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 328 | 206 | +122 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1 | 656 | 192 | +464 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1 | 593 | 357 | +236 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | 576 | 266 | +310 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2 | 512 | 201 | +311 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1 | 464 | 196 | +268 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Smith | WR | 91 | #7 | 2 | 16 rec · 315 yds · 3 TD |
| Julian Sayin | QB | 75 | #32 | 2 | 598 pass yds · 4 TD · 1 INT |
| Bo Jackson | RB | 74 | #73 | 2 | 157 rush yds · 1 TD · 5 rec |
| Earl Little Jr. | DB | 74 | #175 | 2 | 15 tkl · 1 PD |
| Devin Sanchez | DB | 73 | #201 | 2 | 10 tkl · 2 PD |
| Kenyatta Jackson Jr. | DL | 72 | #229 | 2 | 8 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Connor Hawkins | K | 72 | #31 | 2 | 3 FG · 9 XP · 18 pts |
| Payton Pierce | LB | 68 | #204 | 2 | 12 tkl |
| Jay Timmons | DB | 68 | #352 | 2 | 7 tkl · 2 PD |
| Ja'Kobi Jackson | RB | 67 | #167 | 2 | 103 rush yds · 2 TD |
| Devin McCuin | WR | 66 | #273 | 2 | 7 rec · 102 yds · 1 TD |
| Riley Pettijohn | LB | 64 | #322 | 2 | 9 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Jaylen McClain | DB | 63 | #602 | 2 | 6 tkl · 1 INT |
| Jason Moore | DL | 61 | #762 | 2 | 4 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Jermaine Mathews Jr. | DB | 60 | #748 | 2 | 7 tkl |
| Christian Alliegro | LB | 60 | #491 | 2 | 8 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Tarvos Alford | LB | 60 | #494 | 2 | 7 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Epi Sitanilei | DL | 59 | #885 | 1 | 2 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Legend Bey | RB | 59 | #372 | 2 | 37 rush yds · 2 rec |
| Mason Williams | TE | 56 | #215 | 2 | 3 rec · 35 yds |
| Khary Wilder | DL | 56 | #1145 | 2 | — |
| Beau Atkinson | DL | 54 | #1272 | 1 | 4 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Chris Henry Jr. | WR | 53 | #790 | 1 | 1 rec · 15 yds · 1 TD |
| John Walker | DL | 53 | #1372 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Nate Roberts | TE | 53 | #261 | 2 | 2 rec · 35 yds |
| Brandon Inniss | WR | 53 | #817 | 2 | 4 rec · 55 yds |
| James Smith | DL | 52 | #1508 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Isaiah West | RB | 50 | #655 | 2 | 34 rush yds · 3 rec |
| Tavien St. Clair | QB | 49 | #357 | 1 | 52 pass yds · 1 TD · 0 INT |
| Ashton Yeager | DL | 47 | #1951 | 1 | — |
| Luke Fahey | QB | 45 | #428 | 1 | 62 pass yds · 1 TD · 1 INT |
| Dominick Kelly | DB | 44 | #2014 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Brock Boyd | WR | 43 | #1305 | 1 | 1 rec · 22 yds |
| Joe McGuire | P | 43 | #184 | 2 | 6 punts · 40.0 yd avg |
| Jerquaden Guilford | WR | 40 | #1455 | 1 | 1 rec · 12 yds |
| Will Smith Jr. | DL | 40 | #2519 | 2 | 2 tkl |
| Eddrick Houston | DL | 40 | #2520 | 2 | 2 tkl |
| Cooper Peterson | K | 39 | #309 | 1 | 1 XP · 1 pts |
| Jordan Thomas | DB | 39 | #2340 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Terry Moore | DB | 38 | #2412 | 2 | 2 tkl |