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at its 5-year level▼ Down 4 this season
Career82since 1936
Peak972019
Last 594seasons
#5 nationally · 5-1 (3-0 conf)
Résumé #17 · better than its record
Schedule so far #34
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Ohio State Buckeyes
Big Ten · Columbus, OH · Ohio Stadium · Head coach Ryan Day
Rival
Michigan · also Penn State
Bitter rivalry
53-62-6 all time (121 meetings since 1897)
Michigan leads
Last: won 27-9 (2025)
Holds it
Blue BloodPlayoff ChampionHeisman HouseNFL FactoryWinning Tradition
6national titles
7Heisman
46AP top-10
79All-Americans
296NFL picks
75.9%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1897. Every season →
Chemistry
65
71Foundation
58Gel
gel counts 50% so far
at its usual level
early · #32 of 138
HC year8
Ret. starters46%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 5-1 | Big Ten | #5 | #5 | 92 | Ryan Day |
| 2025 | 12-2 | Big Ten | #5 | #2 | 95 | Ryan Day |
| 2024 ★ | 14-2 | Big Ten | #1 | #1 | 94 | Ryan Day |
| 2023 | 11-2 | Big Ten | #10 | #2 | 94 | Ryan Day |
| 2022 | 11-2 | Big Ten | #4 | #2 | 94 | Ryan Day |
| 2021 | 11-2 | Big Ten | #6 | #2 | 91 | Ryan Day |
| 2020 | 7-1 | Big Ten | #2 | #2 | 90 | Ryan Day |
| 2019 | 13-1 | Big Ten | #3 | #2 | 97 | Ryan Day |
| 2018 | 13-1 | Big Ten | #3 | #10 | 84 | Urban Meyer; Ryan Day |
| 2017 | 12-2 | Big Ten | #5 | #4 | 91 | Urban Meyer |
| 2016 | 11-2 | Big Ten | #6 | #5 | 90 | Urban Meyer |
| 2015 | 12-1 | Big Ten | #4 | #4 | 88 | Urban Meyer |
| 2014 ★ | 14-1 | Big Ten | #1 | #4 | 90 | Urban Meyer |
| 2013 | 12-2 | Big Ten | #12 | #12 | 82 | Urban Meyer |
| 2012 | 12-0 | Big Ten | #3 | #23 | 76 | Urban Meyer |
| 2011 | 6-7 | Big Ten | — | #43 | 70 | Luke Fickell |
| 2010 | 12-1 | Big Ten | #5 | #7 | 86 | Jim Tressel |
| 2009 | 11-2 | Big Ten | #5 | #11 | 80 | Jim Tressel |
| 2008 | 10-3 | Big Ten | #9 | #9 | 83 | Jim Tressel |
| 2007 | 11-2 | Big Ten | #5 | #10 | 85 | Jim Tressel |
| 2006 | 12-1 | Big Ten | #2 | #2 | 90 | Jim Tressel |
| 2005 | 10-2 | Big Ten | #4 | #3 | 93 | Jim Tressel |
| 2004 | 8-4 | Big Ten | #20 | #25 | 76 | Jim Tressel |
| 2003 | 11-2 | Big Ten | #4 | #16 | 78 | Jim Tressel |
| 2002 ★ | 14-0 | Big Ten | #2 | #7 | 84 | Jim Tressel |
| 2001 | 7-5 | Big Ten | #22 | #29 | 75 | Jim Tressel |
| 2000 | 8-4 | Big Ten | — | #15 | 78 | John Cooper |
| 1999 | 6-6 | Big Ten | — | #25 | 75 | John Cooper |
| 1998 | 11-1 | Big Ten | #2 | #1 | 93 | John Cooper |
| 1997 | 10-3 | Big Ten | #12 | #6 | 87 | John Cooper |
| 1996 | 11-1 | Big Ten | #2 | #3 | 92 | John Cooper |
| 1995 | 11-2 | Big Ten | #6 | #2 | 94 | John Cooper |
| 1994 | 9-4 | Big Ten | #14 | #9 | 81 | John Cooper |
| 1993 | 10-1-1 | Big Ten | #11 | #12 | 80 | John Cooper |
| 1992 | 8-3-1 | Big Ten | #18 | #12 | 79 | John Cooper |
| 1991 | 8-4 | Big Ten | — | #33 | 73 | John Cooper |
| 1990 | 7-4-1 | Big Ten | — | #22 | 76 | John Cooper |
| 1989 | 8-4 | Big Ten | #24 | #36 | 70 | John Cooper |
| 1988 | 4-6-1 | Big Ten | — | #56 | 64 | John Cooper |
| 1987 | 6-4-1 | Big Ten | — | #24 | 74 | Earle Bruce |
| 1986 | 10-3 | Big Ten | #7 | #13 | 80 | Earle Bruce |
| 1985 | 9-3 | Big Ten | #14 | #16 | 79 | Earle Bruce |
| 1984 | 9-3 | Big Ten | #13 | #7 | 80 | Earle Bruce |
| 1983 | 9-3 | Big Ten | #9 | #10 | 80 | Earle Bruce |
| 1982 | 9-3 | Big Ten | #12 | #15 | 79 | Earle Bruce |
| 1981 | 9-3 | Big Ten | #15 | #31 | 74 | Earle Bruce |
| 1980 | 9-3 | Big Ten | #15 | #12 | 83 | Earle Bruce |
| 1979 | 11-1 | Big Ten | #4 | #4 | 90 | Earle Bruce |
| 1978 | 7-4-1 | Big Ten | — | #19 | 78 | Woody Hayes |
| 1977 | 9-3 | Big Ten | #11 | #8 | 87 | Woody Hayes |
| 1976 | 9-2-1 | Big Ten | #6 | #4 | 88 | Woody Hayes |
| 1975 | 11-1 | Big Ten | #4 | #2 | 93 | Woody Hayes |
| 1974 | 10-2 | Big Ten | #4 | #2 | 93 | Woody Hayes |
| 1973 | 10-0-1 | Big Ten | #2 | #2 | 95 | Woody Hayes |
| 1972 | 9-2 | Big Ten | #9 | #15 | 77 | Woody Hayes |
| 1971 | 6-4 | Big Ten | — | #17 | 78 | Woody Hayes |
| 1970 ★ | 9-1 | Big Ten | #5 | #5 | 88 | Woody Hayes |
| 1969 | 8-1 | Big Ten | #4 | #1 | 91 | Woody Hayes |
| 1968 ★ | 10-0 | Big Ten | #1 | #4 | 86 | Woody Hayes |
| 1967 | 6-3 | Big Ten | — | #50 | 65 | Woody Hayes |
| 1966 | 4-5 | Big Ten | — | #66 | 61 | Woody Hayes |
| 1965 | 7-2 | Big Ten | — | #19 | 76 | Woody Hayes |
| 1964 | 7-2 | Big Ten | #9 | #9 | 80 | Woody Hayes |
| 1963 | 5-3-1 | Big Ten | — | #19 | 77 | Woody Hayes |
| 1962 | 6-3 | Big Ten | — | #10 | 81 | Woody Hayes |
| 1961 ★ | 8-0-1 | Big Ten | #2 | #6 | 86 | Woody Hayes |
| 1960 | 7-2 | Big Ten | #8 | #3 | 87 | Woody Hayes |
| 1959 | 3-5-1 | Big Ten | — | #37 | 69 | Woody Hayes |
| 1958 | 6-1-2 | Big Ten | #8 | #8 | 81 | Woody Hayes |
| 1957 ★ | 9-1 | Big Ten | #2 | #3 | 86 | Woody Hayes |
| 1956 | 6-3 | Big Ten | #15 | #12 | 78 | Woody Hayes |
| 1955 | 7-2 | Big Ten | #5 | #12 | 78 | Woody Hayes |
| 1954 ★ | 10-0 | Big Ten | #1 | #1 | 93 | Woody Hayes |
| 1953 | 6-3 | Big Ten | — | #21 | 75 | Woody Hayes |
| 1952 | 6-3 | Western | #17 | #16 | 77 | Woody Hayes |
| 1951 | 4-3-2 | Western | — | #23 | 74 | Woody Hayes |
| 1950 | 6-3 | Western | #14 | #4 | 85 | Wesley Fesler |
| 1949 | 7-1-2 | Western | #6 | #8 | 81 | Wesley Fesler |
| 1948 | 6-3 | Western | — | #15 | 79 | Wesley Fesler |
| 1947 | 2-6-1 | Western | — | #52 | 65 | Wesley Fesler |
| 1946 | 4-3-2 | Western | — | #14 | 77 | Paul Bixler |
| 1945 | 7-2 | Western | #12 | #10 | 80 | Carroll Widdoes |
| 1944 | 9-0 | Western | #2 | #2 | 92 | Carroll Widdoes |
| 1943 | 3-6 | Western | — | #14 | 72 | Paul Brown |
| 1942 ★ | 9-1 | Western | #1 | #3 | 86 | Paul Brown |
| 1941 | 6-1-1 | Western | #13 | #18 | 75 | Paul Brown |
| 1940 | 4-4 | Western | — | #17 | 78 | Francis Schmidt |
| 1939 | 6-2 | Western | #15 | #13 | 79 | Francis Schmidt |
| 1938 | 4-3-1 | Western | — | #29 | 73 | Francis Schmidt |
| 1937 | 6-2 | Western | #13 | #10 | 79 | Francis Schmidt |
| 1936 | 5-3 | Western | — | #10 | 79 | Francis Schmidt |
| 1935 | 7-1 | Western | — | #6 | 85 early | Francis Schmidt |
| 1934 | 7-1 | Western | — | #3 | 93 early | Francis Schmidt |
| 1933 | 7-1 | Western | — | #11 | 78 early | Sam Willaman |
| 1932 | 4-1-3 | Western | — | #13 | 78 early | Sam Willaman |
| 1931 | 6-3 | Western | — | #19 | 75 early | Sam Willaman |
| 1930 | 5-2-1 | Western | — | #12 | 79 early | Sam Willaman |
| 1929 | 4-3-1 | Western | — | #43 | 65 early | Sam Willaman |
| 1928 | 5-2-1 | Western | — | #18 | 74 early | John Wilce |
| 1927 | 4-4 | Western | — | #51 | 60 early | John Wilce |
| 1926 | 7-1 | Western | — | #10 | 80 early | John Wilce |
| 1925 | 4-3-1 | Western | — | #30 | 70 early | John Wilce |
| 1924 | 2-3-3 | Western | — | #26 | 70 early | John Wilce |
| 1923 | 3-4-1 | Western | — | #36 | 68 early | John Wilce |
| 1922 | 3-4 | Western | — | #31 | 69 early | John Wilce |
| 1921 | 5-2 | Western | — | #2 | 89 early | John Wilce |
| 1920 | 7-1 | Western | — | #7 | 79 early | John Wilce |
| 1919 | 6-1 | Western | — | #11 | 78 early | John Wilce |
| 1918 | 3-3 | Western | — | — | — | John Wilce |
| 1917 | 8-0-1 | Western | — | #3 | 86 early | John Wilce |
| 1916 | 7-0 | Western | — | #17 | 75 early | John Wilce |
| 1915 | 5-1-1 | Western | — | #13 | 76 early | John Wilce |
| 1914 | 5-2 | Western | — | #13 | 75 early | John Wilce |
| 1913 | 4-2-1 | Western | — | #34 | 59 early | John Wilce |
| 1901 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | John Eckstrom |
| 1900 | 0-0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | John Eckstrom |
| 1897 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | David Edwards |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.