With any potential offensive line transfer portal upgrades already committed elsewhere, Ohio State will rely on its veterans up front to take a major step in 2026.
Three Buckeyes will play in the Senior Bowl, CJ Donaldson will play in the East-West Shrine Bowl, and Ethan Onianwa and John Ferlmann played in the American Bowl.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba dominates the NFC Championship Game, Mike Vrabel coaches the Patriots to the AFC title and Ohio State will have four representatives in Super Bowl LX.
The hire of Arthur Smith gives Ryan Day two former NFL head coaches as coordinators and the veteran play-calling experience Ohio State needs to lead its offense.
Former Ohio State linebacker Anthony Schlegel has rejoined the Buckeyes’ strength and conditioning staff after previously working for OSU from 2011-15.
Ohio State earned its first-ever win on the West Coast in dominant fashion, blowing out USC 33-0 while allowing the Trojans to gain just 67 yards in a 1941 trip to Los Angeles.
Brian Hartline is hiring former Ohio State wide receiver K.J. Hill and offensive lineman Toby Wilson as offensive assistants on his staff at South Florida.
Former Ohio State defensive end and assistant coach Mike Vrabel, now the head coach of the New England Patriots, wins the PFWA’s NFL Coach of the Year award.
Eight coaches ranked Ohio State as the third-best team in the country for 2025, but Miami (Ohio)’s Chuck Martin ranked OSU 10th and Delaware’s Ryan Carty forgot to rank OSU.
Former Ohio State defensive end Dominic Kirks is transferring to Northwestern, becoming the eighth member of the 2025 Buckeyes to transfer to another Big Ten school.
The most consistently terrible program in the history of college football just went 16-0 to complete the most impressive season and turnaround the sport has ever seen.
Former Ohio State safety Cody Haddad is transferring to Iowa, becoming the seventh member of the 2025 Buckeyes to transfer to another Big Ten school for 2026.
Ohio Stadium will have a new video board in the north end zone in 2026 and, if approved by the Board of Trustees, a new scoreboard in the south end zone in 2027.
Ohio State is ranked fifth in the final AP Top 25 for the 2025 season. It’s the 11th time in the last 12 years that the Buckeyes have finished the year ranked in the top six.
CBS Sports, On3 and Sports Illustrated ranked Ohio State No. 1 while ESPN ranked the Buckeyes No. 6 in their way-too-early top 25 polls for the 2026 college football season.
Indiana’s national championship game heroes included the sons of two former Buckeyes and the nephew of a key figure from Miami’s 2003 title game loss to Ohio State.
