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2026 season

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2026 preseason report

Historical preseason snapshot from 2026-07-29, including roster context and illustrative season projections. This is not a live injury feed.

What every system says

Ohio State's rank in each system (1 = best). Middle rank 4 across 8 systems; best 1, worst 5, so they disagree by 4 places.

Lab EPA
#5
Through week 82026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.
Lab SRS
#3
no change2026 · 138 FBS roster teams, including prior-only teams · Through week 8 · built 2026-10-30T11:17:06.745613+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.
SP+
#1
no change2026 · 138 published SP+ teams · Provider week 9 · captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Published provider ranks; tie handling is not documented in this snapshot.
Elo
#3
no change2026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8 · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
FPI
#1
no change2026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Event cutoff not supplied · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
CORE
#5
no change · Through week 8 · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:002026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8 · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
CFBD SRS
#5
down 12026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Event cutoff not supplied · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
WEPA
#5
no change2026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Event cutoff not supplied · captured 2026-10-30T11:02:01.130624+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.
Compare every team

FPI context

ESPN FPI via CFBD · 2026

Résumé and schedule

Results earned and schedule difficulty

Strength of record
#4 of 138
Schedule strength
#13 of 138
Remaining schedule strength
#16 of 138
Game control
#1 of 138

Unit efficiency

Performance by unit

Overall
#4 of 138
Offense
#4 of 138
Defense
#7 of 138
Special teams
#68 of 138

Ranks calculated among rated FBS teams; ties share rank. #1 means strongest résumé, hardest schedule, best game control or highest efficiency. These are separate measures, not a combined forecast. Captured Oct 30, 2026, 06:02:01 CDT. FPI supplies no results-through week; capture time records when we received it.

Why the ratings disagree

Ohio State · 2026. Each system answers a different question. The cards show each source's rank (published or computed here) and coverage, so a rank gap can also reflect which teams have data.

Record

6-1 wins–losses

No rank assigned

Results earned. Wins and losses do not account for opponent strength or victory margin.

2026, provider Week 9; captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00

SP+ workbook record

Descriptive EPA

0.225 net EPA/play

#5

2026 · 138 rated FBS teams · Through week 8. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.

Observed per-play efficiency after opponent adjustment. FBS-vs-FBS plays; no preseason strength prior. Sparse schedules can produce sharp early movement.

2026, through CFBD Week 8; opponent adjusted ridge

Lab EPA from CFBD plays

Local predictive SRS

19.19 points

#3 · Rank unchanged since the previous CFBD cutoff

2026 · 138 FBS roster teams, including prior-only teams · Through week 8 · built 2026-10-30T11:17:06.745613+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings take separate places, ordered by team name.

This season's 7 games, with recent games counting a bit more: average margin +19.70 (with blowouts capped at 35 points and overtime games counted as a 1-point result, then 2.5 points of home field removed) against opponents averaging +2.15, schedule #21 of 138 (#1 = toughest). That is worth +21.85 on its own; the preseason prior of +11.18 still carries 25% of the weight, giving +19.19.

How each game enters this SRS rating

Ohio State · 2026, through CFBD Week 8. Margins are team minus opponent. The fit caps margins and treats overtime as a one-point result before adjusting for venue. Recent games carry more weight; the fit share includes the preseason prior in its denominator.

GameRaw margin → transformedVenue adjustmentRecency weightFit shareOpponent ratingMargin termOpponent termTotal term
Week 1 · Ball State
home · 2026-09-05 · ID 401858432		+53.00 → +35.00-2.500.76379.52%-12.593.095-1.2001.896
Week 2 · Texas
away · 2026-09-12 · ID 401856682		-1.00 → -1.00+2.500.79379.90%+13.570.1481.3431.492
Week 3 · Kent State
home · 2026-09-19 · ID 401858454		+56.00 → +35.00-2.500.824910.29%-11.953.343-1.2292.114
Week 4 · Illinois
home · 2026-09-26 · ID 401858465		+23.00 → +23.00-2.500.857210.69%+3.722.1920.3982.590
Week 5 · Iowa
away · 2026-10-03 · ID 401858473		+17.00 → +17.00+2.500.890911.11%+6.882.1670.7652.931
Week 6 · Maryland
home · 2026-10-10 · ID 401858483		+29.00 → +29.00-2.500.925911.55%-4.713.060-0.5442.516
Week 7 · Indiana
away · 2026-10-17 · ID 401858488		+4.00 → +4.00+2.500.962212.00%+17.330.7802.0792.859

Game terms +16.40 points; prior term +2.79 points. Their unrounded sum is the fitted rating +19.19 points. The preseason prior is +11.18 with 24.94% of the fit weight. Displayed values are rounded; the producer checks the unrounded identity within 0.00000001 points.

These are additive terms of the current fit, not the effect of removing a game. Opponent ratings already reflect the connected schedule. Lower-division opponents use the fixed anchor, not an individually fitted rating. The rating's model-based 95% band is ±9.3 points; this decomposition does not reduce uncertainty or assign causal effects.

Download fitted terms and source hashes

Estimated strength from schedule-adjusted scoring margins, margin caps, home-field adjustment and recency weighting. Half of prior-season strength, including postseason, carries forward with two games of weight. SRS includes FCS opponents under a fixed strength assumption. 7 current games; prior available.

2026, through CFBD Week 8; generated 2026-10-30T11:17:06.745613+00:00

Lab SRS from CFBD scores

External SP+

28.6 SP+ points

#1 · Rank unchanged

2026 · 138 published SP+ teams · Provider week 9 · captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Published provider ranks; tie handling is not documented in this snapshot.

Bill Connelly's published predictive strength estimate. Its method and scale differ from local SRS.

2026, provider Week 9; captured 2026-10-25T21:28:39.844929+00:00

Bill Connelly SP+ workbook

External CORE

22.95 net points per 100 offensive + 100 defensive plays

#5 of 138 by overall (ranked here; CORE publishes no rank)

2026 · 138 rated FBS teams in this CORE board · 2026, through regular Week 8; model core-v1; captured 2026-10-30T11:02:06.855798+00:00. Rank 1 is best; lower rank numbers are better. Higher rating values are better. Equal ratings share the best tied rank; the next rank skips places.

CFBD's context- and opponent-relative efficiency. Offense is higher-better; defense is points allowed above average, so lower is better; overall is offense minus defense. It counts only pass and rush plays from FBS-vs-FBS games, with no special teams, overtime or garbage time; early-week values are pulled toward average but are still uncertain, and it is not a résumé ranking. Its scale is not comparable to EPA, SRS or SP+. Offense 10.89 on 421 plays; defense -12.06 on 365 plays.

2026, through regular Week 8; model core-v1; captured 2026-10-30T11:02:06.855798+00:00

CFBD CORE ratingCORE board: offense vs defense

EPA ranks Ohio State 2 places lower than local SRS at the matched cutoff. This identifies a disagreement; it does not isolate its cause. SP+ movement compares provider weeks 8 and 9. Provider weeks may differ from CFBD weeks, so no cross-provider rank gap is calculated. CORE reports its own inclusive cutoff and is shown beside these systems for comparison only; it is an external research rating and is never blended into the lab's opponent-adjusted EPA, local SRS or any pick.

Team ratings and rank gaps are not matchup spreads or win probabilities. Matchup context and a calibrated forecast mapping are required. Do not average EPA, SRS, SP+ and CORE values across their different scales.

Read local SRS assumptions and forecast evidence

Program context

2026 · CFBD records, polls, recruiting, coaches
Record
6-1 · conf 4-0 · home 4-0 · away 2-1 · expected wins 6.4
Polls (Week 9)
AP Top 25 #2 · Coaches Poll #2
CFP latest
not published
CFP final
not published
Against the spread
2026: 5-2 ATS (+1.0 avg) · 2025: 10-4 ATS (+3.7 avg)
Head coach
Ryan Day · hired 2018-12-04 · 37-6 over 4 captured seasons
Recruiting classes
2024 #5 (289 pts) · 2025 #4 (298 pts) · 2026 #4 (301 pts)
Returning
68% of production · 71% of usage
Passing, receiving and rushing detail
CategoryProductionUsage
Passing94%96%
Receiving50%49%
Rushing55%65%

Shares of prior-season PPA and usage returning in each category. Missing values are unavailable.

Provider values from CFBD captures dated 2026-09-22, 2026-10-30. head coach for the season; tenure counts cover only the captured seasons, hire date is the provider's. Returning usage carries no signal beyond returning production in this repo's research; neither is a model input.

Recruiting by position group

2023–2026 classes · High school · CFBD · captured 2026-10-30 UTC

Position groupCommitsAvg. starsAvg. ratingTotal rating
Defensive Back233.830.918421.12
Defensive Line193.740.912517.34
Linebacker104.000.93289.33
Offensive Line173.710.909515.46
Quarterback53.800.92504.62
Receiver204.050.934418.69
Running Back63.670.91035.46
Special Teams63.170.85715.14

Recruiting class aggregates, not current roster strength. Commits count recruits across the window; total rating also reflects class size. JUCO, prep-school and transfer ratings are excluded. These values do not enter the prediction model.

Player efficiency and usage

2026 · observed 2026-10-30 UTC

Passing and rushing WEPA adjust efficiency for opponents. Kicker PAAR measures points added above replacement. Higher is better within each metric. Metric rows are ordered by sample size, followed by usage-only players. Usage is the share of team plays involving the player within each category; categories overlap and should not be added. CFBD definitions

Player / historyMetricValuePlays / attemptsOverall usageUsage detailRecruiting
Julian Sayin · QB

CFBD athlete 5079712. Ohio State (2024–2026)

Passing WEPA0.62321746.9%
Pass 90.9% · Rush 10.5%

1st 42.2% · 2nd 43.2% · 3rd 64.4%

Standard downs 42.7% · Passing downs 60.3%

2024: 5★ · 0.9966
Bo Jackson · RB

CFBD athlete 5141517. Ohio State (2025–2026)

Rushing WEPA0.23811125.0%
Pass 6.4% · Rush 41.5%

1st 26.5% · 2nd 28.4% · 3rd 13.3%

Standard downs 28.5% · Passing downs 13.8%

2025: 4★ · 0.9320
Ja'Kobi Jackson · RB

CFBD athlete 5151892. Florida (2023–2025); Ohio State (2026–2026)

Rushing WEPA0.3646514.9%
Pass 1.6% · Rush 26.3%

1st 16.0% · 2nd 17.3% · 3rd 8.1%

Standard downs 16.9% · Passing downs 8.4%

Not linked
Connor Hawkins · PK

CFBD athlete 5156433. Ohio State (2026–2026); Baylor (2024–2025)

Kicker PAAR0.36010—
Pass — · Rush —

1st — · 2nd — · 3rd —

Standard downs — · Passing downs —

2024: 3★ · 0.8031
Bennett Christian · TE

CFBD athlete 4685706. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.6%
Pass 3.3% · Rush 0.0%

1st 3.4% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 2.1% · Passing downs 0.0%

Not linked
Brandon Inniss · WR

CFBD athlete 4870835. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——4.1%
Pass 8.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 4.7% · 2nd 1.5% · 3rd 7.8%

Standard downs 3.2% · Passing downs 6.6%

Not linked
Brock Boyd · WR

CFBD athlete 5161804. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——3.6%
Pass 8.1% · Rush 0.0%

1st 2.2% · 2nd 5.7% · 3rd 4.5%

Standard downs 2.7% · Passing downs 7.8%

Not linked
Brody Lennon · TE

CFBD athlete 5214446. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.4%
Pass 2.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 0.0% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 9.1%

Standard downs 0.0% · Passing downs 5.3%

Not linked
Chris Henry Jr. · WR

CFBD athlete 5159009. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.3%
Pass 5.1% · Rush 0.0%

1st 1.2% · 2nd 3.7% · 3rd 3.3%

Standard downs 1.8% · Passing downs 4.2%

Not linked
Devin Mccuin · WR

CFBD athlete 5076952. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——6.0%
Pass 12.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 5.2% · 2nd 8.3% · 3rd 5.2%

Standard downs 4.5% · Passing downs 10.4%

Not linked
Favour Akih · RB

CFBD athlete 5244752. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——12.3%
Pass 0.0% · Rush 21.6%

1st 12.5% · 2nd 14.3% · 3rd 12.5%

Standard downs 11.1% · Passing downs 18.2%

Not linked
Hunter Welcing · TE

CFBD athlete 4431009. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——4.3%
Pass 8.3% · Rush 0.0%

1st 2.9% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 16.7%

Standard downs 3.4% · Passing downs 9.1%

Not linked
Isaiah West · RB

CFBD athlete 5141701. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——8.0%
Pass 2.5% · Rush 13.4%

1st 9.4% · 2nd 8.3% · 3rd 3.9%

Standard downs 8.8% · Passing downs 5.7%

Not linked
Jeremiah Smith · WR

CFBD athlete 5079720. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——15.3%
Pass 32.9% · Rush 0.8%

1st 14.8% · 2nd 11.6% · 3rd 22.2%

Standard downs 15.2% · Passing downs 15.5%

Not linked
Jerquaden Guilford · WR

CFBD athlete 5209946. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.4%
Pass 2.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 2.6% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 1.9% · Passing downs 0.0%

Not linked
Kyle Parker · WR

CFBD athlete 4900640. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.9%
Pass 9.5% · Rush 0.0%

1st 6.5% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 3.3% · Passing downs 0.0%

Not linked
Legend Bey · RB

CFBD athlete 5182122. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——5.6%
Pass 2.6% · Rush 8.2%

1st 7.6% · 2nd 3.7% · 3rd 4.8%

Standard downs 6.2% · Passing downs 3.6%

Not linked
Luke Fahey · QB

CFBD athlete 5214646. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——6.3%
Pass 11.0% · Rush 1.0%

1st 4.0% · 2nd 7.7% · 3rd 11.4%

Standard downs 3.2% · Passing downs 15.7%

Not linked
Mason Williams · TE

CFBD athlete 5081611. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.5%
Pass 5.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 4.0% · 2nd 2.3% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 2.9% · Passing downs 1.4%

Not linked
Max LeBlanc · TE

CFBD athlete 5116115. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.4%
Pass 3.0% · Rush 0.0%

1st 1.0% · 2nd 2.9% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 1.3% · Passing downs 1.6%

Not linked
Nate Roberts · TE

CFBD athlete 5141656. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.7%
Pass 5.9% · Rush 0.0%

1st 2.2% · 2nd 3.2% · 3rd 2.2%

Standard downs 2.4% · Passing downs 3.4%

Not linked
Nick Lautar · TE

CFBD athlete 5375131. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——1.4%
Pass 2.6% · Rush 0.0%

1st 0.0% · 2nd 4.5% · 3rd 0.0%

Standard downs 0.0% · Passing downs 5.3%

Not linked
Phillip Bell · WR

CFBD athlete 5141384. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——2.2%
Pass 4.7% · Rush 0.0%

1st 1.6% · 2nd 1.5% · 3rd 5.3%

Standard downs 0.9% · Passing downs 6.4%

Not linked
Stanley Jackson · RB

CFBD athlete 5226888. Team attribution from the captured season usage record.

Not available——3.1%
Pass 0.0% · Rush 5.4%

1st 3.1% · 2nd 0.0% · 3rd 12.5%

Standard downs 1.9% · Passing downs 9.1%

Not linked

Transfers

Incoming · 17 reported
PlayerFromDateStars / ratingEligibility
Cam Calhoun · CBAlabama2026-01-153★ / 0.8800Immediate
Christian Alliegro · LBWisconsin2026-01-083★ / 0.8800Immediate
Connor Hawkins · KBaylor2026-01-143★ / 0.8400Immediate
Dalton Riggs · LSUCF2026-01-06— / —Immediate
Devin McCuin · WRUTSA2026-01-073★ / 0.8600Immediate
Dominick Kelly · CBGeorgia2026-01-144★ / 0.9000Immediate
Earl Little Jr. · SFlorida State2026-01-114★ / 0.9300Immediate
Hunter Welcing · TENorthwestern2026-01-124★ / 0.9100Immediate
Ja'Kobi Jackson · RBFlorida2026-01-153★ / 0.8800Immediate
James Smith · DLAlabama2026-01-134★ / 0.9400Immediate
John Walker · DLUCF2026-01-063★ / 0.8700Immediate
Justyn Martin · QBMaryland2026-01-123★ / 0.8600Immediate
Kyle Parker · WRLSU2026-01-163★ / 0.8700Immediate
Mason Williams · TEOhio2026-01-043★ / 0.8500Immediate
Qua Russaw · EDGEAlabama2026-01-134★ / 0.9300Immediate
Terry Moore · SDuke2026-01-124★ / 0.9400Immediate
Vasean Washington · OTDartmouth2026-01-283★ / 0.8500Immediate
Outgoing · 38 reported
PlayerToDateStars / ratingEligibility
Aaron Scott Jr. · CBOregon2026-01-173★ / 0.8800Immediate
Ahmed Tounkara · DLWestern Michigan2026-01-153★ / 0.8000Immediate
Bodpegn Miller · WRWashington2026-01-283★ / 0.8600Immediate
Bryce West · CBWisconsin2026-01-063★ / 0.8600Immediate
Bryson Rodgers · WRSouth Florida2026-01-093★ / 0.8600Immediate
Bukari Miles Jr. · CBIncarnate Word2026-01-243★ / —Immediate
C.J. Hicks · EDGESouth Florida2026-01-053★ / 0.8700Immediate
Cody Haddad · SIowa2026-01-163★ / 0.8600Immediate
Damarion Witten · WRMiami (OH)2026-01-163★ / 0.8600Immediate
Devontae Armstrong · IOLMiami (OH)2026-01-203★ / 0.8600Immediate
Diante Griffin · CBBall State2026-01-163★ / 0.8000Immediate
Dominic Kirks · EDGENorthwestern2026-01-223★ / 0.8600Immediate
Dorian Williams · WRYoungstown State2026-01-163★ / —Immediate
Eric Mensah · DLVirginia Tech2026-01-113★ / 0.8600Immediate
Faheem Delane · SLSU2026-01-124★ / 0.9000Immediate
Grant Mills · LSMassachusetts2026-01-09— / —Immediate
Isaiah Kema · IOLUtah2026-01-083★ / 0.8600Immediate
Jackson Courville · KTulane2026-01-12— / —Immediate
James Peoples · RBPenn State2026-01-073★ / 0.8800Immediate
Jarquez Carter · DLMiami2026-01-133★ / 0.8700Immediate
Jayden Fielding · KNot reported2026-08-27— / —Immediate
Jayvon McFadden · IOLColorado2026-01-183★ / 0.8600Immediate
Jelani Thurman · TENorth Carolina2026-01-113★ / 0.8900Immediate
Joshua Mickens · EDGEUConn2026-01-133★ / 0.8600Immediate
Justin Terry · OTVirginia Tech2026-01-183★ / 0.8600Immediate
Keenan Nelson Jr. · SGeorgia State2026-06-104★ / —Immediate
Lincoln Kienholz · QBLouisville2026-01-043★ / 0.8900Immediate
Logan George · EDGEWashington2026-01-123★ / 0.8600Immediate
Malik Hartford · SUCLA2026-01-143★ / 0.8600Immediate
Mason Maggs · QBNot reported2026-01-01— / —Immediate
Maxwell Roy · DLUCLA2026-01-113★ / 0.8600Immediate
Mylan Graham · WRNotre Dame2026-01-134★ / 0.9100Immediate
Nick McLarty · PArizona State2026-01-06— / —Immediate
Quincy Porter · WRNotre Dame2026-01-124★ / 0.9400Immediate
Sam Dixon · RBSouth Carolina2026-01-103★ / 0.8600Immediate
Tegra Tshabola · IOLKentucky2026-01-124★ / 0.9300Immediate
Trajen Odom · DLArkansas2026-01-143★ / 0.8600Immediate
Ty Howard · SNot reported2026-01-10— / —Immediate

Transfer observations can include unresolved destinations. CFBD supplies no timezone for transfer dates and no athlete ID linking these records to the efficiency table. These observations do not establish current roster membership or game availability.

Descriptive context only; no player or transfer value enters the prediction model. Adjusted metrics require unambiguous season/team history. Usage-only rows use the captured athlete ID and team; conflicting usage identities are omitted. Missing values are unavailable, not zero. Provider coverage is incomplete.

Coaching eras

Continuous appointments at Ohio State. Records are CFBD-attributed results; active tenures and the current season may be incomplete.

Ryan Day · career 82–12 across 9 seasons and 1 schools

Tenure timeline · 25 appointments

  1. 2018–present · Ryan Day · active at capture

    82–12 · 94 attributed games · 9 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Hired 2018-12-04. Exact effective dates unavailable.

  2. 2012–2018 · Urban Meyer

    83–9 · 92 attributed games · 7 seasons · incomplete attribution

    Hired 2011-11-28. Exact effective dates unavailable.

  3. 2011–2011 · Luke Fickell

    6–7 · 13 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Hired 2011-05-30. Exact effective dates unavailable.

  4. 2001–2010 · Jim Tressel

    106–22 · 128 attributed games · 10 seasons

    Hired 2001-01-18. Exact effective dates unavailable.

  5. 1988–2000 · John Cooper

    111–43–4 · 158 attributed games · 13 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  6. 1979–1987 · Earle Bruce

    81–26–1 · 108 attributed games · 9 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  7. 1951–1978 · Woody Hayes

    205–61–10 · 276 attributed games · 28 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  8. 1947–1950 · Wesley Fesler

    21–10–3 · 37 attributed games · 4 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  9. 1946–1946 · Paul Bixler

    4–3–2 · 9 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  10. 1944–1945 · Carroll Widdoes

    16–2 · 18 attributed games · 2 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  11. 1941–1943 · Paul Brown

    18–8–1 · 27 attributed games · 3 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  12. 1934–1940 · Francis Schmidt

    39–16–1 · 56 attributed games · 7 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  13. 1929–1933 · Sam Willaman

    26–10–5 · 41 attributed games · 5 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  14. 1913–1928 · John Wilce

    78–33–9 · 120 attributed games · 16 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  15. 1912–1912 · John Richards

    6–3 · 9 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  16. 1911–1911 · Harry Vaughn

    5–3–2 · 10 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  17. 1910–1910 · Howard Jones

    6–1–3 · 10 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  18. 1906–1909 · A.E. Herrnstein

    28–10–1 · 38 attributed games · 4 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  19. 1904–1905 · E.R. Sweetland

    14–7–2 · 23 attributed games · 2 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  20. 1902–1903 · Perry Hale

    14–5–2 · 21 attributed games · 2 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  21. 1899–1901 · John Eckstrom

    22–4–3 · 29 attributed games · 3 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  22. 1897–1898 · David Edwards

    4–12–1 · 17 attributed games · 2 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  23. 1896–1896 · Charles Hickey

    5–5–1 · 11 attributed games · 1 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  24. 1892–1895 · Jack Ryder

    19–17–2 · 38 attributed games · 4 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

  25. 1890–1891 · Alexander Lilley

    3–5 · 8 attributed games · 2 seasons

    Exact effective dates unavailable.

Season résumé · 2015–2026

Coach-attributed records appear beside team-season ratings, recruiting and poll context. Shared seasons appear once per coach; rows are not assigned to individual stints. Ratings describe team performance, not a causal coaching effect.

Season / coachRecordConferencePostseasonSP+SRSRecruiting rankFinal poll
2026 · Ryan Day · incomplete attribution0–0——26.821.84—
2025 · Ryan Day12–29–00–130.126.645
2024 · Ryan Day14–27–24–031.224.651
2023 · Ryan Day11–28–10–125.223.4510
2022 · Ryan Day11–28–10–131.122.544
2021 · Ryan Day11–28–11–029.32126
2020 · Ryan Day7–16–01–128.421.652
2019 · Ryan Day13–110–00–135.432.8143
2018 · Urban Meyer · incomplete attribution10–1——24.118.12—
2018 · Ryan Day · incomplete attribution3–0——24.118.12—
2017 · Urban Meyer12–29–11–030.925.625
2016 · Urban Meyer11–28–10–122.423.346
2015 · Urban Meyer12–17–11–029.521.974
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Source: CFBD · captured 2026-10-26T02:02:59.394463+00:00 UTC. Season résumé covers 2015–2026; timeline spans all returned tenures. — means unavailable. Career summaries cover active coaches at capture. This snapshot is descriptive and is not a pregame cutoff.

CFBD season overview

2026 stored season snapshot, including postseason and garbage time. Raw CFBD PPA is not opponent-adjusted EPA or player WEPA. No week cutoff; these values do not enter our forecasts.

Captured 2026-10-26 04:10:14.047809 UTC · Source data

Stat rankings

CFBD FBS ranks · source updated 2026-10-23 16:46:25 UTC · calculated 2026-10-26 04:10:14 UTC · provider cache expiry 2026-10-26 04:20:14 UTC. Rank 1 is best; percentiles use CFBD’s 0–100 scale.

StatisticOffense rank / populationPercentileDefense rank / populationPercentile
PPA / play14 / 13890.57 / 13895.6
Success rate17 / 13888.315 / 13889.8
Explosiveness30 / 13878.848 / 13865.7
Standard-down success16 / 13889.113 / 13891.2
Passing-down success56 / 13859.9T35 / 13874.8
Pass PPA3 / 13898.515 / 13889.8
Rush PPA75 / 13846.06 / 13896.4
Pass explosiveness29 / 13879.681 / 13841.6
Rush explosiveness87 / 13837.231 / 13878.1
Line yards82 / 13840.916 / 13889.1
Second-level yards104 / 13824.850 / 13864.2
Open-field yards123 / 13810.911 / 13892.7
Stuff rate60 / 13856.951 / 13863.5
Power successT37 / 13873.4T49 / 13864.2
HavocT45 / 13867.527 / 13881.0
Front-seven havocT44 / 13868.2T80 / 13841.2
DB havocT56 / 13858.06 / 13896.4
Points / opportunity8 / 13894.924 / 13883.2
Average field positionT18 / 13887.22 / 13899.3
Field-position expected points19 / 13886.92 / 13899.3

Player PPA and usage

Ordered by overall usage. Open a player for pass, rush, down and situation splits. Usage is the provider’s share of team plays in each situation; PPA is the provider’s average or total for that player. Missing values stay blank (—); play counts are not supplied here. Standard downs are 1st down, 2nd-and-7 or shorter, and 3rd/4th-and-4 or shorter; other situations are passing downs.

Julian Sayin · QBUsage 46.9% · Avg PPA 0.492 · Total 111.789
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.492111.78946.9%
Pass0.565112.37290.9%
Rush0.0561.51510.5%
1st down0.42239.67642.2%
2nd down0.53635.88643.2%
3rd down0.48227.94064.4%
Standard downs0.50879.77442.7%
Passing downs0.45732.01560.3%
Bo Jackson · RBUsage 25.0% · Avg PPA 0.103 · Total 12.456
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.10312.45625.0%
Pass0.2503.5006.4%
Rush0.0848.95641.5%
1st down0.0150.90926.5%
2nd down-0.038-1.65928.4%
3rd down0.5616.72613.3%
Standard downs0.12112.74928.5%
Passing downs-0.018-0.29313.8%
Jeremiah Smith · WRUsage 15.3% · Avg PPA 1.032 · Total 76.398
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall1.03276.39815.3%
Pass1.06776.81932.9%
Rush-0.210-0.4210.8%
1st down0.89529.51914.8%
2nd down1.35924.45911.6%
3rd down0.99419.88522.2%
Standard downs0.95753.60115.2%
Passing downs1.26622.79715.5%
Ja'Kobi Jackson · RBUsage 14.9% · Avg PPA 0.321 · Total 19.912
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.32119.91214.9%
Pass-0.370-1.1111.6%
Rush0.35621.02326.3%
1st down0.2226.87816.0%
2nd down0.2656.09917.3%
3rd down1.3818.2878.1%
Standard downs0.32517.52516.9%
Passing downs0.2982.3878.4%
Favour Akih · RBUsage 12.3% · Avg PPA -0.279 · Total -2.233
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.279-2.23312.3%
Pass—0.0000.0%
Rush-0.279-2.23321.6%
1st down-0.446-1.78512.5%
2nd down-0.638-1.91314.3%
3rd down1.4651.46512.5%
Standard downs-0.164-0.98311.1%
Passing downs-0.625-1.25018.2%
Isaiah West · RBUsage 8.0% · Avg PPA 0.142 · Total 4.672
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.1424.6728.0%
Pass0.6673.3332.5%
Rush0.0481.33913.4%
1st down-0.080-1.4479.4%
2nd down0.4575.0288.3%
3rd down-0.520-1.5593.9%
Standard downs0.1494.0358.8%
Passing downs0.1060.6375.7%
Luke Fahey · QBUsage 6.3% · Avg PPA 0.938 · Total 12.189
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.93812.1896.3%
Pass1.48416.32711.0%
Rush-0.226-0.2261.0%
1st down2.74510.9814.0%
2nd down0.7003.4987.7%
3rd down-0.572-2.29011.4%
Standard downs2.68213.4113.2%
Passing downs-0.153-1.22215.7%
Devin Mccuin · WRUsage 6.0% · Avg PPA 0.462 · Total 11.549
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.46211.5496.0%
Pass0.46211.54912.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.5015.0105.2%
2nd down0.3333.6588.3%
3rd down0.7202.8815.2%
Standard downs0.4686.5574.5%
Passing downs0.4544.99210.4%
Legend Bey · RBUsage 5.6% · Avg PPA 0.014 · Total 0.264
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.0140.2645.6%
Pass0.6652.6622.6%
Rush-0.160-2.3988.2%
1st down0.1261.5077.6%
2nd down0.0540.2153.7%
3rd down-0.486-1.4584.8%
Standard downs0.0641.0236.2%
Passing downs-0.253-0.7593.6%
Hunter Welcing · TEUsage 4.3% · Avg PPA -0.495 · Total -1.486
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.495-1.4864.3%
Pass-0.495-1.4868.3%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down-0.167-0.1672.9%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down-0.660-1.32016.7%
Standard downs-0.270-0.5403.4%
Passing downs-0.946-0.9469.1%
Brandon Inniss · WRUsage 4.1% · Avg PPA 0.764 · Total 12.993
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.76412.9934.1%
Pass0.76412.9938.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down1.0059.0464.7%
2nd down0.7071.4141.5%
3rd down0.4222.5337.8%
Standard downs0.8668.6573.2%
Passing downs0.6194.3366.6%
Brock Boyd · WRUsage 3.6% · Avg PPA 0.701 · Total 7.006
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.7017.0063.6%
Pass0.7017.0068.1%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.1790.5382.2%
2nd down0.8944.4705.7%
3rd down0.9991.9994.5%
Standard downs0.3672.2032.7%
Passing downs1.2014.8037.8%
Stanley Jackson · RBUsage 3.1% · Avg PPA -0.039 · Total -0.077
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.039-0.0773.1%
Pass—0.0000.0%
Rush-0.039-0.0775.4%
1st down-0.111-0.1113.1%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down0.0340.03412.5%
Standard downs-0.111-0.1111.9%
Passing downs0.0340.0349.1%
Kyle Parker · WRUsage 2.9% · Avg PPA 0.195 · Total 0.390
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.1950.3902.9%
Pass0.1950.3909.5%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.1950.3906.5%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs0.1950.3903.3%
Passing downs—0.0000.0%
Nate Roberts · TEUsage 2.7% · Avg PPA 1.427 · Total 18.553
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall1.42718.5532.7%
Pass1.42718.5535.9%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.6413.2052.2%
2nd down2.43412.1693.2%
3rd down0.4900.9802.2%
Standard downs1.39112.5172.4%
Passing downs1.5096.0363.4%
Mason Williams · TEUsage 2.5% · Avg PPA 0.792 · Total 5.546
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.7925.5462.5%
Pass0.7925.5465.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down1.2536.2664.0%
2nd down-0.360-0.7202.3%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs0.9105.4592.9%
Passing downs0.0880.0881.4%
Chris Henry Jr. · WRUsage 2.3% · Avg PPA 2.100 · Total 16.803
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall2.10016.8032.3%
Pass2.10016.8035.1%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down3.2896.5781.2%
2nd down2.0828.3273.7%
3rd down0.9491.8983.3%
Standard downs1.5087.5401.8%
Passing downs3.0889.2634.2%
Phillip Bell · WRUsage 2.2% · Avg PPA 0.744 · Total 6.698
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.7446.6982.2%
Pass0.7446.6984.7%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.5561.6681.6%
2nd down1.1982.3961.5%
3rd down0.6592.6345.3%
Standard downs0.5561.6680.9%
Passing downs0.8385.0306.4%
Bennett Christian · TEUsage 1.6% · Avg PPA -0.347 · Total -0.693
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.347-0.6931.6%
Pass-0.347-0.6933.3%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down-0.347-0.6933.4%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs-0.347-0.6932.1%
Passing downs—0.0000.0%
Brody Lennon · TEUsage 1.4% · Avg PPA -0.148 · Total -0.148
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.148-0.1481.4%
Pass-0.148-0.1482.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down—0.0000.0%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down-0.148-0.1489.1%
Standard downs—0.0000.0%
Passing downs-0.148-0.1485.3%
Jerquaden Guilford · WRUsage 1.4% · Avg PPA 0.183 · Total 0.183
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.1830.1831.4%
Pass0.1830.1832.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.1830.1832.6%
2nd down—0.0000.0%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs0.1830.1831.9%
Passing downs—0.0000.0%
Max LeBlanc · TEUsage 1.4% · Avg PPA 0.041 · Total 0.123
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall0.0410.1231.4%
Pass0.0410.1233.0%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down0.3290.3291.0%
2nd down-0.103-0.2062.9%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs-0.074-0.1481.3%
Passing downs0.2710.2711.6%
Nick Lautar · TEUsage 1.4% · Avg PPA -0.301 · Total -0.301
SplitAverage PPATotal PPAUsage
Overall-0.301-0.3011.4%
Pass-0.301-0.3012.6%
Rush—0.0000.0%
1st down—0.0000.0%
2nd down-0.301-0.3014.5%
3rd down—0.0000.0%
Standard downs—0.0000.0%
Passing downs-0.301-0.3015.3%
Where Ohio State sits · 2026 FBS distributions138 teams · raw PPA

2026 · Through provider Week 8. Each metric uses only published FBS teams with a numeric value. Higher percentile is better; tied values receive the midpoint of their positions, rounded to a whole percentile. Missing values are unranked.

Offense PPA/playOffense PPA/play: 0.276 (91st percentile; 138 teams)91stOffense success rateOffense success rate: 0.492 (88th percentile; 138 teams)88thOffense explosivenessOffense explosiveness: 1.303 (79th percentile; 138 teams)79thOffense pass PPA/playOffense pass PPA/play: 0.529 (99th percentile; 138 teams)99thOffense rush PPA/playOffense rush PPA/play: 0.091 (46th percentile; 138 teams)46thDefense PPA/playDefense PPA/play: -0.087 (96th percentile; 138 teams)96thDefense success rateDefense success rate: 0.347 (90th percentile; 138 teams)90thDefense explosivenessDefense explosiveness: 1.186 (66th percentile; 138 teams)66thDefense havoc createdDefense havoc created: 0.182 (81st percentile; 138 teams)81st
Values and percentiles
Ohio State metric values with FBS percentiles, 2026
MetricValuePercentileBetter
Offense PPA/play0.27691st138 teamshigher
Offense success rate0.49288th138 teamshigher
Offense explosiveness1.30379th138 teamshigher
Offense pass PPA/play0.52999th138 teamshigher
Offense rush PPA/play0.09146th138 teamshigher
Defense PPA/play-0.08796th138 teamslower
Defense success rate0.34790th138 teamslower
Defense explosiveness1.18666th138 teamslower
Defense havoc created0.18281st138 teamshigher

Passing profile

2026 · CFBD passing family · raw PPA

Captured 2026-10-30. Offense: 94% of 212 attempts charted. Average depth of target 11.0 yards (93rd percentile of FBS). Yards after catch 4.9 per completion. Completion 68.4%, 10.7 yards per attempt, pass PPA 0.62.

Completion percentage over expected (CPOE)
SideActualExpectedCPOE (pp)Qualifying / all attempts
Offense67.0%56.9%+10.1200 / 212
Defense allowed52.6%60.9%-8.3228 / 230

Actual and expected use the same qualifying attempts, which can be fewer than all passes. CPOE is their difference in percentage points (pp); higher is better on offense, lower allowed is better on defense. CFBD models FBS-vs-FBS passes, excluding spikes, throwaways, intentional grounding and attempts without air yards. — means unavailable; small samples have fewer than 40 qualifying attempts.

Depth of target vs yards after catch, FBS offenses
Air Force: ADOT 13.1, YAC 3.9Akron: ADOT 8.2, YAC 4.5Alabama: ADOT 9.9, YAC 5.3App State: ADOT 8.2, YAC 5.5Arizona: ADOT 8.3, YAC 5.6Arizona State: ADOT 8.1, YAC 6.4Arkansas: ADOT 7.4, YAC 5.7Arkansas State: ADOT 9.0, YAC 5.3Army: ADOT 12.7, YAC 3.7Auburn: ADOT 8.2, YAC 4.9BYU: ADOT 8.6, YAC 6.4Ball State: ADOT 7.5, YAC 5.0Baylor: ADOT 10.1, YAC 4.8Boise State: ADOT 7.4, YAC 5.3Boston College: ADOT 8.5, YAC 6.0Bowling Green: ADOT 6.5, YAC 5.9Buffalo: ADOT 9.5, YAC 2.0California: ADOT 6.1, YAC 5.9Central Michigan: ADOT 8.9, YAC 5.6Charlotte: ADOT 6.9, YAC 5.6Cincinnati: ADOT 7.1, YAC 6.5Clemson: ADOT 6.7, YAC 5.7Coastal Carolina: ADOT 11.2, YAC 5.6Colorado: ADOT 8.3, YAC 7.1Colorado State: ADOT 5.1, YAC 8.8Delaware: ADOT 9.4, YAC 6.3Duke: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.4East Carolina: ADOT 8.4, YAC 6.2Eastern Michigan: ADOT 7.4, YAC 5.4Florida: ADOT 7.2, YAC 6.9Florida Atlantic: ADOT 8.4, YAC 4.7Florida International: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.3Florida State: ADOT 10.0, YAC 8.5Fresno State: ADOT 8.0, YAC 5.6Georgia: ADOT 8.3, YAC 7.6Georgia Southern: ADOT 7.1, YAC 5.1Georgia State: ADOT 8.2, YAC 6.5Georgia Tech: ADOT 7.3, YAC 5.0Hawai'i: ADOT 8.4, YAC 4.2Houston: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.7Illinois: ADOT 9.7, YAC 4.0Indiana: ADOT 11.4, YAC 5.2Iowa: ADOT 7.7, YAC 6.2Iowa State: ADOT 8.7, YAC 5.4Jacksonville State: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.8James Madison: ADOT 8.6, YAC 4.8Kansas: ADOT 12.6, YAC 5.3Kansas State: ADOT 7.8, YAC 5.3Kennesaw State: ADOT 6.8, YAC 4.9Kent State: ADOT 9.1, YAC 4.9Kentucky: ADOT 6.7, YAC 7.0LSU: ADOT 8.0, YAC 6.9Liberty: ADOT 11.3, YAC 6.2Louisiana: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.1Louisiana Tech: ADOT 6.6, YAC 5.6Louisville: ADOT 9.0, YAC 7.7Marshall: ADOT 8.7, YAC 5.5Maryland: ADOT 7.0, YAC 6.2Massachusetts: ADOT 10.1, YAC 4.2Memphis: ADOT 10.4, YAC 5.7Miami: ADOT 7.3, YAC 7.2Miami (OH): ADOT 10.5, YAC 6.6Michigan: ADOT 10.3, YAC 4.6Michigan State: ADOT 7.6, YAC 4.1Middle Tennessee: ADOT 8.0, YAC 5.5Minnesota: ADOT 6.4, YAC 6.3Mississippi State: ADOT 9.2, YAC 5.8Missouri: ADOT 10.4, YAC 5.2Missouri State: ADOT 8.6, YAC 5.7NC State: ADOT 8.7, YAC 5.4Navy: ADOT 14.2, YAC 8.6Nebraska: ADOT 7.9, YAC 5.8Nevada: ADOT 7.9, YAC 6.3New Mexico: ADOT 10.4, YAC 6.0New Mexico State: ADOT 9.6, YAC 4.3North Carolina: ADOT 7.8, YAC 6.3North Dakota State: ADOT 10.6, YAC 4.6North Texas: ADOT 9.2, YAC 6.0Northern Illinois: ADOT 8.8, YAC 4.3Northwestern: ADOT 9.1, YAC 5.5Notre Dame: ADOT 9.6, YAC 5.0Ohio: ADOT 9.4, YAC 5.6Oklahoma: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.5Oklahoma State: ADOT 8.6, YAC 6.2Old Dominion: ADOT 10.8, YAC 4.1Ole Miss: ADOT 8.8, YAC 4.3Oregon: ADOT 7.5, YAC 6.4Oregon State: ADOT 9.1, YAC 8.3Penn State: ADOT 9.7, YAC 5.0Pittsburgh: ADOT 9.1, YAC 5.6Purdue: ADOT 8.0, YAC 6.9Rice: ADOT 10.8, YAC 4.9Rutgers: ADOT 10.9, YAC 5.2SMU: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.9Sacramento State: ADOT 8.4, YAC 4.3Sam Houston: ADOT 7.8, YAC 5.5San Diego State: ADOT 9.5, YAC 5.3San José State: ADOT 10.0, YAC 3.8South Alabama: ADOT 10.1, YAC 5.2South Carolina: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.9South Florida: ADOT 8.2, YAC 6.1Southern Miss: ADOT 8.0, YAC 5.0Stanford: ADOT 8.9, YAC 4.6Syracuse: ADOT 9.3, YAC 5.7TCU: ADOT 9.0, YAC 4.7Temple: ADOT 8.7, YAC 7.1Tennessee: ADOT 6.9, YAC 6.8Texas: ADOT 8.5, YAC 6.2Texas A&M: ADOT 8.8, YAC 5.3Texas State: ADOT 8.6, YAC 6.5Texas Tech: ADOT 8.8, YAC 4.7Toledo: ADOT 8.8, YAC 6.2Troy: ADOT 8.9, YAC 6.5Tulane: ADOT 9.5, YAC 5.0Tulsa: ADOT 8.7, YAC 4.7UAB: ADOT 10.0, YAC 4.3UCF: ADOT 7.1, YAC 5.5UCLA: ADOT 9.0, YAC 6.0UConn: ADOT 10.8, YAC 6.5UL Monroe: ADOT 7.9, YAC 5.7UNLV: ADOT 10.3, YAC 4.0USC: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.0UTEP: ADOT 8.5, YAC 5.2UTSA: ADOT 6.6, YAC 5.8Utah: ADOT 10.0, YAC 5.6Utah State: ADOT 9.8, YAC 4.7Vanderbilt: ADOT 9.2, YAC 5.1Virginia: ADOT 8.8, YAC 5.9Virginia Tech: ADOT 6.5, YAC 7.0Wake Forest: ADOT 8.3, YAC 6.0Washington: ADOT 8.1, YAC 6.4Washington State: ADOT 7.4, YAC 3.7West Virginia: ADOT 13.8, YAC 8.5Western Kentucky: ADOT 6.9, YAC 5.4Western Michigan: ADOT 8.1, YAC 5.3Wisconsin: ADOT 6.9, YAC 7.4Wyoming: ADOT 8.4, YAC 5.6Ohio State: ADOT 11.0, YAC 4.9Average depth of target (yards) →Yards after catch per completion →

138 teams with at least 40 charted attempts. The highlighted point is Ohio State.

Target mix by zone, Ohio State offense
Short left38% · 73Short middle12% · 23Short right34% · 66Deep left6% · 12Deep middle3% · 6Deep right7% · 14

Highlighted bars are deep zones. Shares are of located attempts only.

Defense and rushing detail
Ohio State passing defense and rushing profile, 2026
SideAttemptsChartedADOTYACComp %PPACPOECPOE att
Passing offense21294%11.04.968.4%0.62+10.1 pp200
Passing defense23099%9.14.752.6%-0.01-8.3 pp228

Rushing production

SideAttemptsYards / carrySuccessPPALine yards / rushSecond-level yards / rushOpen-field yards / rushStuff ratePower success
Offense2674.046.0%0.163.301.000.8014.1%77.3%
Defense allowed2083.238.3%-0.022.700.900.4019.4%62.5%

Second-level yards are gained 5–10 yards past the line; open-field yards are beyond 10. These are provider per-rush averages, not totals. Power success measures success with two or fewer yards needed. Exact line-metric and power-success denominators are not supplied in this feed.

Rushing sample and attribution

SideYards recordedIndividualUnattributedSacksKneelsTeam rushesMultiple carriersDirection located / eligible
Offense266 / 267259814550248 / 248 · 100.0%
Defense allowed207 / 208204410220196 / 196 · 100.0%

Counts are attempts. Team totals include sacks, kneels, team-only rushes and unresolved attribution; these categories can overlap and must not be summed. Direction coverage uses ordinary direction-eligible rushes, not all attempts. Missing fields in older captures remain unavailable.

Raw provider values, no opponent adjustment; not model inputs. CFBD metric definitions.

Game-by-game passing and rushing

2026 · Passing CPOE · percentage points. Dashed line: season +10.1 pp. 7 of 7 captured games have this metric. Missing observations break the line.

-5.810.627.1W1W1 vs Ball State: +27.1 ppW2W2 vs Texas: -3.5 ppW3W3 vs Kent State: +18.8 ppW4W4 vs Illinois: +13.5 ppW5W5 vs Iowa: +17.8 ppW6W6 vs Maryland: -0.2 ppW7W7 vs Indiana: -5.8 pp

CPOE is completion percentage over expected on qualifying FBS-vs-FBS attempts; positive means more completions than expected. PPA is raw provider PPA. These are game observations, not opponent-adjusted forecasts. P labels postseason weeks.

Game log and attempt coverage
WeekOpponentPass attCPOE attComp %*Expected %*CPOEADOTPass PPARush attRush yds/carryRush PPA
W1Ball State373482.4%55.3%+27.1 pp11.70.86356.80.46
W2Texas323253.1%56.6%-3.5 pp11.30.46313.0-0.16
W3Kent State282676.9%58.1%+18.8 pp10.50.71383.80.11
W4Illinois363372.7%59.3%+13.5 pp9.70.77324.70.34
W5Iowa272673.1%55.3%+17.8 pp11.80.98473.40.06
W6Maryland211861.1%61.4%-0.2 pp8.90.07484.30.28
W7Indiana313148.4%54.2%-5.8 pp12.20.32362.30.02

*Completion and expected rates use the same CPOE-eligible attempts. ADOT uses available air-yard attempts; a game needs at least one. No missing family is filled with the other family’s data.

Punting and returns

2026 season to date · CFBD · captured 2026-10-30T11:16:37.416814+00:00. Descriptive totals, including postseason when present.

Our punts

19 punts · 43.8 gross yards/punt · 38.7 net yards/punt

8 inside the 20 · 2 touchbacks · 0 blocked

Known gross yards: 19/19 punts. Known net yards: 15/19 punts.

Our punt returns

17 returns · 6.4 yards/return · 0 touchdowns

0 muffs · 0 opponent punts blocked

Known return yards: 17/17 returns. Return totals include team-only and unattributed plays.

Recent games
GamePuntsGross yd/puntNet yd/puntKnown net yards
Week 7 · Indiana544.443.03/5
Week 6 · Maryland352.032.01/3
Week 5 · Iowa240.038.52/2
Week 4 · Illinois243.537.02/2
Week 3 · Kent State147.027.01/1
Team style
Rating history